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Want to know more about the Hertfordshire Regiment ? There are:6850 items tagged Hertfordshire Regiment available in our Library
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Those known to have served withHertfordshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bates Robert James. Pte 3/1st Battalion (d.5th December 1916)
- Butts William. Pte. (d.19 Nov 1914)
- Chisholm Douglas William. Sgt. 1/1st Btn.
- Daniell William H. Pte. (d.15th July 1918)
- Davis Henry Croft. L/Cpl. 1st Btn, A Company, 2nd Platoon
- Everard John Robert. Pte. 6th Btn
- Fordham Eric John. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1918)
- Frith Reginald William. Lt. (d.7th Feb 1918)
- Fuller Charles Edward. Pte. (d.23rd Aug 1918)
- Hardy William Albert. Pte. 7th Btn (d.13th Oct 1918)
- Hayes John. L/Cpl. (d.12th Sep 1918)
- Lennings Cyril John. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. No 3 Company (d.27th September 1917)
- Mason George Albert. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.6th November 1917)
- Milton MM. Edwin. Pte.
- Munkman Frank. Pte 1st Btn (d.10th Jul 1916)
- Nicholls Ethelbert Bibby. Pte. 2/1st Btn. (d.14th April 1917)
- Page Ernest. Pte. C Coy. 1/1st Btn.
- Peachey William Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.13th Nov 1916)
- Ritchie Kenneth James. 2nd Lt. 2nd Btn.
- Thompson Ernest Samuel. Pte. 1st Btn.
- Vaughan Thomas Llewellyn. Pte. 1st Btn. Z Coy. (d.22nd March 1918)
- Warren Alfred Arthur. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.18th Mar 1918)
- Young VC. Frank Edward. 2nd Lt. 1/1st Btn. (d.18th Sep 1918)
- Young VC Frank Edward. 2nd Lt. 1st Btn. (d.18th Sep1918)
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1206156 2nd Lt. Frank Edward Young VC 1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment (d.18th Sep1918)  Frank Young was killed in action on 18th September 1918 aged 23 years during the action for which he gained his award. He is buried in the Hermies Hill British Cemetery in France.
He was the son of Frank and Sarah Ellen Young, of 46, Wood Avenue, Folkestone, Kent
An extract from The London Gazette No. 31067, dated 13th Dec., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, determination and exceptional devotion to duty on 18th September, 1918, south-east of Havrincourt, when during an enemy counter-attack and throughout an extremely intense enemy barrage he visited all posts, warned the garrisons and encouraged the men. In the early stages of the attack he rescued two of his men who had been captured, and bombed and silenced an enemy machine gun. Although surrounded by the enemy, 2nd Lt. Young fought his way back to the main barricade and drove out a party of the enemy who were assembling there. By his further exertions the battalion was able to maintain a line of great tactical value, the loss of which would have meant serious delay to future operations. Throughout four hours of intense hand-to-hand fighting 2nd Lt. Young displayed the utmost valour and devotion to duty, and set an example to which the company gallantly responded. He was last seen fighting hand to hand against a considerable number of the enemy."
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264387 Pte. John Robert Everard 6th Btn Bedfordshire Regiment John Everard, also known as Jack was born on 28th June 1895 in the village of Writtle, Essex. He had two older brothers Ernest and Walter, and three sisters, one older called Alice, and two younger sisters, Violet and Rose.
Aged 15, he worked as an engineer’s painter.
Aged 18, he captained Writtle United Football Club. See the photo postcard, he is in the center holding the football.
And just 2 years later, on 19th of November 1915, he joined the Essex Reserves and went on to serve in World War one with the 6th Bedofordshire Regiment and 1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
He died in January 1972
His full biography between 1914 -1918 can be found here
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261469 Pte Robert James Bates 3/1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment (d.5th December 1916) Born in 1894, Robert Bates lived with his parents, Fredrick and Emily at 55 St John's Road, Hemel Hempstead, and was employed as a mill hand at the Saw Mill (in Kingsland Road, Boxmoor) where his father also worked as a sawyer.
At the age of 21 he enlisted for service at Hertford on the 7th of June 1915 with the Hertfordshire Regiment. After a period of training he was posted to Northern France on the 13th March 1916 within a draft of 100 men.
