3rd
(Prince of Wales Own) Dragoon Guards
Born
Ecton, Resident of and enlisted from Kettering.
Killed
in Action 13th May 1915 in France,
age unknown.
No
known grave but remembered on panel 3 of the Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial.
Lance
Corporal 13786 William Thomas Blunt
1st
Battalion, the Coldstream Guards
Born
and resident of Wilby, enlisted from Northampton.
Died
of Wounds 7th December 1916 at Beaufort
War Hospital,
Bristol,
aged 21.
Buried
in Wilby Churchyard, on the right side as you enter.
Private
17849 William Reginald Blunt
7th
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment
Born
Yardley Hastings, enlisted from Northampton
Died
of Wounds 21st August 1916 in France,
age unknown
Buried
in grave II. G. 10. at the Dive
Copse British
Cemetery,
Sailly-le-Sec.
Private
G/18181 Edward Berwick
9th
Battalion, the Royal Sussex
Regiment
Born
Irthlingborough, enlisted from Wellingborough
Died
of Wounds 21st June 1917 in France,
aged 20
Son
of Arthur and Martha Ann Berwick, of Northampton
Rd., Yardley-Hastings, Northampton.
Native of Irthlingborough, Wellingborough
Buried
in Grave III. D. 15. at the Dickebusch New Military
Cemetery
Extension.
Lance
Corporal G/10228 Alfred Barber
8th
Battalion, the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
Born
and resident of Wilby, enlisted from Wellingborough.
Killed
In Action 31st July 1917 in France,
aged 20
Formerly
Private 22237, Northamptonshire Regiment.
No
known grave but remembered on panels 11 to 14 of the Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial.
Rifleman
41599 Charles Edward Channon
12th
Battalion, the Royal Irish Rifles
Enlisted
from Wellingborough
Killed
in Action 21st March 1918 in France,
aged 38.
Husband
of Margaret Marion Channon, of 68, West
St., Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury.
Dorset.
Formerly
Private 30346 Northamptonshire Regiment.
No
known grave but remembered on panels 74 to 76 of the Pozieres
Memorial.
Private
13469 William Frederick Garrett
2nd
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment
Born
Woolwich, enlisted from Northampton
Killed
in Action 1st October 1917 in France,
aged 21
Buried
in grave IV. B. 1. at the Prowse
Point Military
Cemetery
Son
of William and Emily Alice Garrett, of Willye Grange Cottage,
Wellingborough
Private
43514 Francis John Harris
7th
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment
Born
Wellingborough, enlisted from Northampton
Killed
in Action 28th March 1918 in France,
aged 20.
Son
of Thomas and Martha Harris, of "Westward Ho". Wilby. Wellingborough.
No
known grave but remembered on panels 54 to 56 of the Pozieres
Memorial.
Leading
Seaman 225502 William Lainghbury
Killed
in Action 17th October 1917 on the H.M.S. Mary
Rose, aged 30.
Son
of William and Ellen Lainchbury, of "Westward Ho," Wilby,
Wellingborough, Northants.
Buried
in Grave 20, Chatham Memorial,
Portsmouth
Private
331117 Edward Charles Mayes
7th
Battalion, the Suffolk
Regiment
Born
Wilby, enlisted from Wellingborough.
Died
of Wounds 19th July 1917 in France,
age unknown.
Buried
in grave V. A. 7. at the Duisans
British Cemetery,
Etrun
Husband
of M. Mayes, of Doddington
Rd., Earls Barton, Northants.
Private
15414 Ralph Henry Murby
2nd
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment.
Born
Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, enlisted from Wellingborough
Killed
in Action 9th May 1915 in France,
age unknown.
No
known grave but remembered on panel 7 of the Ploegsteert Memorial.
Private
33189 William Charles Parker
2nd
Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment
Born
Wold Newton, Lincolnshire,
resident of Wilby, enlisted from Kettering.
Killed
In Action 22nd March 1918 in France,
aged 28
Son
of John Houghton Parker and Elizabeth Ann Parker, of Wilby;
husband of Edith Parker, of Glebe Cottage, Wilby, Wellingborough,
Northants
No
known grave but remembered on panels 28 and 29 of the Pozieres
Memorial.
Private
18067 Joseph Andrew Rivitt
5th
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment.
Born
Wilby, enlisted from Northampton.
KIA
30th November 1917 in France,
age unknown.
No
known grave but remembered on panel 8 of the Vambrai Memorial
at Louverval.
Private
22235 Horace Alfred Thompson
7th
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment
Born
Wilby, enlisted from Wellingborough.
Killed
in Action 16th January 1917 in France,
age unknown.
Buried
in grave I. L. 29. at the Maroc
British Cemetery,
Grenay.
Private
18701 Harry Charles Walker
5th
Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment
Born
Wellingborough, enlisted from Kettering
Died
8th July 1916 in France,
aged 27
Buried
in grave I. F. 26. at the
Heilly
Station Cemetery,
Mericourt-L’Abbe
Son
of Charles and Elizabeth Walker, of West
End Row, Wilby, Wellingborough.
Private
23820 Sidney G Yorke
7th
Battalion, the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Born
Northampton,
enlisted from Wellingborough
Killed
in Action 12th June 1917 in France,
aged 21.
Formerly
Private 23073, the Suffolk
Regiment.
Son
of William and Priscilla Yorke, of Main
Rd., Wilby, Wellingborough.
Buried
in grave III. A. 7. at Oosttaverne
Wood Cemetery.
In
honour and rememberance of the men of Wilby who laid
their lives down so that we may enjoy the freedom their sacrifice
provided for us.
