Below are listed the soldiers who we have found that have Wickford or Runwell connections. Many of them do not feature on the actual memorial and it’s not our intention to try and add them. This is as some families did not want them included, whilst some are commemorated on other town and village memorials to where they had moved, sadly others appear to be either oversights or simply that there were no relatives left living locally to subscribe them.

All these names are included in 'Wickford's Heroes' - Roll of Honour with pictures and more biographical details. After the project's completed we will add all the details to this page to allow future researchers and family members access to all that we have found. We are however always looking for pictures or details on any of the men and women listed or indeed others that we have missed.

Please, if you do have a picture or story about any of these brave people send it to us as we will happily add it to this online record.

ALEN, Arthur Henry 30040 Private, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders, 9th March 1917, Age 38.       BALL, William S2SR/02994, Staff Quarter Master Sergeant, Army Service Corps, Died Mesopotamia 23rd February 1918, Age 33.       BARTLETT, Richard James 12564 Private 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, Killed in Action France & Flanders 13th October 1916 Age 22.       BEATWELL, Arthur George 7855 Private, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders, 18th November 1914 Age 28.       BEATWELL, Ernest 14398, Gunner, Royal Marine Artillery serving aboard HMS Invincible Killed In Action, Battle of Jutland, May 31 1916 Age 21.       BEWERS, William John Cornelius 280241Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy, serving on Submarine E22 Killed in Action April 25, 1916 Age 39       BEWERS, Henry Robert 26502 Private 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment Killed In Action 18th August 1916 Age 38       BIRD, Ronald Stanley 200807 Private, 1/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment Died Palestine 18 December 1917       BUNN, Arthur James 276041, Private 6th Battalion Essex Regiment Died Palestine 12th September 1917       BURNETT, George 7591, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards Killed In Action, France and Flanders October 29th 1914 Age 25       BUSH, Herbert John 40137 Private, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France and Flanders 15th October 1916 Age 31       BUTLER, Thornton R/18040, Rifleman 7th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed In Action France & Flanders 11th April 1917, Age 21       CLARKE, Edwin 8101 Private, 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment, Killed in Action France & Flanders July 1, 1916, Age 21       CORKE, William 18394 Private 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment Died Mesopotamia 4th September 1916 Age 36       COX, Albert Charles 19563 Private 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 12th October 1916       COX, James Edward 12563 Private, 9th Battalion Essex Regiment Killed in Action France & Flanders 25th September 1915 Age 24       DRIVER, James 43546 Private, 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, (formerly 3559 6th London Regiment) Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 30th September 1918       ELSDON, Ernest T/084481Army Service Corps Died 24th October 1915       ENGLAND, Ernest Walter Henry 548040 Private 15th Battalion London Regiment (Originally 305625 Pte 5th Battalion London Regiment,) Died of Wounds, France & Flanders, 4th September 1918. Age 19       EVE, Arthur G/4423 Private, 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 28th April 1917. Age 29       FAIRWEATHER, John Henry 625491 Driver Honourable Artillery Company Died Germany February 28 1919. Age 21       FARLEY, John Thomas TF2381, Private 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Killed in Action France & Flanders 26th May 1916 Age 23       FISHER, Carl Lieutenant, 7. Bayerisches Feldartillerie Regiment German Army Killed in Action Deniecourt, France 29-30th September 1914       FRANKLIN, Herbert Edward 202304 Private, 2/4th Battalion (City of Bristol) Gloucester Regiment, (originally 2791 Private 4th Battalion Essex Regiment) Killed in Action France & Flanders July 5th 1916 Age 21       FRENCH Frank Arthur 1923 Private 59th Battalion, 15th Infantry Brigade Australian Imperial Forces Died of Wounds 19th March 1917 Age 26       GIGNEY, Reginald Arthur 69091 