Darlaston

1914

William Carter - possibly 5873 Private William Carter 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7.11.1914
6094 Serjeant John Henry Duffield 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 26.10.1914
8933 Private John James Holder 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 24.10.1914, aged 33 Son of Thomas and Harriet Holder, of 15, Alma Street, Darlaston
8980 Private James Howdle 1st The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1.9.1914, aged 31 Son of Mr. G. Howdle, of 216, Franklin Road, King's Norton; husband of Charlotte Howdle, of 16, Branksome Avenue, Grove Lane, Handsworth
6540 Private Samuel Richards 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 27.10.1914, aged 30 Son of William and Ann Richards, of High Street, Portobello - also named on the Portobello memorial

1915

15115 Private Enoch Bird 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 9.8.1915, aged 36 Son of George and Mary Ann Bird, of 14, New Place, Darlaston
Edward Blincoe - 15114 Private Albert Edward Blincoe 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 9.8.1915
11527 Private Joseph Bouncer 12th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 23.11.1915
Thomas S Carter
2788 Private Walter Ernest Cheetham 6th South Staffordshire Regiment 26.4.1915, aged 20 Son of Ernest and Florence Cheetham; adopted son of Edith J. Lane, of 1, Albert Street, Darlaston
9174 Lance Corporal Alfred Clarke 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 31.12.1915, aged 20 Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Clark, of 96, Rutland Street, Derby; native of Walsall
1571 Private William Constable 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915
9905 Private Peter Conway 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 25.7.1915, aged 19 Son of Emma Conway, of 14, Bentley Road, Darlaston Green
12739 Private Alfred Cooper 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 10.3.1915, aged 33 Son of Mrs. Emma Cooper, of 9, Horton Street, Darlaston Green
1277 Private John Thomas Cooper 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915
1779 Private Joseph Cotterell 10th Highland Light Infantry 25.9.1915, aged 25 Son of Joseph and Ann Cotterell, of Melrose Cottage, Catherine's Cross, Darlaston
10347 Private James Day 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 22.8.1915, aged 40 Husband of Emily Keegan (formerly Day), of 9, Dangerfield Lane, Darlaston
Edward Edwards - possibly 9084 Private Edward Edwards 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 16.5.1915, aged 22 Son of William Edwards, of 32, Bennett Fold, Wolverhampton
Rupert Firmin - 53940 Driver Rupert Firman Mil. Con. C. 3722, Royal Engineers 5.10.1915, aged 29 Son of Edward and Mary Firman, of 133, Walsall Road, Darlaston
10374 Lance Corporal Benjamin Ford 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 18.8.1915
8940 Private William Franklin 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 16.5.1915, aged 35 Brother of John Franklin, of 56, Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston
18417 Lance Corporal George Goodwin 12th Highland Light Infantry 27.9.1915, aged 24 Husband of Lily Alice Goodwin, of 8, Little Cross Street, Darlaston
S/8778 Lance Corporal John Green 2nd Rifle Brigade 25.9.1915
8443 Corporal Joseph Handley 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 19.5.1915 Husband of Mrs. W. M. Sanders (formerly Handley), of 3, Bill Street, Darlaston
7760 Private William Handley 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 15.9.1914
18698 Private Joseph Harper 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 25.11.1915
11912 Private Albert Hartshorne 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 10.2.1915, aged 34 Son of John and Keziah Hartshorne, of Darlaston
W. Haywood - possibly 9351 Private William Haywood 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 9.10.1915
PLY/15103 Private Joseph W.E. Hitchman Plymouth Battalion R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry 15.11.1915
173 Gunner Stanley Hooper 5th Battery, Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 7.11.1915, aged 20 Son of James Hooper and of Rhoda Cecilia Hewitt (formerly Hooper), of "Aquata", Parkfield Road, Wolverhampton