Unfortunately, Robert’s front line service was to be short lived. Whilst serving in the trenches at Givenchy, he contracted pleural effusion (fluid next to the lung) and was returned to England for rest and treatment. Eventually, as his health deteriorated further, he was discharged from the Army on the 26th of September 1916 suffering from tuberculous peritonitis. By the end of the year he had died.
He is commemorated with honour on the Hemel Hempstead War Memorial. In 2019 as a result of an "in from the cold" application he was officially recognised by the CWGC as a war time casualty.
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257065 Lt. Reginald William Frith Hertfordshire Regiment (d.7th Feb 1918) Reginald Frith was on the front line for 3 days before being shot in the leg on either the 12th of 13th of November 1916.
He was constantly being moved from hospital to hospital, having traumatic experiences as he went along.
He eventually died on the 7th Feb 1918 of exhaustion.
However, he had mental issues, caused by shell shock.
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256300 L/Cpl. Henry Croft Davis 1st Btn, A Company, 2nd Platoon Herefordshire Regiment We have a few letters that my grandfather, Harry Davis wrote to his then fiance. It is difficult to put into a timeline as some are not dated.
He spoke about his friends from home that were fighting alongside him. He was shot, had frostbite and almost drowned, but was always positive and had a great sense of humour that came through in the letters.
Wish I had got to know him better.
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255396 Pte. William Albert Hardy 7th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment (d.13th Oct 1918) William Hardy, served in the Hertfordshire Regiment and the 7th Royal Sussex Regiment. He was killed in Action on Sunday, 13th of October 1918. His effects and wage credit amount of 24/2s/9d, plus a War Gratuity of 19/10/- were all that went home.
He was first buried near Henin-Lietard, and later re-interred at Athies, near Arras, in Pont-du-Jour Military Cemetery.
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252007 Pte. Ernest Page C Coy. 1/1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment Ernest Page was a Territorial Force member. He had joined in 1912 in Ware and volunteered for Imperial Service at the very start of the war. He arrived in France in early November 1914 and took part in the Mons Canal, Cuinchy and Loos combats.
When his time as TF came to a close in 1916 the New Conscription Law had been past and he was given the choice of being demobbed, going home and being recalled or staying on and choosing in which unit he would serve. Having taken part in the battles that cost huge numbers of losses, spent 2 winters in wet, cold trenches he decided to join the Artillery.
However, the casualty numbers were so large that experienced men were needed with the newer recruits. And 6 months later he was transferred to an infantry unit with the Northumberland Fusiliers, at first in the 26th Battalion, then in the 23rd Battalion of 34th Division (4th Tyneside Scottish)
He took part in most major battles until 11th of April 1918 when his group was taken prisoner near Armentieres. During the night of the 10th the Germans had managed to cross the River Lys and cause a wedge between 22nd and 23rd Brigades. Ernest's unit was over-run it only had one remaining officer who advised they surrendered to the enemy, in this case a German Cavalry Unit,
You have fought well, lads, and we can now only surrender.
He spent the remainder of the conflict in the Gardelegen Camp. Saxony.
He was awarded the
1914 star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
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246025 Pte. Thomas Llewellyn Vaughan 1st Btn. Z Coy. Hertfordshire Regiment (d.22nd March 1918) Thomas Vaughan was the son of Thomas Philip and Lilian Vaughan, Rossdale, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, He lived and enlisted in Ampthill, serving with Z Company, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 22nd of March 1918 in France, aged 21 years and is buried in Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Somme, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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245826 Pte. William H Daniell Hertfordshire Regiment (d.15th July 1918) Private William H Daniell, son of P. and Alice A. Daniell, 11 Austins Lane, Ampthill, Bedfordshire; born in London, living in Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. Served with the Hertfordshire Regiment (service no. 31901). He was killed in action on 15th July 1918 in France and Flanders age 21 years and is buried in St Amand British Cemetery, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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242580 L/Cpl. Cyril John Lennings 1st Btn. No 3 Company Hertfordshire Regiment (d.27th September 1917) Cyril Lennings was just 21 when he died. He was the youngest of four brothers who served in WW1 and he was the second of the four to die. His brother George died a month before him. While George's body was never recovered Cyril is buried at the Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension. Both were serving in Flanders and both were casualties of the Battle of Passchendaele, the Third battle of Ypres.