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery Died Balkans 23rd September 1916 age 27       GILLSON, Frank R/35208 Rifleman, 12th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Died of Wounds, France & Flanders, 16th August 1917 Age 29       GOODMAN Ernest William 17555 Private 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 25th February 1917       GRAVES, Edward Basil Lieutenant-Commander Royal Naval Reserve Died Wickford 17th February 1919 Age 36       GREEN, Arthur 12595 Private 9th Battalion Essex Regiment Died of Wounds France & Flanders 18th October 1915 Age 20       GREEN, William 20846 Private 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment Died of Wounds, France & Flanders 26th September 1916 Age 19       GROUND, John 13468 Corporal, 105th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 13468 Died 31st October 1917 Age 36       HANCOCK, Robert David Second Lieutenant 24th Battalion (Infantry) Machine Gun Corps Killed in Action France and Flanders, March 21, 1918 Age 25.       HART, Percy Edward 37829 Private, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment Died of Wounds France & Flanders, November 30, 1917 Age 23.       HEARD, Albert William 60275 Lance Corporal 26th Royal Fusilers. Formerly 40510 Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 20th September 1917 Age 21       HEARD, Richard George 5771 Private 23rd London Regiment. Formerly 24444 Essex Regiment Killed in Action, France & Flanders 16th September 1916 Age 23       HICKSON, Horace Grant 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Battalion Leinster Regiment Killed In Action, Gallipoli between the 6-12 August 1915 Age 21       HILLEARD, Paul James 2518 Rifleman 12th Battalion London Regiment (The Rangers) Killed In Action, France & Flanders, 24th April 1915 Age 21       HUGHES Charles 3472 Private, 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Killed In Action, France & Flanders 8th October 1918       HULL Alfred Davis 514994 Private, 14th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish) Killed In Action, France & Flanders 16th October 1917 Age 34       JENKINS, Joseph 54603 Private, 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, formerly 22751 Royal Engineers Killed In Action, France & Flanders 2nd October 1918 Age 27       JENKINS Joseph Henry 21249 Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion Gloucester Regiment, formerly 99565 Royal Horse Artillery Killed In Action, Mesopotamia (Iraq) 21st April 1916 Age 41       KIMBERLEY, Frederick John 56869 Private, 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 205429 Norfolk Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 20th April 1917       KING, Henry Edward 14692 Private 11th Battalion Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 26th September 1915 Age 19       LARK, Arthur Frank L/10077 Private 1st Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 26th September 1914       LEETE Sydney John 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps, formerly Worcestershire Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders, 28th July 1917 Age 24       LOOS, Cecil George Bertram Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 13th March 1915 Age 30       MARSHALL, William 80038 Driver, ‘G’ Battery 5th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Died France & Flanders 21st October 1918 Age 32       MOTT, Herbert Thomas G/21421 Private Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment, formerly 21239 East Surrey Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 10th August 1917 Age 23       MOTT, Stanley Willis 87653 Gunner, ‘Q’ Battery Royal Horse Artillery Killed In Action, France & Flanders 26th November 1917 Age 24       NEVILLE, George 13297 Private 4th (Reserve Battalion) Coldstream Guards Died Home, 7th May 1915 Age 25       NEVILLE, William Arthur 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 068010 Army Service Corps Died of Wounds as a prisoner 21-23 March 1918 Age 35       PARMENTER, Astor Gilbert Baker HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy Killed In Action, Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916 Age 27       RAVEN, Frederick Walter 26695 Private, 10th Battalion Essex Regiment Died Of Wounds as a prisoner Germany 13th September 1917 Age 25       REED, Samuel 49795 Private 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly STK/2503 31st Battalion Royal Fusiliers Killed In Action 9th April 1917 Age 27       ROBERTS, William Edward 805 