Harry Howells - possibly 2437 Serjeant Harry Howell 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 14.8.1915, aged 32 Husband of Mercy Goodby (formerly Howell), of 35, Albion Street, Brades Village, Oldbury
Lieutenant Leonard Charles Billingsley Joynson 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 6.5.1915
David Knight
2069 Lance Corporal Thomas Lee 11th Highland Light Infantry 26.10.1915, aged 30 Son of Williamand Emily Lee, of 36, Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston; husband of Susannah Lee, of 44, Mill Street, Darlaston
Harry Marshall
9035 Private William Newell 1st/5th South Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 25 Husband of Esther Newell, of Court 8, House 2, New Street, Darlaston
16611 Private Joseph Palmer 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 25.9.1915
2092 Private Herbert Parker 2nd Highland Light Infantry 25.9.1915, aged 39 Son of Henry Samuel and Lizzie Parker, of 33, King Edward Street, Darlaston; husband of F. Parker, of 5, Park Street, Wednesbury
John Parton
13949 Serjeant David Peake 10th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 28.9.1915
9342 Corporal Maurice Peake 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 23.9.1915, aged 20 Son of William James and Sarah Jane Peake, of 7, Gordon Street, Darlaston
10349 Private Joseph Powell 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 10.8.1915, aged 28 Husband of Elizabeth Maria Dunmelow (formerly Powell), of 15, Giles Square, Darlaston Green
J Raybould
11911 Private Benjamin W Rice South Staffordshire Regiment 11.2.1915, aged 33 Son of Benjamin Walter and Hannah Rice, of Darlaston, husband of Selina Rice, of 36, Foundry Street, Darlaston
11908 Private William Thomas Rotherham 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 18.5.1915, aged 28 Son of William and Mary Rotherham
20415 Private Victor Reginald Rudd 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916, aged 29 Son of A. T. and H. Rudd, of 122a, Horseley Field, Wolverhampton; husband of Elizabeth Rudd, of 47, Albion Street, Brades Village, Oldbury
16891 Private James Rudkin 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 25.9.1915, aged 27 Son of Henry James and Ruth Rudkin, of 267, Walsall Road, Darlaston
Benjamin J. Sheppard - 2180 Private Benjamin Shepherd 2nd Highland Light Infantry 25.9.1915
10490 Private George Simkin 8th South Staffordshire Regiment 29.11.1915, aged 29
11903 Private James Smith 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 18.5.1915, aged 32 Son of Joseph Smith, of Stafford Road, Darlaston; husband of Emma Smith, of 7, Alfred Street, Darlaston
Harry A Standford - possibly K/9867 Stoker 1st Class Harry Albert Stanford Royal Navy, H.M. S/M. "E20" 5.11.1915
William Stokes
Matthew S Walker
12945 Private William Winfield 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 22.8.1915
Eric Yardley - Lieutenant Eric Barnes Yardley King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 20.7.1917

1916

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1729 Private Edward Bailey M.M. 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers 19.7.1916, aged 38 Husband of Mrs. H. M. Bailey, of 15, Queen's Crescent, New Edlington, Doncaster
22331 Private William Bateman 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 17.6.1916
91514 Acting Bombardier Thomas Bates "D" Battery, 103rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 23.7.1916
39935 Private Archibald Clarence Belcher Worcestershire Regiment 22.10.1916
19047 Private Alfred Bird 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers Son of George and Mary Bird, of Darlaston; husband of Kate Bird, of 2 House, 17 Court, Temple Street, Bilston
15115 Private Enoch Bird 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 9.8.1915, aged 36 Son of George and Mary Ann Bird, of 14, New Place, Darlaston
William E. Blundell - possibly 2726 Private William Edward Blundell 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 2.4.1916 Son of Joseph Blundell, of 120, Walsall Road, King's Hill, Wednesbury
