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In
Loving Memory of our Fallen
THE FALLEN OF THE GREAT WAR
Surnames C
and D
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CARTER, H. L.
Harry Leslie Carter was born in 1897 at St Catherine's,
Deptford. Married in 1888, his father, Frederick John, was a
schoolteacher from Milborne Port, Somerset, and his mother, Alice
Kilminster, née Davies, had been born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. The
family were living at 22 Pendrell Road, St Paul's, Deptford, in 1911;
Harry was the youngest child with two brothers, Percy John, and Herbert
Frederick, then 18, who was an insurance clerk.
Living at Brockley, London, Harry enlisted at
Westminster to become a Rifleman, 551756, in the London Regiment
(Queen's Westminster Rifles), 1/16th battalion. He died on 14 April
1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France, Bay 10.
His parents moved to "Cambria", Wolverton Road,
Newport Pagnell.
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 CHAFFEY,
W. J.
William John Chaffey is buried at Newport Pagnell in grave 24
south of the parish church, having died through illness at Cambridge on
22 November 1915 while on service as a Sapper, 2588, in the Royal
Engineers, 4/1st Field Company (East Anglia). He had enlisted in
Bedford.
His father, William Harvey, came from Wareham in
Dorset but his mother, Mary Stapleton, came from Newport Pagnell, which
is where the couple married in 1892. A year later, their daughter Gertrude Mary was
born in Birmingham, as was William in 1895.
 By 1901 they had moved to 11 Oxford Road, Aylesbury,
where Mr Chaffey was working as a flour miller. He died that year at his
home on 9 May, and by 1911 Mrs Chaffey was living in her birth town at
15 Mill Street (right, with the grey door). There she earned money by dressmaking, while Gertrude
was a machinist upholsterer and William was a trimmer of motor car
bodies, both at the motor car works. The family also had a lodger, John
Henry Boddington, who was a law clerk.
Mary Chaffey died on 18 February 1924, and is buried
in the churchyard at St Peter and St Paul. Her headstone is below.
 Also
commemorated on the headstone is Gertrude, her daughter. She married
Albert G Dicks in 1919, and remarried in 1951 to Charles Hobbs. The
words on the headstone are "In loving memory of my beloved
 mother, Mary
Ann Chaffey, who passed away Feb 18th 1924, aged 55 years. She is not
dead, she only sleeps free from all earthly care and pain. She is not
lost but gone before and soon we both shall meet again. Also of her
daughter, Gertrude Mary Hobbs, Feb 18 1980".
William Chaffey may have been a cousin of
Cyril Stapleton and Vincent Stapleton as
his mother Mary was probably the sister of their fathers,
respectively William and James.
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 CHAPMAN, L.
Leonard Chapman was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire
Regiment, 5th battalion. He died on 2 September 1918, aged 21, and is
buried in the St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France, grave Officers C 2 5. On
his headstone is inscribed "Loved by all".
He was the
son of Frederick John Chapman and his wife Sarah Elizabeth, née Tebbutt,
who were married in 1885. They were living at Grove Road, Rushden in
1891, with Mr Chapman working as a shoemaker. They had two children;
Bertha, born 1886, and Laura, born 1888. By 1901 they had moved to 54 High Street,
Newport Pagnell (left), and Mr Chapman was a bootmaker and shopkeeper. There
were five more children, Jack, born 1891, Arthur, 1893, Lily, about
1895, Leonard, 1897, all born in Rushden, and
Hilda, born about 1900 in Newport Pagnell.
In 1911 the family were at 28 Caldecote Street. Four
more children had been born; Doris, about 1903, Reginald Frederick,
1905, Percy
Kenneth, 1907, and Cyril Francis, 1909. Arthur had become a bootmaker's
assistant, so was probably helping his father, while Lily was a draper's
assistant. Leonard, then 13, was a paper boy.
Leonard Chapman may have been the uncle of
Leonard Chapman.
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CHEESMAN, A.
Arthur Cheesman was born in Robertsbridge, Sussex in 1887,
one of ten children born to Henry and Martha Cheesman. In 1901 they were
living at Shovers Green Cottage, Wadhurst, where Mr Cheesman was a
yardman on a farm. Then they had five children at home with them;
William, 19, a ordinary agricultural labourer, Ernest, 16, a brickyard
labourer, Arthur, Annie, 11, and Percy, 8.
In 1911 they were at Oak Tree Cottage, Wadsworth
Road, Wadsworth, and only three sons, Ernest, Arthur, and Percy,
remained at home. They were all farm labourers, like their father.