Trooper, Household Cavalry/ Essex Yeomanry Killed In Action, France & Flanders 8th February 1915 Age 24       SMITH, Leonard George 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 1st July 1916 Age 20         TAYLOR, Edward T/21290 Driver, Army Service Corps attached 3rd Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Killed In Action, France & Flanders 9th August 1918 Age 33       TERRY, Percy George 34586 Private 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 3rd May 1917 Age 38       TRIGG, Herbert 45823 Private, 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Died Of Wounds, France & Flanders 21st October 1917 Age 19       TUCKETT, Arthur Leonard 35519 Private, 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, formerly 3564 Devon Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 19th April 1918, Age 40       TWEED, Edward Thomas 10572 Private, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Killed in Action, France & Flanders 16th February 1915 Age 20       TWEEN, Jonathan 1615 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery Died France & Flanders 9th October 1916 Age 39       VALENTINE, William John G/11972 Corporal 7th Battalion The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Killed in Action, France & Flanders 8th August 1918       VAN, Bernard William Private, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment Died UK 11th September 1914 Age 28       VAN, Stephen Frederick 7546 Acting Sergeant, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 13th May 1915 Age 30       WHALLEY, William 300082 Corporal, 7th Battalion Essex Regiment Died of Wounds, Palestine 5th May 1917       WILSHER, John Edward 31113 Private, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment Killed in Action, France & Flanders 28th July 1917 Age 36       WINTERTON, Frank Walpole 608553 Rifleman, 18th Battalion (London Irish Rifles) London Regiment, formerly 35063 5th Battalion London Regiment Killed In Action, France & Flanders 7th April 1918 Age 39

ANDERSON, Robert Henry 6478160 Lance Sergeant, 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers Killed In Action Italy, 12 May 1944, Age 35       ANDREWS, Alfred Arthur, DSM C/KX 121798 Leading Stoker, HM Motor Gun Boat 2002, Royal Navy Killed by mine off Swedish coast, May 12, 1945 Age 28.       BAINES, John C/MX71291 Leading Cook (O), HMS Blean, Royal Navy Killed In Action 11 December 1942.       BASS, Frederick William 14411084 Private, 7th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment Killed in Action, France 8 July 1944, Age 19.       BONNELL, Hugh Emrys 91409 Major Royal Army Medical Corps Died 5th May 1941 aged 35       BOREHAM, W       CHABLE, Albert Eric Daniel 6845596 Sergeant 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Killed in Action, Italy 26 Oct 1944 Age 26.       CHABLE, Ernest George 873050 Lance Bombardier, 7th Battery 5th HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery Killed in Action, Hong Kong, 19 Dec 1941 Age 22.       CLARK, John Edward Believed to be 2626007 Lance Corporal 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards Killed 28 November 1947 Age 21       COATES, Raymond Aubrey 60805 Flying Officer, 62 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed, Singapore, 21 May 1942 Age 24       DAVIES, Frederick Alfred. 6145716, York and Lancaster Regiment Killed in action, France, August 2, 1944 Age 25         DERRY, Sydney Horace 1735554, Lance Bombardier, 49 Battery 48 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Killed, 8th March 1942 age 26.       EVANS, Hector Ronald 5497942 Lance Bombardier, 2/1 Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery Killed in Action, June 5, 1942 Age 27.       EVANS, Henry George 1523218 Sergeant, 50 Battery 17 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery Killed North Africa, July 4, 1943 Age 33.       EVERITT, Stanley Charles 908043 Flight Sergeant, 210 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed, 13 June 1943 Age 24       GEAR, George P/K59293 Leading Stoker, HMS Janus, Royal Navy Killed in Action 23 January 1944 Age 45.       GOWING, Kenneth Joseph 176556 Pilot Officer, 44 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed in Action, 8th July 1944 Age 22.       GRAVES, John Rochester Lieutenant, HMS Hood, Royal Navy Killed in Action, North Sea, 24 May 1941 Age 26       GRAY, Cyril Edward 5773567 Corporal, 6th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 21st January 1942. Age 22.       