ALDHAM WAR MEMORIAL

 

This Memorial was originally erected in 1922 at the crossroads near to the Church.  It was formerly on the north-west corner but was moved to its present site in 1972 across the road to the corner of the Churchyard because of increasing traffic.

War Memorial

REMEMBER
OUR
GLORIOUS
DEAD

1914-1918

 

BAILEY Sidney Walter Private 10136, JC/36, 20th Hussars of the Household Cavalry of the Line.  Killed in Action 30th October, 1914 in France and Flanders.  Born Aldham 1896, enlisted  Colchester.  Son of Arthur John and Martha Mary (nee Cresswell) Bailey.  Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.   Panel 5.
BONES, Frank Stanley Private 14296, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).  Died of Wounds 07th September, 1918 in France and Flanders.  Born  Forest Gate 1893, enlisted Ilford.  Son of Alfred and Emily Bones. Buried at BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Gezaincourt, Somme, France. Grave VI.F.28.
BUGG, Charles Henry Sergeant  6140, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.  Died of Wounds 27th September, 1915 in Mesopotamia.  Born Aldham 1883, enlisted Colchester.  Son of James and Jane (nee Eves) Bugg. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq.  Panel10.
BUGG, Horace George Private 21918, 8th Battalion, Northmberland Fusiliers.  Killed in Action 18th August 1916 in France and Flanders.  Born Aldham 1890, enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne (?).  Son of James and Jane (nee Eves) Bugg of Crapes Cottage, Aldham, Colchester.  Buried at WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.  Grave I.G.1.
CLAMPTON, George, William Private 21478, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in Action 02nd November, 1917 in Palestine. Born Aldham 1892, enlisted Warley, Essex. Son of Joseph and Emily (nee Honeyball) Clampton of Bouchiers Hall Cottage, Aldham, Colchester. Buried GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel;. Grave XXII.A.7.
CRESSWELL, Walter Henry James Private 26225, 7th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry but formerly Private 5801 with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment.  Died of Wounds 30th September, 1918 in France and Flanders.  Born 1882 Aldham, enlisted Colchester.  Son of Henry and Annie (nee Bond) Cresswell of Ford Street, Aldham, Colchester.  Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.  Grave LXV.G.19.
DEVEY, James J.  Private 4847, 14th (King’s) Hussars.  Died of Disease 06th October, 1918 in India.  Born Staffordshire 1889, enlisted Birmingham.  Son of James and Mary Ann Devey, husband of Lilian Ann Devey of Ford Street, Aldham, Colchester.  Buried TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran.  Grave III.D.9.
HERMON, Walter Frank Private 20157, 6th Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) but formerly Private 23573 with the Suffolk Regiment.  Killed in Action 27th August, 1918.  Born Aldham 1896, enlisted Chelmsford.  Son of Mrs. Ellen Hermon (nee Blackwell) and the late William Hermon of Aldham, Colchester.  Buried MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave F.18.
HERMON, William Edward Private G/75347, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, but formerly Private 243221 with the Royal Sussex Regiment.  Died of Wounds 03rd November, 1918 France and Flanders.  Born  Aldham 1899, enlisted Harrogate.  Son of Mrs. Ellen Hermon (nee Blackwell) and the late William Hermon of Aldham, Colchester.  Buried AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY, France (Nord).  Grave II.C.12.
HONEYBALL, Arthur Charles Gunner 39846, 24th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Accidentally Killed 10th June, 1915.  Born Aldham 1895, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Charles and Alice (nee Balls) Honeyball. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.   Panel 9.
HONEYBALL, George  William Waylen Private 41167, 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, but formerly Private G3/31333 East Surrey Regiment.  Killed in Action 16th August, 1917 France and Flanders.  Born London 1883, enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. Son of William and Emma Harriet (nee Waylen) Honeyball.  Commemorated TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 70 to 72.
HONEYBALL, William Mark Gunner 39359, 24th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.  Killed in Action 25th August, 1915 in France and Flanders.  Born Aldham 1894, enlisted Sudbury.  Son of Charles and Alice (nee Balls) Honeyball. Buried WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Grave III.P.4.
SEELEY John Sergeant 30843, 151st Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps but formerly Colour Sergeant Instructor with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of Pleurisy 20th February, 1919.  Born Suffolk 1853, enlisted initially at Bury St. Edmunds.  Husband of Caroline C. Seeley (nee Jones) of Church Road, Fordham, Colchester.  Was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving on the north-west frontier of India with the Suffolk Regiment.  Buried at SS Margaret and Catherine Churchyard, Aldham, near to the south boundary.
SIBLEY, Golden Lance Corporal 12865, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.  Died of Wounds 02nd November, 1916 in Cardiff, but his injuries were sustained whilst fighting in France.  Born Aldham 1889, enlisted Colchester.  Son of George and Sophia Sibley.  Buried at SS Margaret and Catherine Churchyard, south-east corner of the Church.
STEADMAN, Arthur Lewis Private 7208, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.  Killed in Action 25th April, 1915 in France and Flanders.  Born Kelvedon 1897, enlisted Newmarket.  Son of William and Selina (nee Haines) Steadman of Ford Street, Aldham, Colchester.  Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper. West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Panel 34.
WHITEHOUSE, Alfred Ernest Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, County of London Regiment (The Rangers).  Killed in Action 08th May, 1915.  Born Colchester 1893.  Son of Joseph and Emily (nee Cardy) Whitehouse of Ford Street, Aldham, Colchester.  Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.  Panel 54.
WILLSHER, Harry Private 4240 and 251331, 1st/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment.  Killed in Action 26th March, 1917 in Palestine.  Born Colchester 1890, enlisted Colchester.  Son of Joseph and Ellen (nee Roberts) Willsher. Buried at GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel.  Grave XXII.F.2.