Arthur married Beatrice Louise Begley at the register
office in Wandsworth on 4 December 1911. Beatrice was a mental nurse,
working at Ticehurst and had been born in Stony Stratford; she was the
sister of Francis Arthur Begley. Their
only child, Edith Mary, was born at Stockwell the next year, on 11
February.
On 11 May 1916, when he joined the army for the
duration of the war, Arthur was a male nurse living at 29b Champion
Crescent, Lower Sydenham. He gave his next-of-kin as his father, mother,
and brother Percy, all at Oak Tree Cottage, and his sisters, Rose
Hemsley, 40, of Wadhurst Road, Wadhurst, and Annie Maud Lavender, 28, of
29 Champion Crescent, Sydenham.
Arthur was at home in England from 8 May 1916 to 30
August 1916, joining his company on 11 May 1916 at Dover. It would have
been possible for him to hear the guns across the channel; on 31 August
1916 he would be joining the battles. On 4 November 1916 he attended a
field hospital, having fractured a metacarpal and sustaining abrasion
and contusion; he ended up back at the base depot on 25 November 1916.
Shortly after this he came down with 'flu and was admitted to hospital
again on 7 December 1916. He recovered sufficiently to leave on 19
December 1916, and returned to the field on 29 December.
On 19 March 1917 he was punished by 14 days FP no 2
(this meant being shackled for up to two hours every day, for up to
three days in every four) for "when on active service breaking off
parade without permission, about 8pm".
He was killed in action on 7 July 1917, serving as
Gunner 81025 with the Royal Garrison Artillery , 95th Siege Battery. He
was buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium, III E 21; his
headstone bears the words "Forever with the Lord".
His widow Beatrice in October 1917 was still using
the 29 Champion Road address for correspondence, and Arthur's effects
were sent there, authorised by the office at Dover on 31 October.
However, by 1 May 1919 Mrs Cheesman's address was 90 London Road,
Newport Pagnell; she received a service pension of 18/9 per week for
herself and Edith.
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CHRISP, H.
Horace Powell Chrisp was born in 1893 in Newport Pagnell.
In 1911 he was living at 78 Silver Street with his mother Annie. Her
husband was John George Smith, an ostler, and the couple had been
married 15 years, with six children. They were Thomas Alfred, 15, a
parchment labourer, John George, 12, Alice Elizabeth, 10, Fredrick
Percy, 4, Mary Ellen, 2, and probably Lucy, 4 months. Horace was working
as a grocer assistant. Previously Horace's mother was at 16 Union
Street, with John Smith and the couple's first two sons. Horace was
staying with his widowed grandmother, Mary, whose husband, William, had
been a county court bailiff, and their son Samuel, 24, at 7 Church
Passage.
By 1913 Horace had changed his job, and, as a porter,
had joined the National Union of Railwaymen, Wolverton 1 branch, on 20
August 1913. The same year he married Edith M Freeman. Possibly in 1916
they had a daughter, Margaret.
Horace enlisted into the Royal Engineers, 14th Light
Railway Operating Company, and became a Sapper, 267284. He was living in
Olney but enlisted in Harlesden, Middlesex. He died on 19 October 1917,
and is buried in the Menin Road South Cemetery, II J 23.
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CLAYDON, A. T.
 Arthur Thomas Claydon was born at St Crispin's,
Northamptonshire, in 1889. His father, Charles Robert Claydon, born in
Middlesex, was a tailor married to Alice (probably née Warrick) and
Arthur was the fifth of their seven surviving children (one child of the
family died early). The family lived in 1891 at 18 Alcombe Road,
Northampton; Arthur's older siblings were Rose Ada M, born about 1882,
Henry Charles, 1884, Alice Maud, about 1886, and Kate Teresa, 1888.
The family had moved along the road by 1901, to
number 6. They had been joined by two more sons, Walter Alfred, born in
1894, and William Alfred, 1899. In 1911 Mr and Mrs Claydon, with
Alice, William, and Arthur, were living at 5 Frederica Cottages, Newport
Pagnell (right). There Mr Claydon continued as a tailor, with Arthur also a
tailor and Alice a tailoress, all working at home.
Arthur enlisted in Newport Pagnell; his residence at
the time was given as Far Cotton, Northamptonshire. As a Reservist, he
was called up when war broke out and went to France. He served in the
Retreat from Mons, and fought in the battle of La Bassée.