HENRY, Stanley Maurice 6019219 Private, 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Killed at sea whilst prisoner, 21st September 1944.       HOSKISSON, Reginald 2047286 Signalman, 5th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals Killed in Action, France between 29-30/5/1940 Age 22       HUGHES, William Frederick Gerrard 1272205 Sergeant Pilot Killed 26 April 1942 Age 29.       HUNT, Victor Eric William C/JX 199296 Able Seaman, SS Parracombe, Royal Navy Killed in Action 2nd May 1941 Age 19.       HUNT Walter Frances 1376651 Aircraftsmen 1st Class, Royal Air Force Died of Wounds 28th August 1941 Age 28       JONES, R H RAF       KEEBLE, Walter 6021172, Private, 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Died at sea 21 September 1944 Age 28       KETLEY, Richard Charles 6024556 Private, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment Died India, 12 March 1943 Age 29       KIRK, Walter John Seaman LT/JX 184547 Royal Naval Patrol Service HM Yacht Campeador V Killed in Action, 22 June 1940 Age 39       KNOTT, Ronald Albert 6853539 Sergeant 1st Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Force Killed in Action, Sicily 10TH July 1943 Age 21       LAMB, Herbert 5575035 Private, The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment Killed in Action, Italy 15 September, 1944 Age 29.       LONGMAN, Leonard Victor 2031636 Sergeant, 514 Searchlight Battery Royal Artillery, Killed 18th Oct 1940 Age 27       MEARS, William 13095091 Private 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Killed in Action, Italy 12th July 1944       MILLAR, James Frederick 6019241 Private, 1st Battalion Beds and Herts Regiment Killed in Action, Sicily, 31 Aug 1944 Age 25       MOORE, Tony George 1233882 Leading Aircraftsman 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Killed, Sicily 21st Dec 1943 Age 22       MURRAY, Donald 179886 Pilot Officer, 88 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed In Action, 5th August 1944 Age 19       OLLEY, Richard Ernest 23644 Driver, Royal Army Service Corps Killed Libya 8 June 1942 Age 36       PAGE, Leonard Frank C/JX351331 Ordinary Seaman, HMS Fidelity, Royal Navy Killed in Action, 1 January 1943 Age 19.       PEDDER, Ernest Andrew James P/SSX12108 Able Seaman, HMS Hood, Royal Navy Killed In Action 24th May 1941 aged 33       PEGG, Ronald George 1238512 Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer), 83 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed in Action, April 3, 1943.       PHILLIPS, John Douglass 138829 Flying Officer (Navigator),105 Squadron Royal Air Force, Killed in Action, 12 December 1943 Age 21       PIMM, Stanley Albert 1625985 Flight Sergeant (Navigator), 635 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed, 30th March 1945 Age 20       POTTER, George Edward 6019255 Private 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Died Malaya 21st September 1943 Age 24.       PRATT, Donald 1078897, Sergeant Wireless Operator, 59 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed 18th August 1944 Age 21.       PRATT, David Lawrence 1613112 Flight Sergeant (Pilot) 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Killed 26th March 1945       RAWLINGS, Edward Frank 2377773 Signalman, 4th Divisional Signals Royal Corps of Signals Killed in Action Tunisia, April 21, 1943 Age 30.       ROBINSON, Eric Arthur 1330303 Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Killed 31st March 1943 Age 20       ROCKER, Sidney Stanley 1771878 Gunner, 48 Battery 21st Light. Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, Died Malaya, 14th March 1945 Age 24       ROGERS, Albert Edward Lawrence 1236689 Aircraftsmen 1st Class 111 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 5th July 1944 Age 21.       SMITH, Eric Francis 6020758 Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Died 14th August 1943 Age 27.       SPRACKLING, Leonard William 116671 Flying Officer (Nav) 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force Killed in action 5th March 1943 Age 22.       SPRACKLING, Sidney C/JX168888 Able Seaman, HMS Kandahar, Royal Navy Killed in action 20th December 1941 Age 22.       WHARRIER, Robert Andrew 176399 Lieutenant 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment Killed in Action, Tunisia, 12th March 1943 Age 23       WILLIAMS, Samuel Charles 1614983 Flight Sergeant Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Killed Mediterranean 25th Aug 1944 Age 21       WOOD, John 906925 Sergeant, 149 Squadron Royal Air Force Killed in Action, 17th April 1941 Age 27