Rugeley

There are no war memorial plaques or rolls of honour in either St Augustine's Church or St Paul's Methodist/United Reformed Church. In St Augustine's are the colours of the South Staffordshire Regiment's Old Comrades Association, Rugeley Branch.



1914 - 1919

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13624 Private James Boughey 9th South Staffordshire Regiment 13.4.1917
15294 Lance Corporal Henry James Barlow 9th North Staffordshire Regiment 9.4.1917, aged 27 Son of Mrs. Mary Barlow, of 35, Elmore Lane, Rugeley
1893 Corporal Charles Bentley 6th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916
15498 Private William Bentley 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 26.9.1916, aged 23 Son of Charles and Emma Bentley, of 57, Church Street, Rugeley
40006 Private Joseph Bentley 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 10.6.1917
22988 Private William John Brassington 8th North Staffordshire Regiment 2.4.1918, aged 21 Son of William John and Elizabeth Brassington, of 61, Queen Street, Rugeley
21872 Private Albert Edward Brass 8th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 6th North Staffordshire Regiment 27.5.1918, aged 22 Son of Alfred and Caroline Ann Brass, of 21, Albion Street, Rugeley
12672 Private G Ball Grenadier Guards 16.10.1917, aged 29 Son of Edward and Maria Ball; husband of Elizabeth Ball, of 9, Cross Road, Sandy Lane, Rugeley - possibly George Ball who's named on the Brereton memorial
G/62974 Private William Henry Ball Middlesex Regiment, posted to 7th London Regiment 27.8.1918
533443 Private Frederick John Beddis 1st/15th London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 30.11.1917, aged 20 Son of Mile Charles and Mary Ann Beddis, of 9, Pool Terrace, Rugeley
W. Brown - possibly 15278 Private William Alfred Brown 7th Northamptonshire Regiment 27.9.1915
13441 Private Arthur Bull 1st Coldstream Guards 22.9.1916, aged 23 Son of Arthur and Clara Bull, of 14, Armitage Road, Rugeley
37130 Private Charles John Clements 3rd Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, transferred to (24724) 42nd Company, Labour Corps 27.6.1918
40010 Private William Henry Cunningham 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 14.1.1917, aged 26 Son of Thomas and Hannah Cunningham, of 18, Queen Street, Rugeley
R. Clarke - 2119 Private Reginald George Clarke 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 19 Son of Samuel and Mary Jane Clarke, of 45, Talbot Street, Rugeley
1230 Private James Henry Clarke 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 10.8.1915, aged 21 Son of Samuel and Mary Jane Clarke, of 62, Talbot Street, Rugeley
W. Cross - WE/70 Lance Corporal William Henry Cross 3rd Southern General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps 20.3.1916, aged 28 Son of George and Mary Ann Cross, of 47 Brereton Road, Rugeley; husband of Dora Victoria Cross, of Stalbridge, Blandford, Dorsetshire - also named on the Brereton memorial

T. Carrol - 19156 Serjeant Thomas Carroll 10th Worcestershire Regiment 7.5.1917
49288 Serjeant Philip Alfred Crutchley 2nd Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 1.10.1918, aged 36 Son of Edmond and Emily Crutchley; husband of Florence May Crutchley, of 7, Bee's Lane, Rugeley
240056 Serjeant Reginald Crutchley 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 3.10.1918
G. Crutchley - 240168 Private George Henry Crutchley 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916, aged 21 Son of Frederick and Mary Crutchley, of 5, Cannock Wood Street, Hazel Slade, Hednesford
55747 Private G. Carthy 25th Durham Light Infantry, transferred to (169850) Labour Corps 31.10.1917
J.H. Deakin - 27354 Private Henry John Deakin 8th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1.8.1917, age 24 Son of John and Caroline Deakin, of 33, Sheep Fair, Rugeley