As Private,
8386, in the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 2 battalion. He died early
in the war, on 1 November 1914, and is commemorated on the Menin Gate
Memorial at Ypres, Belgium, panels 37 and 39.
"He died the noblest death a man may die: Fighting
for God and right and liberty."
Nat Roll address 12 Euston Road, Northampton
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COAST, F. W.
Frederick William Coast was born in Newport Pagnell in 1875
and christened on 1 August 1875. He was one of the twelve children of
John and Julia (née Judge) Coast, who had married in London, the Pancras
area, in 1870.
Beginning their married life at the High Street,
Charing, Kent, in 1871, the family were living at 46 Priory Street in 1881;
they would remain there for 40 years. Mr Coast was working as a
carpenter, and had come from Faversham in Kent, while Mrs Coast was from
Stony Stratford. Their first daughter, Rose Ann, had been born in
Kent about 1871; all the other children were born in Newport Pagnell. Following
Rose were Henry John, about 1873 (died in 1908), Frederick, 1875, Arthur Thomas,
1876, Albert Edward, 1878, Amy Kate, 1879 (died in 1882), 1, and Willie,
about 1881.
By 1891 four more children had been born; Laura, 1882
(died in 1903), Bertram,1885, Walter, 1886, and Frank, 1891. Four sons were working, with Henry an apprentice painter,
Frederick a groom, Arthur a baker's apprentice, and Albert a gardener.
In 1893 the last child, Charles, was born.
On 5 April 1898 Frederick joined the Oxford and
Bucks Light Infantry, becoming a Private, 5660. On his papers he is
described as 5 feet 3½ inches tall, with brown hair and
hazel eyes. On 10 June 1898 Frederick was discharged owing to
misconduct.
In 1901 Frederick may have been working as a manager
warehouseman at a wholesale drapery at at 59 Carter Lane, St Andrew by
the Wardrobe, London. At home several of his family were at the railway
carriage works; Mr Coast had become a joiner there, Albert a painter,
Bertram a brass finisher, and Walter an office lad. By 1911 Frederick
was back home and also at the railway carriage works, as a coach
painter. Frank and Mr Coast were coach finishers there, and Albert also
was still there, as a body maker.
Frederick appears to have rejoined the Army, in the
Northamptonshire Regiment, 1st battalion, using the name George Hill. He is said to have been killed
in action on 21 December 1914, serving as Private 3/10316 and is
commemorated on the Le Touret memorial, France, panel 28 to 30.
Mr Coast died in 1913, and Mrs Coast in 1928.
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 COLLIER, W. H.
William Harold Collier was born in 1887 in Newport Pagnell,
and was the son of Frances Walker Collier. In 1891 William was at the
home of his uncle Joseph Collier at 64 Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell.
William's widowed grandmother, also Frances ("Fanny") Collier, a
sempstress, was there too, with two other uncles, Frank (Francis) and
Arthur Collier.
In 1892, Frances Walker Collier married Charles Henry
Stear in Newport Pagnell. Charles was from Yorkshire and in 1901 the
couple were living at 11 The Green, Dodworth, Barnsley. They had two
children, John Percival and Sam. They would later have two daughters,
Hilda Mary, who died as a baby in 1903, and Gertrude Mary, born in 1905.
Sadly Sam would also die young, at jut four years old, in 1901.
It is difficult to find William in 1901 and 1911. His
mother remained in the Barnsley area, and Fanny Collier and her three
sons continued living together in Newport Pagnell, and in 1911 were at
77 Tickford Street. Meanwhile, probably another brother, John Thomas
Collier, was in 1911 living with his wife Emma at 18 Silver Street and
working as a labourer in a brewery. They employed a servant, Ethel
Winifred Elmes, born in Stony Stratford in 1886. Ethel had grown up as a
boarder in the home of Sarah Munday, a housekeeper, and in 1901 had been
employed as a domestic nursemaid.
In 1913 in the Kettering area William married Ethel
Elmes,
and in 1914 they had a son, Horace E Collier.
Although he had been born in Newport Pagnell, when he
enlisted William gave his birth place as Barnsley, the home of his
mother. On enlistment at Kettering he was living at Broughton; his
widow's address was 8 Kettering Road, Broughton. William became a
Private, R/125030, in the Army Service Corps, Remounts. He died in
Northampton on 22 January 1917, and is buried in the Northampton (Towcester
Road) cemetery, grave 448.3.17396 (in the CWGC section). At the bottom of his headstone are
the words "Thy Will Be Done". Later the words "Also his wife
Ethel, 10th Sept 1962, aged 75" were added.
