COLCHESTER
FIRST WORLD WAR
Hakes, A Hales, L W Halls, Albert Lewis Halls, George Herbert Hallum, Edward Joselyn Hamblion, W Hamilton, E F Hammond, G C Hammond, Sidney Frank Hansford, William Henry Harber, Frederick W Harden, A Humphrey Harden, H H Harding, John Hare, H V Hariner, Albert John Harper, H (D.C.M.) Harrington, Arthur Harrington, S Harris, George Henry Harrison, Edward George Harrison, Eric Harrison, James Harrison, Robert Percy Harsum, George F Hart, Arthur Hart, R C Harvey, Arthur G Harvey, B H E Harvey, Edward Harvey, R Harvey, Sidney R Harvey, Sidney Harvey, William Henry Hatch, Henry Hawgood, C B Hawkes, B Hawkins, B Hawkins, Claude Hawkins, E H Hawley, E Haycroft, Thomas W W Hayward, Charles Maurice Hayward, Harry B Hazell, Fredk Pung Hazell, William Hazell, William Head, Mark Heap, Wilfred Herbert Hebington, W H Hempson, John R Hendry, C Herbert, Harry Ernest Hewes, Herbert Fredk Hewitt, Theophilus Hibbs, George S Hicks, Stanley Hicks, W T Higginbotham, Charles Hill, Herbert James Hilliard, Fredk Hilliard, William Hobrough, Alfred charles Hobrough, Frederick C Hodgson, Ernest Walter Hogan, Michael Hogg, Herbert Holden, Edward Holliman, John Hollick, Charles Leonard Hollick, L Holington, William Henry Holmes, S Hooker, F Hooker, Fredk G Horrigan, S Horwood, Ronald Bentall Howard, H Howard, Wm Fredk Howell, Henry Howell, Richard Howiss, F C Howlett, Henry E Hudson, Jack Hudson, John Hughes, Harry Humm, A E Humm, H E Humm, Henry George Humm, - Hunt, A R Hunwick, Percy Hunwick, J P Hunwick, William Charles Hussey, Frank William Hutton, Alfred Ernest Hyman, T Ife, Ernest G Ilett, Wm Edward Insull, Arthur Charles
(M.M.) Isaacs, Alfred Isom, Stanley Charles Jackman, R G Jackson, - Jackson, Edward F Jackson, Joab Jacobs, George Thomas Jacobs, Hathy James, Alfred Edward James, William Layer Jarman, Frank Albert Jarmin, Raymond Victor Jarrett, A G Jarvis, Harry Jay, Arthur Jay, Charles Jay, Fredk Arthur Jay, James Johns, P L Johns, Samuel Johnson, Edgar Johnson, Fredk Charles Johnson, John Johnstone, J H W Jones, Arthur Harry Jones, Clement Daniel Jones, George Henry Jones, R C Jowers, Harold Edwin Juniper, Bertie Keatley, C Reeve Keatley, Jack Douglas Keeling,
Frederic Hillersden (M.A., M.M.) Keeping, C J Keigwin, Henry David Kelly, H Kemp, R G Kemp, Robert O Kempson, John Reginald Kent, J W Kernaghan, G H Kerr, William Kerry, S G Kett, Ernest Charles Kettle, Daniel Kettle, Edgar Kettle, George Edward Kittle, J P (M.M.) Kidman, Charles Robert Kidman, William James King, C King, Charles King, Charles William King, G King, John Hedley King, Thomas King, Walter Charles King, William Hugh Kirby, Edward Kirwin, Edward C Lamb, Stanley Victor Lanaghan, Joseph Henry Lancaster, J Lardner, D Lawrence, Albert Lawson, Charles Henry Leatherdale, Jabez Leatherdale, J G Lee, Arthur William Lee, B H LeGros, Charles Aubyn
(M.M.) Levitt, W P Levin, Thomas Lewis, Edgar Harry Lilley, Frank D Linnington, A Linnington, R Locke, Harold Walter Lorraine, Alfred W Lott, George Lott, M Loven, William E Lower, Thos Richard Lowther, E F Loyd, J W Luckman, William Lyons, Basil Lyons, Alfred Stanley
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In Memory of
Sapper
554733
Royal Engineers
who died on
Sunday, 23rd March 1919. Age 46.
Additional Information: Husband of Ada Kate Hamblion, of High St., Manningtree, Essex.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: COLCHESTER CEMETERY, Essex, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: E. 5. 6.
Historical Information: Colchester Cemetery was opened in 1856 and now belongs to the Corporation. It originally covered about 30 acres, but was enlarged in 1940 to 67 acres. The newer part is on the western side of the original burial ground, and behind it is the site of a Roman Way. There are war graves of both world wars in this cemetery. The 1914-1918 burials total over 300, of which 50 are in the War Plot, while 11 Australian graves are together in a group nearby, the remainder being scattered. After the war a Cross of Sacrifice was erected on a site overlooking both the plot and the group of war graves, in honour of all the servicemen buried here. In the early months of the 1939-1945 War, shortly after the enlargement of the cemetery, land was set aside in the newer part for service war burials. This is now the War Graves Plot. Among these casualties are men who were killed at sea after being evacuated from Dunkirk. The non-war graves are those of a man of the Merchant Navy and two ex-servicemen who were buried in the War Graves Plot although their deaths were not due to war service. The plot is enclosed by a hedge of cotoneaster frigida and a Cross of Sacrifice stands on the western side. The graves are set in level mown turf, with continuous flower borders along the rows of headstones in which are polyantha roses and other seasonal flowers.