1506 Private James Deakin 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915
18301 Private Harry Danks 8th North Staffordshire Regiment 19.11.1916
43807 Corporal Samuel Yates Danks 6th Royal Irish Rifles 30.3.1918, aged 35 Son of Samuel Yates and Florence Danks, of Rugeley; husband of E. Danks, of 2, Hafren Terrace, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire
203484 Private John 'Jack' Egan 5th Bedfordshire Regiment 19.4.1917, aged 22 Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Egan, of 21, Bow Street, Rugeley
240786 Private Thomas Edwards 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 21.4.1918, aged 43 Son of James and Charlotte Edwards, of Rugeley; husband of M. Edwards, of 18, Elmore Lane, Rugeley; native of Brereton
PO/934(S) Private J Flaherty 2nd R.M. Battalion R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry 7.1.1916 Son of Mrs. A. Flaherty, of Elmore Road, Rugeley
1196 Private James Fisher 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 28 Son of James and Mary Ann Fisher, of 48, Brereton Road, Rugeley; husband of Harriett Fisher, of 64, Queen Street, Rugeley
23523 Company Serjeant Major Edward Grant 13th North Staffordshire Regiment 28.2.1919, aged 27 Son of George and Elizabeth Grant, of Rugeley; husband of Elizabeth Mary Grant, of 49, Mere Road, Erdington, Birmingham
R/19546 Rifleman George Verough Gilbert 16th King's Royal Rifle Corps 29.9.1918
6422 Private Charles Gilbert 2nd Irish Guards 18.3.1916, aged 20 Son of William George and Eliza Gilbert, of 2, Crossley Stone Terrace, Rugeley
15832 Private Henry Charles Green 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 17.2.1916
16962 Private Frederick Hiley 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment 22.7.1916
240058 Private William Hiley 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 9.9.1917 Son of Mr. W. Hiley, of 90, Queen Street, Rugeley
C/1641 Rifleman George Hill 16th King's Royal Rifle Corps 3.3.1916
8885 Private Edward Hill 7th North Staffordshire Regiment 22.9.1915
W. Hodgkinson - 241234 Private Walter Clarence Hodgkinson 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 3.10.1918
18933 Private Charles Harvey 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 4.7.1916, aged 23 Son of William and Eliza Harvey, of Hednesford; husband of E. M. Harvey, of 43, Albion Street, Rugeley
19121 Serjeant Horace Hollins 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers 30.4.1916 Husband of E. Hollins, of 73, Queen Street, Rugeley
241497 Lance Corporal Samuel Hone 2nd/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 24.9.1917
8229 Private Joseph Holdcroft 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment 6.5.1916
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A.E. Hubbard- C/1581 Rifleman Albert Edward Stanley Hubbard 17th King's Royal Rifle Corps 3.9.1916
240014 Private James Jones 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 24.5.1917
1534 Lance Corporal William Jones 6th North Staffordshire Regiment 20.5.1915, aged 22 Son of William and Sarah Jones; husband of Ada Jones
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242092 Private Herbert Henry Johnson 2nd/6th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 3.5.1917

16367 Private Ernest Lawrence 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers 29.2.1916
H. Lakin - 14570 Private Harry Price Lakin 4th Coldstream Guards 22.6.1916, aged 27 Son of Fanny Lakin, of 6, Ravenhill Terrace, Brereton Road, Rugeley
203118 Private Herbert Lees 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1917, aged 40 Son of John and Mary Lees
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A/2796 Lance Corporal Philip Marson 7th King's Royal Rifle Corps 5.3.1916, aged 23 Son of Peter and Sarah Marson, of Rugeley
6392 Private Henry Matthews 1st Irish Guards 30.11.1917