William was first cousin once removed to
Robert John
Mumford
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COLLISON-MORLEY, H. D.
 Amongst
a number of plaques to the Morley family in Newport Pagnell parish
church is a plaque commemorating Harold
Duke Collison-Morley, who "fell leading his men after being wounded in
the attack on Loos, September 25, 1915".
Born in 1878 at Belper, Derbyshire, Harold was the son of John Lacy Collison-Morley
and his wife Marion, née Duke, who had married in 1874. John Lacy Morley
was born on 5 March 1841 in Newport Pagnell, the second son of George
Morley, the vicar of Newport Pagnell for thirty-three years (1832-1865), and his
wife, Martha Rebecca. They and two infant sons, George and Thomas Lucy,
are buried in the churchyard. It is possible that the name "Collison"
was added to John's name in honour of his father's friend Robert
Collison, a surgeon. He died on 3 April 1860, and George Morley
dedicated an east window (right) of the parish church to his memory
In 1881, living at 124 Edith Road, Fulham, where he
remained for over twenty years, John Collison-Morley was MD, MRCS, and LCRP. He also during his career became
a Lieutenant in the XX East Devonshire Regiment, and was the medical
officer to St Paul's School in West Kensington. In 1874 he had married Marian
Duke, born 1849, and in 1881 there were two children recorded in the family,
Maude Marian, 4, and Harold, 3, and three servants. Other children were
Lacy Collison, born 1875, who in 1911 was an author and journalist, and
Egbert Yea, born 1886, who in 1911 was a clerk in a grain wharfinger's
office. Harold in 1911 was in the overseas military, at Singapore,
serving as a Lieutenant in the 2nd battalion of The Buffs; the other
three siblings were living together at 60 Stratford Road, Kensington.
There may have been another child, Winifred, who died in infancy in
1880.
In 1905 Harold married Olive Irene N Wood, and in
1907 they possibly had a daughter, Kathleen, who married William Wood in
1935. John Lacy Collison-Morley died about the same time his
grand-daughter Kathleen was
born, on 10 April 1907.
Harold, still serving in The Buffs, was commanding
the 19 Battalion of the London Regiment when he died; he was a Major,
acting
 Lieutenant-Colonel. He had been mentioned in dispatches. His
grave is at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France, IX D 18; his body had
been exhumed along with several others from the original place of burial
and reburied.
Harold's mother died in 1919; his wife in 1945 at the
age of 68. The plaque, left, is beside a gravestone footpath at St Peter
and St Paul, Newport Pagnell. It reads, "In loving memory of Olive
Collison-Morley, 1876-1945, and her daughter, Kathleen Wood, 1907-1991"
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COX, H. J.
Horace John Cox was born in 1897 in Newport Pagnell. He was
the son of Newland Thomas Cox and his wife Emma, née Barrett, who were
married in 1889. Mr Cox was a rural postman for a number of years,
recorded at Spring Gardens, numbers 14 and 29, with his family in 1891
and 1901 respectively. There were four children in the family, the
eldest being Catherine Emma, 11 in 1901, followed by Annie, 10, Newland
George, 7, and Horace, 3.
Mrs Cox died in 1902, aged 38. Mr Cox moved, by 1911,
to 17 Mill Street with the four children. Catherine kept house for her
father, while Annie was a domestic servant. Newland George was a
grocer's porter, and Horace earnt money as a chemist errand boy. Mr
Newland had become a domestic gardener.
Horace enlisted in Bedford, as Private 20781 in the
Bedfordshire Regiment. He later became Private 206902 in The Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment), 10th Battalion. He died from wounds on 8
August 1917, and is buried in Godeswaersvelde British Cemetery, France I
C 42. At the foot of his headstone are the words, "He was always all
right".
Newland Cox died in 1938, aged 75.
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CRAKER, E. A.
Ernest Arthur Craker was the fourth and youngest child of
William Henry Craker and his wife Zilpha, née Dennis, who had married in
1872.
In 1881, the year before Ernest was born on 7 June, his parents
and three siblings, Edmund John, 8, Eleanor Jane, 6, and William Henry,
4, were living at The Gardens, on the east side of Stony Stratford.
Ernest, like his siblings, was born in Stony Stratford; their father was
a gardener, a job he would do for over thirty years.