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In Memory of
Private
1816
5th Bn., Essex Regiment
who died on
Wednesday, 8th September 1915. Age 18.
Additional Information: Son of Caroline Hamblion, of 57, Maldon Rd., Colchester, Essex, and the late Jeremiah Hamblion.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233
Location: The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles.
Historical Information: The Helles Memorial bears over 20,000 names and is both the memorial to the Gallipoli campaign and to men who fell in that campaign and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or buried at sea in Gallipoli waters (other than Australian, New Zealanders and Newfoundlanders who are named on other memorials). Inscribed on it are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula.
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In Memory of
Private
30634
2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on
Saturday, 28th October 1916. Age 32.
Additional Information: Son of William Harknett; husband of Ada Beatrice Harknett, of 29, New Park St., Colchester. Served in France with the Royal Field Artillery in 1914. Born at Bermondsey, London.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: COLCHESTER CEMETERY, Essex, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: N. 6. 14.
Historical Information: Colchester Cemetery was opened in 1856 and now belongs to the Corporation. It originally covered about 30 acres, but was enlarged in 1940 to 67 acres. The newer part is on the western side of the original burial ground, and behind it is the site of a Roman Way. There are war graves of both world wars in this cemetery. The 1914-1918 burials total over 300, of which 50 are in the War Plot, while 11 Australian graves are together in a group nearby, the remainder being scattered. After the war a Cross of Sacrifice was erected on a site overlooking both the plot and the group of war graves, in honour of all the servicemen buried here. In the early months of the 1939-1945 War, shortly after the enlargement of the cemetery, land was set aside in the newer part for service war burials. This is now the War Graves Plot. Among these casualties are men who were killed at sea after being evacuated from Dunkirk. The non-war graves are those of a man of the Merchant Navy and two ex-servicemen who were buried in the War Graves Plot although their deaths were not due to war service. The plot is enclosed by a hedge of cotoneaster frigida and a Cross of Sacrifice stands on the western side. The graves are set in level mown turf, with continuous flower borders along the rows of headstones in which are polyantha roses and other seasonal flowers.
for more details contact ronald.castle@ntlworld.com
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In Memory of
Serjeant
17530
8th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment
who died on
Thursday, 6th July 1916. Age 25.
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Harper, of Little Madeley, Crewe.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier and Face 14 B and 14 C
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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In Memory of
Captain
Adjt.
18th Infantry Base Depot., Special List
who died on
Wednesday, 30th August 1916. Age 47.
Additional Information: Son of C. H. and S. J. Hawkins, of Colchester; husband of G. Mabel Hawkins, of 3, Priory Rd., Keynsham, Somerset.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: I. A. 46.
Location: Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
Historical Information: During the 1914-18 war, the neighbourhood of the Cemetery became the scene of immense concentrations of British reinforcement camps and of British hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and it was accessible by railway from either the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes, and the hospitals (which included eleven General, one Stationary and four Red Cross Hospitals and a Convalescent Depot) could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. Convalescent Depot remained. The earliest burial in the Cemetery dates from May 1915. There are now nearly 11,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site and over 100 from the 1939-45 War. The cemetery covers an area of 59,049 square metres. The graves lie below three terraces, the midmost of which carries the War Stone and two pylons, and the highest is dominated by the Cross
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In Memory of Corporal E. [Ernest] Hurley 43491 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday 28th April 1917. Corporal Hurley, husband of E. [Elizabeth] Hurley of 3 Childwell Alley, Priory Street, Colchester. Remembered with honour, Brown's Copse Cemetery, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France.
Ernest was the son of Charles Hurley & Eliza nee Humm who ran the Army & Navy pub in Magdalen Street.
NOT ON COLCHESTER'S WAR MEMORIAL
Information provided by Pauleen Hurley
6th June 2005
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Private ERNEST JOHN HAZELL
160206, 54th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
who died age 36
on 01 March 1917
Son of William and Sarah Ann Rayner Hazell.
Remembered with honour
VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS
Ernest John Hazell was born in Colchester in 1880, the son of William Hazell, cabinet maker of Northgate Street and Sarah Ann Rayner Hazell (nee Brewster). He emigrated to Canada before the outbreak of the First World War, and enlisted into the Canadian Army at Calgary on the 21st September 1915. He was killed in action in France on 1st March 1917, and was buried at Villers Station Cemetery (grave ref VI.E.8). His brother, George William Brewster Hazell, was Mayor of Colchester in 1931-32.
glynneandpeter@ntlworld.com April 2007
(Not on Colchester's War Memorial)
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In Memory of
FREDERICK HILLERSDON KEELING MM
Company Serjeant Major
12347
6th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
who died on
Friday, 18th August 1916.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier and Face 6 B
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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In Memory of
CHARLES AUBIN LEGROS MM
Company Sergeant Major
701124
13th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt.)
who died on
Tuesday, 1st October 1918.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
Location: Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The Memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. The Memorial does more than mark the site of the engagement which Canadians were to remember with more pride than any other operation of the First World War. It stands as a tribute to all who served their country in battle in that four-year struggle, and particularly to those who gave their lives. At the base of the Memorial, these words appear in French and in English: TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA Inscribed on the ramparts of the Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as "missing, presumed dead" in France. The land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was (as stated on a plaque at the entrance to the Memorial) "the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada". Eleven thousand tonnes of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the Memorial: and 5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for the pylons and the sculptured figures. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII. The park surrounding the Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Around the Memorial, beyond the grassy slopes of the approaches, are wooded parklands. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.
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