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242002 Pte. George Albert Mason 1st Btn. Herefordshire Regiment (d.6th November 1917) I only know that my grandfather's body lies in Beersheba War Cemetery. It would never have been visited by any family, as my father was his only child and he did not know any details of George's army life, only that he died in WW1. It appears that George Mason went to war when his wife was pregnant with my father, but I am unable to ascertain whether he even knew she was pregnant when he left. I cannot find out when he left Hereford. He was killed in the Battle of Beersheba.
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238722 Pte. Ethelbert Bibby Nicholls 2/1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment (d.14th April 1917) Bibby Ethelbert Nicholls was born 1st September 1878 in Bromley, Kent.
His death certificate indicates that he died at 6th VAD Hospital, Woodside, Darlington. Edith Petter was present at the time of his death, although she is not believed to be a relative and it is not known whether she worked at the hospital and cared for Private Nicholls at the time of his death.
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236704 2nd Lt. Kenneth James Ritchie 2nd Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment Kenneth Ritchie, born 1896, served as Lieutenant Acting Captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment, and later as Second Lieutenant in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
He fought in the battles Passchendaele and Pilckem Ridge, the Battle of Ypres, in 1917. He was wounded whilst being caught in barbed wire, but luckily survived.
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221142 Pte. William Butts Hertfordshire Regiment (d.19 Nov 1914) William was born in 1886 in Stockbridge, Hampshire to Emily and Isaac Butts. The family moved first to Brentford and then to Hitchin, Hertfordshire. William became a parchment maker, like his father. William enlisted in August 1914 and arrived in Flanders in early November. Sadly he was killed by a land mine two weeks later. He has no known grave but his name in on the Menin Gate.
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220952 Pte. Eric John Fordham Bedfordshire Regiment (d.8th Oct 1918) Eric Fordham was posted to the Hertfordshire Regiment, he was killed in action on the 8th of October 1918, aged 19 and commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France.
Son of Alfred and Marian Eliza Fordham, of Elm House, 35, Claremont Rd., Surbiton, Surrey, he was the youngest of 5 brothers who went to war and 4 came home. One was in the King's Royal Rifles, another the AIF Hospital Ships, and two in the Royal Naval Division, yet on the day Eric died they were all within a few miles of each other.
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218541 Pte. Ernest Samuel Thompson 1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment My Grandfather Ernest Thompson was an early volunteer and went to France in January 1915; He served with the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. He was wounded - shot through the right hand and elbow - in May 1915 and subsequently sent home. He was honourably discharged in January 1916.
Although he didn't talk about his experiences I do have a postcard he sent to my Grandmother when he was in France asking her to knit some more socks as they were standing in constant mud. I remember him telling me about the Christmas football match, which he probably heard about on his arrival in France. In later life, he worked around his injuries, which also included being gassed, and he always said that he would be all right if he could get a new set of lungs! Not many years later, hearts and lungs were being transplanted.
My Grandfather painted a postcard-size picture of the Hertfordshire Regiment insignia with his left-hand (as his right hand was injured), possibly during his recuperation? He played cricket for Baldock Town at some stage but more especially for Kryn and Lahy where he was primarily a bowler. I used to sit with my Grandfather listening to cricket and cleaning his medals - wonderful days and memories. He invariably had bronchitis as a result of his damaged lungs and subsequently succumbed to this damage;
He never received a war pension which would not be allowed today.
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212408 Pte. William Thomas Peachey 1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment (d.13th Nov 1916) William Thomas Peachey enlisted in Hertford as Private in the 1st Battalion the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at The Battle of the Ancre, 13th November 1916 and is buried in the Connaucht Cemetery, Thiepval.
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212405 Pte. Charles Edward Fuller Hertfordshire Regiment (d.23rd Aug 1918) Charles Edward Fuller enlisted in Bedford into the Hertfordshire Regiment. He was killed in action in the British assault at Achiet le Grand railway cutting, 23rd August 1918 and is buried at Achiet le Grand Cemetery.
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212404 L/Cpl. John Hayes Hertfordshire Regiment (d.12th Sep 1918) John Hayes of Smith End, Barley, enlisted in Royston. A Lance Corporal in the Hertfordshire Regiment, he died of his wounds fighting alongside the New Zealand Division on the Hindenburg Line at the Battle of Havrincourt, 12th September 1918. He is buried at St Aubert British Cemetery .
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