By 1891 they had moved to Beaconsfield Place, Newport
Pagnell, where they would stay for over twenty years. William
was earning as an ironmonger's porter. They were at number
15 in 1901; Ernest, meanwhile, was staying with his brother
Edward and his wife Sarah at 144 Cromwell Road, Rushden, with
both brothers working as shoemakers.
Ernest married Florence Ada Whitlock in 1909, and
by 1911 the couple were living at 9 Beaconsfield Place, close to
Ernest's parents, who remained at number 15.
They quickly became grandparents again, as Ernest and Florence had
four daughters, Constance E in 1912, Phyllis M in 1913, Winifred M
in 1915, and Elsie B M in 1917. In June 1917,
Ernest joined up, and five months later was sent over the Channel. As
Private PO/2284(S) in the Royal Marines Light Infantry, 1st RM battalion
RN Division, he was in action in the Somme and Cambrai arenas, He was
killed on 22 August 1918 at the age of 35, and is commemorated on the
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France, panel 1.
"Honour to the immortal dead, who gave their youth that
the world might grow old in peace."
Nat Roll address - 9 Beaconsfield Place
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 William Craker died in 1921 aged 75, his wife Zilpha in 1922 aged 77,
and Ernest's wife Florence in 1961, 43 years after her husband.
The grave, right, in Newport Pagnell cemetery, is Florence's,
and the headstone reads, "In loving memory of dear mother,
Florence Ada Craker, died Feb 12th 1961 aged 75 years. Also
Ernest Arthur Craker, killed on the Somme, Aug 22nd 1918.
Reunited. Constance E Craker, 1912-2001".
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DANIELLS, E. E.
Ernest Edgar Daniells was born in Newport Pagnell in 1894,
one of the nine children of Charles Edward Daniells and his wife Ellen.
The family lived in 1901 and 1911 at 1 Spring
Gardens, with Mr Daniells working as a bricklayer. At home in 1901 were
the surviving children, Mary or May Ellen, 13, Lucy Elizabeth, 11,
Herbert Edward, 8, Ernest, 6, twins Francis and Gilbert, 3, and
 Sidney
Thomas, 1. In 1911 May was no longer there, but the others were, with a
new sister, Lilly, born 1910. Lucy had married, to Thomas Jackson, a
coach painter, and they had a son, Charles. Ernest was working as a
gardener, while Herbert was a sawyer at the motor works. Later, Ernest's
parents lived at 52 Tickford Street.
Ernest enlisted in Oxford and became 15675, a Private
in the Gloucestershire Regiment, 10th battalion. He died on 25 September
1915, aged 21, and is buried at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France, in
grave IV H 7. At the foot of his headstone are the words, "Thy will be
done". On CWGC his name is given as Ernest Edward Daniells.
Ernest was first cousin once removed to George and
Reginald, below. The gravestone is of his parents, buried in the
churchyard of St Peter and St Paul. The headstone reads "In loving
memory of Charles Edward Daniells, died July 10 1922, aged 63 years.
Also his wife, Ellen Daniells, died July 20 1944, aged 77 years. RIP"
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DANIELLS, G. A. J. and R.
George Arthur John, born about 1898, and Reginald Daniells,
registered as born in 1899 (date given as 29 June 1900 in the National
Roll), were brothers, the sons of George John and Sarah Kate (née
Killick) Daniells.
Living at 5 North Square in 1911, there were
then five children in this Daniells family, with George and Reginald
being the eldest. The others were Frank Edward, 10, Stanley John, 8, and
Dorothy Mary, 3. They were all born in Newport Pagnell. Mr Daniells was
in 1911 working as a general dealer. In 1901 he was a
greengrocer/shopkeeper of 78 High Street. Later, their parents lived at
44 Caldecote Street.
George enlisted to become DM2/207728, a Private in
the Royal Army Service Corps, R Siege Park attached to XXVII Corps,
Heavy Artillery. He died from 'flu on 16 January 1919, and is buried at Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery, France, II B 17. On the foot
of his headstone are the words, "One of the dearest and best".
Reginald was educated at the County Council school
and then became an apprentice at Salmons, the motor works. He enlisted in Newport Pagnell
on 18 August 1917, and served as
26724, a Private in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He went to the
Western Front on 4 April 1918, and, just twelve days later, on 16 April
1918,
died from wounds received that day in the field. He was 18. He is buried at the Grootebeek
British Cemetery, Belgium, A 9. His headstone bears the same words as
his brother, "One of the dearest and best".
