Casualties of World War One

Originally published 26 Oct 2014

Reading the The Great War Diary of Walter Shuttleworth my great-uncle Walter Shuttleworth kept during the First World War until his death in 1917 was one of the reasons I became interested in my family history. In the course of my research I have discovered many other casualties of that war amongst my relatives. Here is a list of those who lost their lives:

Name	Date of death	Age	Cemetery
James Robert Kirk	24 August 1914	26	La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial
Heneage Hemmings	7 December 1914	27	Pebworth Cemetery
Alfred Wall	15 May 1915	32	Le Touret Memorial
James Weir, husband of Annie Bolstridge Hall	16 June 1915	25	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
John Thomas Savage	8 August 1915	30	Helles Memorial
Thomas Frederick Shuttleworth	13 August 1915	26	Helles Memorial
Walter Pratt, husband of Edith Preedy	25 September 1915	36	Loos Memorial
John Mountford, husband of Rose Ann Hipwell	5 February 1916	31	Cambrin Churchyard Extension
Percy William Dixon	14 February 1916	20	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
William Thomas Wall	27 February 1916	40	Cambrin Churchyard Extension
Raymond George Salmon	10 April 1916	22	Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
Frederick James B Wicks	31 May 1916	23	Portsmouth Naval Memorial
William Henry Bryan	10 July 1916	22	Pozieres Cemetery
Frederick William Carver	15 July 1916	24	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe
Richard John Greaves	23 July 1916	32	Thiepval Memorial
Alfred Martin	3 September 1916	21	Serre Road Cemetery No 2
Charles Joseph Sutton	26 September 1916	34	Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt
William Claude Burton Haynes	23 October 1916	20	Dranoutre Military Cemetery
William Winfield	16 November 1916	20	Thiepval Memorial
Arthur Benjamin Webb	27 December 1916	21	St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Thomas Wall	5 February 1917	38	Railway Hollow Cemetery, Hebuterne
Amos Joseph South	6 February 1917	28	Bray Military Cemetery
Albert Henry Hemmings	14 February 1917	19	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
George Carver	23 February 1917	24	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Fred Holtom	9 April 1917	27	Sainte Catherine British Cemetery
Frank Betteridge	23 April 1917	30	Arras Memorial
Andrew Kirk	4 May 1917	19	Savona Memorial
John Edward Such	20 May 1917	33	Arras Memorial
Albert Victor Shuttleworth	31 May 1917	30	Arras Memorial
Horace Rowland Lead	3 June 1917	36	Railway Dugouts Cemetery
Edgar Edward Seymour	17 June 1917	20	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
John Lovatt	31 July 1917	20	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Thomas Martin	7 August 1917	20	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Frank Pointon	23 August 1917	20	Cement House Cemetery
Joseph Cotterill	4 October 1917	19	Tyne Cot Cemetery
Frederick Henry South	4 October 1917	23	Tyne Cot Memorial
Walter Shuttleworth	11 October 1917	19	Nine Elms British Cemetery
William Bryan	12 October 1917	35	Tyne Cot Memorial
Percival Stephen Mumford	22 October 1917	19	Tyne Cot Memorial
Harold Roberts	26 October 1917	21	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Walter Jenkins	4 November 1917	22	Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Ernest William Beech	4 December 1917	24	St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
James Bennett Elmer,husband of Elizabeth Jessie Rose Tandy	6 December 1917	22	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
Sidney George Gibbons, husband of Alice May Betteridge	21 March 1918	25	Pozieres Memorial
Victor John Dixon	22 March 1918	24	Noyon New British Cemetery
William John Henry Lowndes	23 March 1918	23	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
James Richard Creighton, husband of Alice Mary Pointon	27 March 1918	31	Bucquoy Road Cemetery
Thomas William Lydster	17 April 1918	19	Ploegsteert Memorial
William Stephen King	30 May 1918	27	Soissons Memorial
George Arthur Lewis, husband of Elsie Evans	4 June 1918	26	Marfaux British Cemetery
Ernest George Wall	22 August 1918	28	Vis-En-Artois Memorial
William Cyril Stokes	23 August 1918	23	Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension
George Edward Jenkins	1 September 1918	19	Beaulencourt British Cemetery
Samuel James Barker	4 October 1918	38	Fazeley (St Paul) Churchyard
Samuel Henry Boonham	16 October 1918	22	Beirut War Cemetery
George Berry Woodgett	2 November 1918	29	Etaples Military Cemetery
Percy South	4 November 1918	28	Landrecies British Cemetery
Thomas Jenkins	9 November 1918	28	Derby (Nottingham Road) Cemetery
Norman William Hemmings	12 November 1918	25	Pebworth Cemetery

Two families in particular suffered terribly. Heneage and Mary Hemmings lost all 3 of their sons, and Mary Alice Wall lost 4 of her 6 sons.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Laurence Binyon

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