9148 Serjeant Michael Bradshaw 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 15.7.1916, aged 24 Husband of Gertrude Holden (formerly Bradshaw), of 84, Station Street, Darlaston
3295 Private Thomas Brown 2nd/6th, attached 28th Provisional Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 5.2.1916
20048 Private George Henry Butler 6th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 9.4.1916, aged 30 Son of Mrs. Mary Anne Butler, of Sheffield; husband of Mary Anne Butler, of 22, Great Croft Street, Darlaston
11129 Private Isaac Careless South Staffordshire Regiment
16674 Private William Carroll Lincolnshire Regiment
Joseph Cattell
10049 Private Harry Cooksey South Staffordshire Regiment
27223 Private Joseph Corbett Lancashire Fusiliers
11544 Corporal Charles Corfield South Staffordshire Regiment
Samuel Davies
S/9563 Rifleman James Devey Rifle Brigade
912 Private Harrington Leonard Eaton Lincolnshire Regiment
Wilfred Ebery
12413 Corporal Arthur Charles Farnell South Staffordshire Regiment
1117 Private Harold John Fellows Royal Warwickshire Regiment
34515 Private Elijah Fieldhouse South Wales Borderers
10500 Serjeant Alfred Foster Royal Scots Fusiliers
16970 Private Walter Gilder Lancashire Fusiliers
14217 Private George H Green South Staffordshire Regiment
13073 Private Joseph Green South Staffordshire Regiment
493 Serjeant Thomas Green South Staffordshire Regiment
John T Griffiths
13089 Private Vincent Hague South Staffordshire Regiment
T3/026632 Driver Isaiah Harper Army Service Corps
3490 Private George Hawkins South Staffordshire Regiment
5651 Private William A Holder South Staffordshire Regiment
L/23310 Driver William Holland
Bert Horton
10479 Alfred Edward Humphreys South Staffordshire Regiment
29 Serjeant Alfred John Oliver Humphreys M.M. 1st Welsh Guards 10.9.1916, aged 21 Son of Alfred Edward and Flora Gertrude Humphreys, of 'Parkhurst', Parkdale Avenue, Wednesbury
8273 Rifleman Louis James Royal Irish Rifles
20040 Private James Johnson King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
2148 Private Albert Jones
9690 Serjeant Arthur Jones South Staffordshire Regiment
14746 Private Samuel Charles Jones South Staffordshire Regiment
16230 Private William Henry King South Staffordshire Regiment
20539 Private Reginald Kingston South Staffordshire Regiment
108780 Sapper Roland Kingston Royal Engineers
10671 Private Frederick Lappage South Staffordshire Regiment
31383 Private Benjamin Lowe South Lancashire Regiment
William Martin
William McQuire
18974 Private John Thomas Middleton South Staffordshire Regiment
9964 Private George Millward South Staffordshire Regiment
Benjamin J Myatt
15601 Private George Henry Myatt South Staffordshire Regiment
17956 Private Benjamin Nicholas Leicestershire Regiment
10669 Private Frederick Nicholls South Staffordshire Regiment
20528 Private George Onions South Staffordshire Regiment
G/6862 Private William Harold Orton The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
34516 Private William Enoch Owen South Wales Borderers
Frank Partridge
Thomas Perry
T2/015625 Driver James Perkins 16th Division Train, Army Service Corps 7.8.1916, aged 35 Husband of Elizabeth H. Kimbley (formerly Perkins), of 37, Catherines Cross, Darlaston
9040 Private William Pincher South Staffordshire Regiment
8943 Private Harold Pooler South Staffordshire Regiment
16624 Private James Paul Price 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 25.9.1915
19410 Private John Price South Staffordshire Regiment
John Price - 75965 Acting Bombardier John T Price
1418 Private Frederick Leslie Pymm 6th South Staffordshire Regiment 9.12.1916, aged 21 Son of Frederick and Florence Pymm; born at Wednesbury
241715 Private William Reece South Staffordshire Regiment
R Remmington
18875 Private Thomas Richardson South Staffordshire Regiment
25189 Private George Robinson sf
29300 Private James Rose sf
Robert Schofield
15945 Private Frederick Shinton 1st Hampshire Regiment 1.7.1916
J W Smith
G/63047 Private Alfred Treadwell Middlesex Regiment
10252 Private John Edward Vale South Staffordshire Regiment
4345 Private Arthur Wall South Staffordshire Regiment
6867 Private John Henry Whitehouse 2nd Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 18.1.1915, aged 31 Son of William and Rebecca Whitehouse, of Darlaston; husband of Mary Jane Spellman (formerly Whitehouse), of 42, Tilley Street, Darlaston