George and Reginald were first cousins once removed
to Ernest, above. Ernest's grandfather John, born at Woburn in 1811, was
the great-grandfather of George and Richard.
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DAVIS, W.
William Davis, born about 1898 at Halse, Northamptonshire,
was the third child and son of Levi Davis and his wife Elizabeth, née
Griffin, who had married in 1892. In 1901, with Mr Davis working as an
ordinary agricultural labourer, the family were living in Castlethorpe;
William's elder brothers were Joseph, then 6, and George, then 8.
By 1911 Mrs Davis was living at 83 Caldecote Street
with the three boys. She was a charwoman, while George and Joseph were
labourers. William, then 13, had a job as an errand boy.
William enlisted in Bletchley. He was firstly
number 4772 in the 3/4th Queen's Regiment, but at the time of his death
on 7 October 1916 he was a Private, 6145, in the Queen's Royal West
Surrey, attached to the London Regiment, 22nd County of London
Battalion. He was 19 when he died, and is remembered on the Thiepval
Memorial, France, Pier and Face 9D, 9C, 13C, and 12C.
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DICKENS, S. R.
Born in Stoke Goldington, Sydney Robert Dickens was the son
of Police Constable James Dickens, who was born at Whaddon, and his wife
Ellen, née North, born at Swanbourne. They had married in 1876. In 1901 they were living at 8 Spring Gardens
with seven children; George James, born 1876, a brass finisher at the railway
carriage works, Nelly Madelina, 1878, a domestic housemaid, Cyril, 1886, a labourer
in the mineral water factory, and Sydney Robert, 1888, Albert, 1889, Minnie Olive,
1891,
and Frederick, 1893, all scholars. Edith Mary, born 1881, was then a
servant at the Rectory at Stoke Goldington. One other child had died
early.
In 1904 Mrs Dickens died, aged 51. The family
remained at 8 Spring Gardens, with, in 1911, Mr Dickens having become a
pensioner. Edith Mary was at home with him and her brothers Cyril, then
a sweeper-up at a motor factory, and Albert, a brewery drayman, were
there too.
Sydney married in 1910 to Rose Victoria Lorton, and
in 1911 they were living at 33 Beaconsfield Place. Sydney was working as
a groom for a grocer. Rose was probably expecting their first child, who
may have been Sidney F, born in 1911. He may have had a sister, Kathleen
M, born in 1915.
Sydney enlisted in Bletchley and became a Gunner,
152833, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 200th Siege Battery. He died on
24 October 1917, and is buried at The Huts Cemetery, Belgium, XII A 15.
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DUDLEY, J. T., H. C., and P.
G.
Born in Newport Pagnell, John Thomas Snell, Herbert Charles,
and Philip George were the sons of John Thomas Dudley and his wife Sarah
Ann, née Snell, who had married in the Peterborough area in 1885.
In 1891, when John was an infant just a year old, the
family were living at 18 Silver Street. Mr Dudley, who had, like his
wife, come from Bradford, Yorkshire, was a tinner. With baby John were
two elder sisters, Julia Annie, then 5, and Gertrude Fanny S, 4. By 1901
Mary Maria, Herbert Charles, and Philip George had been born and were
aged 8, 6, and 3, respectively. Gertrude had begin work at a printing
works, while Mr Dudley had become a tinman and gasfitter. Mrs Dudley's
place of birth was now stated as being in Lincolnshire.
In 1911, the family were at 2 Southampton Terrace,
Priory Street. They had had eight children in all, though one had died.
Mr Dudley's place of birth was now stated as Peterborough, and he had
become a sheet metal worker. John was working at the mineral works,
making mineral water, Herbert was a farm labourer, and Philip was still
at school. Meanwhile Gertrude was still printing, and Mary was a
domestic servant. There also was Gertrude Annie, a granddaughter aged 3.
None of the brothers have a grave to visit; their
bodies were never identified and they are commemorated on memorials.
John's name is on the Thiepval memorial, France, pier and face 10A and
10D. Herbert is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France, Panel
7, and Philip is listed on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium, panel
31 and 33.
The three served with different regiments; the first
to die, John, on 15 September 1916, was Private 17071 in the Oxford and
Bucks Light Infantry, 5th battalion. He, like his brother Herbert,
enlisted in Oxford. Philip died on 2 August 1917; he had enlisted in
Bedford to become Private 22796 in the Bedfordshire Regiment, 2nd
battalion. Herbert died the following year, on 21 September 1918; he was
45352 a Private in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, but had fomerly served
as 9/17076 in the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
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