 

Inside the Church will be found a Memorial Scroll which includes the names of three additional soldiers who lost their lives during the Great War

Flags

 

ENNALS, Charles Private G/14680, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment but formerly Private 3442 with the Essex Regiment.  Died of Wounds Saturday 30th September, 1916 at the Somme with the British Expeditionary Force.  Born Holton St. Mary, Suffolk 1882, enlisted Marks Tey.  Husband of Emily Ennals (nee Page) of Coddenham, Suffolk and father of Frederick Henry Ennals.  Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.  Grave III.D.51.  He is mentioned on the War Memorial at Marks Tey.
HOWE, William To be confirmed -  Private 11002, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.  Died at Sea 13th August, 1915.  Born Milden, Suffolk, enlisted Winchester but at time of death his residence was Chappel, Essex.  Commemorated at HELLES MEMORIAL, Gallipoli, Turkey.  Panel 125-134, or 223 - 226, 228 – 229 and 328.
SPICER, Filmer Blake Second Lieutenant , 3rd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Secondary Regiment Machine Gun Corps attached to 111th Company.  Died of Wounds 06th October, 1916.  Born London 1892.  Son of George Blake and Agnes Spicer of Eastbourne and husband of Margaret E. Spicer of 47 Perham Road, West Kensington, London.  Buried at BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.  Grave I.J.59.

Also inside the Church will be found two brass plaques – one on the south side of the chancel commemorating Henry Bernard Perry, the elder son of Roger Perry, Rector of Aldham 1889 – 1991 and the other over the organ to J.W. and G.S.  Robinson, the brothers of Elizabeth Helen Hines who moved to Aldham on her marriage to Herbert J. Hines

PERRY, Henry Bernard Corporal 1179 and laterally Captain, 13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in Action 06th November, 1918.  Born Gloucester 1884.  Son of the late Rev. R.E. Perry and Mrs. Julia Perry of 51 Dukes Avenue, Chiswick, London.  Buried at VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, France (Nord).  Grave III.A.9.
ROBINSON, George Sidney Private G/25152, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment.   Died of Wounds 26th April, 1918 in France and Flanders.  Born Hexham, Northumberland, 1898, enlisted Lincoln’s Inn, Holborn, Middlesex.  Son of John William and Elizabeth Ann Robinson of South Park, Hexham, Northumberland.  Buried at HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY, Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. CEMETERY.  Grave V.A.32.
ROBINSON, John Wilfred Second Lieutenant and laterally Captain, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.  Killed in Action 15th November, 1916.  Born Hexham, Northumberland 1894.  Son of John William and Elizabeth Anne Robinson of South Park, Hexham, Northumberland.  Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme France.  Panel Pier and Face 10B 11B and 12B.