John Wilkes
155157 Sapper James Worrall Royal Engineers
20629 Private Horace Richard Yates South Staffordshire Regiment

1917

William Aldritt - 37907 Private William Alldritt 10th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 11.10.1917
Harry Allsopp - 11128 Private Henry Allsop 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 12.6.1917
202924 Private Joseph Francis Bayley 2nd/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 2.12.1917, aged 25 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bayley, of 452, King Street, Darlaston
45826 Private Arthur Edward Beddall 9th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, transferred to (28266) 48th Company, Labour Corps 18.8.1917, aged 41 Son of Thomas and Eliza Beddall; born at Wednesbury
31366 Private James Benton 2nd/5th South Staffordshire Regiment 14.6.1917, aged 22 Stepson of Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbs, of 327, Coppice Row, Walsall Road, Darlaston
Foley Billingham - 31240 Private Folay Billingham 7th South Lancashire Regiment 22.7.1917, aged 26 Brother of Joseph Billingham, of 6, Fairfax Street, Lincoln
16221 Corporal Enoch Burns 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 17.2.1917, aged 26 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Burns, of 85, Station Street, Darlaston; husband of Sarah Ann Burns
240790 Lance Serjeant John Henry Camp 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 24.6.1917, aged 21 Son of John and Matilda Camp, of 2, Stafford Road, Darlaston
15630 Private Harry Causer 1st Somerset Light Infantry 23.7.1917, aged 22 Son of Samuel and Emma Causer, of Darlaston
14987 Corporal Sydney Challoner 9th South Staffordshire Regiment 24.9.1917 Son of Daniel and Martha Jane Challoner, of 38, Cobden Street, Fallings Heath
Private William Clarke South Staffordshire Regiment
** Sidney C. Colcombs - 20462 Private Sidney Colcombe 1st/5th South Staffordshire Regiment 2.6.1918
Arthur Cotterill - 35628 Lance Corporal Arthur Victor Cotterel 1st Somerset Light Infantry 4.10.1917
58997 Private Arthur G. Dangerfield 144th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 9.10.1917
** O/2672 Private Charles Richard Dawes Army Ordnance Corps 14.8.1916, aged 25 Son of Charles and Lucy Dawes; husband of Maud Ann Dawes), of 9-13, House Row, Cobden Street, Wednesbury; native of Darlaston
10492 Private Ernest Dean 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 16.12.1917, aged 23 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Dean, of 23, Dangerfield Lane, Wednesbury
Rifleman Joe Dean Rifle Brigade ?
89779 Private Sydney Victor Dodd Royal Army Medical Corps (Egyptian Reinforcements) 15.4.1917
49273 Private Sydney James Dudley 2nd Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 10.4.1917, aged 26 Son of John and Mary Dudley, of Darlaston
185651 Gunner John William Dutton "B" Battery, 291st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 5.10.1917, aged 19 Son of William and Ellen Dutton, of 155, Wolverhampton Lane, Darlaston
22427 Lance Corporal John Henry Fellows 1st Northumberland Fusiliers 17.12.1917
151514 Gunner Edward Garratt 118th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery 11.9.1917
240842 Corporal George Thomas Green 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 24.6.1917, aged 34 Husband of S. A. Green, of 10, Mill Street, Darlaston
21974 Serjeant Ernest David Griffiths 12th/13th Northumberland Fusiliers 4.10.1917
241850 Private Samuel Groves 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 11.5.1917, aged 28 Son of James P. and Nancy Groves
32607 Private William Hammonds 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 11.1.1917
39860 Private Cyril Bertrand Hammonds 10th Worcestershire Regiment 20.9.1917, aged 21 Son of Samuel and Mary Jane Hammonds, of "The Glen," Avenue Road Darlaston
10728 Lance Corporal James Handley 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 20.8.1917, aged 29 Son of Joseph and Catherine Handley, of 2 Court, 5 House, Great Croft Street, Darlaston
260050 Private John Henry Harper 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 18.4.1917