W. Maddocks - 242337 Lance Corporal William Walter Maddocks 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 3.10.1918, aged 36 Son of James and Elizabeth Maddocks; husband of Florence Jane Maddocks, of 8, Manor Hill, Sutton Coldfield
9270 Corporal Frederick Maddocks 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment 4.11.1918
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S. Minshall - 15006 Private Samuel John Minshall 8th Royal Berkshire Regiment 21.12.1916, aged 23 Son of John and Annie E. Minshall, of Flaxley Green, Rugeley - also named on the Brereton memorial
28649 Private Frederick Mears 1st/5th Border Regiment 10.9.1918
17952 Lance Corporal Denis Mears 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 11.8.1916
H. Molineux - 49082 Private H J Molineux 1st/5th South Staffordshire Regiment 21.2.1919, aged 29 Son of Mrs Agnes E. Molineux, of 11, Ravenhill Terrace, Brereton Road, Rugeley
P. Nourse - possibly 85797 Leading Air Mechanic P.L. Nourse Base Depot (Egypt), Royal Air Force 13.6.1919
2083 Lance Corporal Albert Oakley 6th North Staffordshire Regiment 30.12.1916, aged 23 Grandson of Thomas Oakley, of 5, Arch Street, Rugeley - also named on the Brereton memorial
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17619 Lance Corporal Elijah Parker 1st Grenadier Guards 6.8.1917
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36892 Corporal Thomas Henry Parker 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 6.11.1916, aged 26 Son of Henry and Fanny E. Parker, of 11, Burnt Hill Lane, Rugeley
13086 Serjeant Reginald Hughes Parrish 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 7.9.1917, aged 22 Son of Alfred and Drusilla Parrish, of Hednesford
74343 Gunner John Perry "B" Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 9.10.1918
424 Corporal Charles William Pink 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment 27.7.1916, aged 27 Son of James Charles and Louisa Pink, of 13, New Lane, Rugeley
240784 Private Jack Pocknell 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916
13338 Private William Pocknell 7th Leicestershire Regiment 29.10.1917
240595 Private David Pugh 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 15.3.1917, aged 24 Son of John and Ellen Pugh, of 2, Forge Row, Rugeley
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B. Philips - 10874 Lance Corporal Herbert Phillips 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 31.7.1917, aged 24 Son of Thomas and Mary Phillips, of 22, Queen Street, Rugeley
140767 Driver Alfred Harold Philips 40th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 18.9.1918
W.J. Pointon - 21032 Private William Pointon 3rd Grenadier Guards 14.9.1916, aged 23 Son of John and Louisa Pointon, stepson of Elizabeth Pointon of The Gables, Wolsley Road, Rugeley
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7491 Private Edwin Thomas Rochell 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 30.7.1915, aged 28 Son of James and Martha Rochell, of Wolseley Bridge; husband of Martha Ann Rochell, of 83, Woodhead Road, Tintwistle, Manchester
12050 Lance Corporal John Wilfred Robinson 7th North Staffordshire Regiment 10.8.1915, aged 19 Son of Mrs. Sarah Ellen Robinson, of 3, Paradise Row, Rugeley
2785 Private George James Rowley 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 3.8.1915, aged 22 Son of Charles and Lydia Mary Rowley
W. Rogers - 112719 Sapper William Austin Rogers Royal Engineers 20.10.1918, aged 37 Son of Mr. G. and Mrs. F. Rogers, of York Place, Rugeley
J.B. Richards - 154501 Gunner John Richards 242nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 9.9.1917, aged 31 Son of Alice Sarah Doe, of 1, Guildford Road, Greenwich, London; also named on the Brereton memorial

25486 Private George Sanders 1st Lincolnshire Regiment 1.4.1917
B/203300 Rifleman Percy Sanders 10th Rifle Brigade 7.12.1917, aged 22 Son of Joseph William and Eliza Sanders, of Rugeley