Thomas Hartshorne - 40664 Private Thomas Hartshorn 7th Suffolk Regiment 30.11.1917, aged 29 Son of Thomas Hartshorn
30694 Private Edwin Haynes 8th South Staffordshire Regiment 23.4.1917, aged 36 Husband of Clara Elizabeth Haynes, of Fair View Terrace, Moxley Road, Darlaston
22334 Private Joseph William Hingley 2nd Worcestershire Regiment 21.5.1917, aged 31 Son of T. and Emily Hingley; husband of Elsie Hingley, of 21, Addenbrook Street, Darlaston
260015 Private James Holder 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1917, aged 30 Son of Albert Edward and Esther Holder, of Darlaston; husband of Maria Holder, of 14, Bilston Street, Darlaston
18651 Corporal Thomas Horton 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 26.10.1917, aged 32 Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Horton, of 1 House, 6 Court, Foster Street, Darlaston
30961 Private Reuben Hutchinson 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 28.4.1917
101407 Sapper William Kendrick 88th Field Company, Royal Engineers 15.2.1917, aged 37 Son of Michael and Emma Kendrick; husband of Eliza Kendrick; born at Wednesbury
3475 Private William Lloyd South Staffordshire Regiment 26.10.1917, aged 29 Husband of Hannah Lloyd
318006 Bombardier Thomas Mansey 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery 30.10.1917, aged 24
240723 Private John Matkin 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 12.5.1917, aged 22 Son of Mrs. R. Matkin, of 18, Mill Street, Darlaston
W.H. McNulty - 28726 Private William McNulty 13th East Yorkshire Regiment 8.3.1917, aged 26 Son of Mrs. A. M. McNulty, of 20, Partridge Avenue, Darlaston
84191 Private Samuel Moseley 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 21.11.1917, aged 23 Husband of Mary Ann Moseley
36858 Private William Newton 6th South Lancashire Regiment 12.2.1917
74152 Driver William Thomas Owen 88th Battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 8.5.1917, aged 22 Son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Owen, of 4, Park Terrace, Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston
9288 Serjeant Zachariah Payne 6th South Lancashire Regiment 14.2.1917
9678 Private John Peake 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 17.2.1917
46681 Lance Corporal Frank William Powell 8th Northumberland Fusiliers 15.3.1917, aged 21 Son of Francis and Florence Powell, of Darlaston; husband of Emily Powell, of 284, Walsall Road, Wednesbury
31944 Acting Bombardier Fred Richardson Royal Field Artillery 22.12.1917, aged 35 Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Richardson; husband of Gertrude Richardson
76923 Driver Albert Robinson "B" Battery, Royal Field Artillery 12.7.1917
24893 Private Joseph Robinson 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 25.8.1917, aged 35 Son of William and Mary Robinson; native of Darlaston
9895 Private Enoch Thomas Rollinson 8th South Staffordshire Regiment 12.10.1917, aged 25 Brother of Seth Rollinson, of 17, Mills Street, Darlaston
89940 Driver Joseph Slater 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery 7.8.1917, aged 19 Son of Thomas Slater, of 31, Foster Street, Darlaston
5390 Private George Tyler 64th Brigade, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 9.4.1917, aged 22 Son of Jabez and Lily Tyler, of 3, Cope Street, Darlaston
R/18336 Rifleman John Thomas Webb 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps 23.9.1917
19458 Private Alfred James Wilkes 7th Northamptonshire Regiment 31.7.1917
Captain Clifford Wilkes 2nd, attached 6th Trench Mortar Battery, South Staffordshire Regiment 28.4.1917, aged 25 Son of Samuel and Edna Wilkes, of 270, Walsall Road, Fallings Heath; husband of Nellie Wilkes, of "Ivydene," Pinfold Street, Darlaston
53502 Lance Corporal Joseph Wilton 15th Durham Light Infantry 9.4.1917
242463 Private Benjamin Witton 1st/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 30.6.1917, aged 32 Stepson of Mrs. Rowley, of Lower Dudley Street, Wednesbury
12733 Lance Corporal Samuel J. Woodhatch South Staffordshire Regiment 3.2.1917, aged 36 Husband of Maria Woodhatch, of 23, Cobden Street, Fallings Heath
James Wright
24746 Lance Corporal George Yates 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 27.7.1917