58414 Private Harold William Sanders 2nd/4th York and Lancaster Regiment 28.9.1918
241447 Private William Henry Smith 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916, aged 19 Son of James and Sarah Ann Smith, of 41, Queen Street, Rugeley
142990 Driver Alfred Newton Smith "D" Battery, 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 20.5.1917
240202 Lance Corporal Arthur Spencer 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 17.10.1918, aged 25 Husband of Mabel Spencer, of Lilac Cottage, Hednesford Road, Rugeley
T.H. Spencer - 242128 Private Thomas Spencer 1st/5th Border Regiment 6.8.1918
C/1498 Rifleman John William Scott 16th King's Royal Rifle Corps 17.8.1916, aged 25 Son of George William and Maria Scott, of 16, Armitage Road, Rugeley
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202324 Private Albert Sharp 9th North Staffordshire Regiment 12.11.1918, aged 26 Son of Mrs. Janet Sharp, of 42, Lichfield Street, Rugeley
917 Serjeant Frederick James Shaw 15th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps 4.2.1917, aged 25 Son of Albert Edward and Alice Shaw, of 6, Bow Street, Rugeley
20796 Private Harry Sharratt 9th Lancashire Fusiliers 4.9.1917, aged 30 Husband of Nesta Sharratt
63785 Private Albert Thompson 1st/6th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15.7.1918
241609 Lance Corporal George William Thompson 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 27.8.1918
G/64156 Private Henry Thompson 26th Royal Fusiliers 21.3.1918, aged 20 Son of William and Mary Thompson, of Slitting Mill
C/1614 Rifleman Whillis Turner 16th King's Royal Rifle Corps 8.11.1916, aged 21 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Whillis Turner, of Brereton Road, Rugeley
C/1407 Rifleman Percy Watson 16th King's Royal Rifle Corps 25.4.1916, aged 19 Son of Arthur and Kate Watson, of Rugeley
S4/061300 Private Harry Wilson Army Service Corps 8.2.1915
18008 Lance Corporal James Wilson 3rd Coldstream Guards 1.12.1917, aged 23 Son of Shem Edward and Elizabeth Wilson, of 60, Queen Street, Rugeley
240954 Private Horace Wilson 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916, aged 19 Son of Shem Edward and Elizabeth Wilson, of 60, Queen Street, Rugeley
119839 Pioneer Frank Williscroft 8th Labour Company, Royal Engineers, transferred to (294031) 708th Company, Labour Corps 17.10.1917
J. Willis - C/1258 Rifleman James Henry Williss 16th King's Royal Rifle Corps 2.7.1916, aged 21 Son of Henry and Alice Williss
30212 Private G Wain 1st Garrison Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 22.5.1916, aged 39 Husband of Emily Wain, of 25, Elmore Street, Rugeley
Second Lieutenant Walter Harry Whitehurst North Staffordshire Regiment, gazetted to 3rd, attached 2nd, York and Lancaster Regiment 22.4.1917, aged 23 Son of Walter Whitehurst, of Rugeley
751 Serjeant Thomas Edward Wood 15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 23.7.1916, aged 35 Son of Frederick and Emily Wood, of Ferndale, Rugeley
A. Wood - either 95404 Lance Corporal Alfred Wood 105th Field Company, Royal Engineers 27.5.1918, aged 27 Son of John and Lucy Wood, of Shrewsbury Cottage, Sandy Lane, Rugeley or 16918 Private Albert Wood 15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 29.8.1916, aged 21 Son of Richard and Eliza Wood, of 46, Queen's Street, Rugeley; husband of Winifred Selina Wood, of Rosedale Bungalow, Shirley, Birmingham
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241681 Private William Woodings 2nd/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 30.11.1917
350 Serjeant Frank Wallbank D.C.M. 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 29 Son of Francis and Mary Wallbank; husband of Lizzie Wallbank, of 22, Market Street, Rugeley
6800 Serjeant George Henry Wain M.M. 9th North Staffordshire Regiment 26.5.1918
A.G.S. Yorke - 201951 Private Arthur G. Yorke 2nd Seaforth Highlanders 31.10.1917