Jump to content
The Great War (1914-1918) Forum
GWF is free to use so please support the Forum
  • entries
    16
  • comments
    3
  • views
    2,434

About this blog

A blog regarding the thousands of entries in the book The County of Warwickshire Roll of Honour 1914-2005 - Volume 1 South Warwickshire by Kenneth Fowler.
First published by Able Publishing.

Here we will list errors that we believe we have found and the details of the Men of WW1 which the researchers at the time could not find. Since publication nearly 20 years ago numerous new records have become available online.

We also found that the book had a tendency to fit the "wrong man into the right hole" using CWGC records when often the man had not been given a CWGC grave but we found his death using local death records.

Entries in this blog

Ashow War Memorial

Wrong Man Identified - Ashow War Memorial - Frederick Newton

The book identifies the Frederick Newton on the Ashow plaque as Gunner 128602 Frederick NEWTON who lived in nearby Warwick and is listed on two war memorials there. However when composing his page we could find no evidence that he was ever in Ashow and further research led us to L/Cpl 9311 Frederick Telfare NEWTON, 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards who is listed on the 1901 and 1911 Ashow Census returns and was baptised there in 1906, he has a complicated family background that we are still investig
ianshuter

ianshuter in Ashow War Memorial

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Alveston

Wrong Man Identified - Alveston War Memorial - A Franklin

Page 8 of the book identifies the Cpl A Franklin - Royal Warwickshire Regt on the Alveston War Memorial as L/Cpl 8548 Arthur Franklin who was born, lived and worked in Coventry and we were unable to find a connection to Alveston. Wendy, our ace genealogist, discovered that the man named on the Memorial was Corp 9293 Alec STUART of 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire. Our documented evidence for this is Alec's birth was registered as Alec Stuart Franklin in Apr Qtr 1892 at Leamington Spa
Hatton Memorial Cross and Roll of Honour

Jack Spencer - Hatton War Memorial - Wrong Man Selected

Page 74 of Warwickshire Roll of Honour selected Pte 155729 Jack Spencer of 30th Battalion Machine Gun Corps who was born, raised and enlisted in Nuneaton and Stockingford. However we could find no link, whatsoever, to the Hatton area and in his family continued to live in the Stockingford area after he died and sp we suspected that he was chosen because he lived closest. We believe that the Jack Spencer named on the memorial is Able Seaman J/16315 Wilfred Jack Henry SPENCER - HMS Diligence
ianshuter

ianshuter in Hatton Memorial Cross and Roll of Honour

0
Hatton Memorial Cross and Roll of Honour

Pte 12899 Albert Clark [e] - Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry - Hatton War Memorial, Warks

Albert was KIA on 15 Sep 1916 during Battle of Flers-Courcelette. On Page 73 the book states the following details we believe are incorrect: Aged 20 - Baptism Records show he was 22 - born 27 Dec 1893 Son of George an engineer at Hatton Asylum and Eliza Clark - the baptism and census records show father's name was Frederick, a farmer (up to 1911). Confirmed by his pension card showing next of kin as his mother Eliza. Born in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire - he was born in
ianshuter

ianshuter in Hatton Memorial Cross and Roll of Honour

0
Hatton Memorial Cross and Roll of Honour

Rifleman R/2785 William John Hextall - 17th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps - Hatton War Memorial

Page 73 of the Roll of Honour contains what we believe a minor error. It states that William was born in Leicester, we have firm evidence that he was born in the Oct Qtr of 1888 in Cowes, Isle of Wight to Samuel and Sarah Hextall who had married in Warwick in 1887 and moved to the Isle of Wight where William and his younger sister Florence Kate were born It states that his father Samuel John was a farmer, this may be the case but Samuel died in early 1891 on the Isle of Wight when
ianshuter

ianshuter in Hatton Memorial Cross and Roll of Honour

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Alcester

Addition of men to Alcester section (not featured on main memorial) - from Alcester Baptist Church memorial.

A newly acquired picture from the Alcester Baptist Church reveals that the following men are not named on the main war memorial or British Legion memorial inside St Nicholas Church. The Baptist Church memorial takes the form of a new Church Organ bearing a plaque with the names of 10 parishioners of the Church who fell in WW1. See here https://www.swfhs.org.uk/index.php/war-memorial-transcriptions/war-memorial-transcritions-a-d/alcester-wms/alcester-bap-wm A new memorial has been created on
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Alcester

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Alcester

Correction to the service record of Private 9978 Walter Harold Blake - 3rd Bn Royal Warwickshire - Alcester War Memorial

The Roll of Honour Book states that Walter did not serve abroad and that he was not entitled to any medals. This is not correct. Walter is named on the Alcester War Memorials Walter Harold Blake - born Walter Harold Hunt in Alcester had previously served in the Army (see newspaper cutting) and was mobilised and his medal card shows that he landed in France on 22 Aug 1914 with the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was awarded the 1914 Star & Clasp, . He died of Cerebro Spinal
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Alcester

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Lapworth

Wrong Man Identified - Lapworth WM - George White

The Roll of Honour book identifies George White, named on both Memorial sites at Lapworth, as Private 1892 George White who served with the Lancashire Fusiliers as a drummer and who died on 1st July 1916. However it is clear that this soldier was born, raised and enlisted in Blackheath, London with no known connection to Lapworth. Our research led us to Pension Cards and Medal Rolls for Pte 303082 George White of the 1st/7th Lancashire Fusiliers (formerly Pte 241727 2nd/5th Royal Warwicks)
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Lapworth

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

Private 8363 Amos Ward - Minor correction

Page 281 states that Amos was killed in action - however a newspaper cutting and the war diary show that he was wounded on 30 Aug 1915 and died on 31 Aug 1915 at a CCS (1/2nd London) in Merville - details on link below https://www.swfhs.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2744:pte-amos-ward&catid=16:the-men-who-fell-in-ww1
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

Wrong Man Identified - Radford Semele WM - William Mucklow

Page 282 of the book lists the William Mucklow named on the Radford Semele war memorial as Private 306278 William James Mucklow of 1st/8th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment . This man was born, raised and lived in Birmingham which raised suspicions as he had no connection to Radford Semele where we know a Mucklow family lived. We found that the correct man was in fact Private 11802 William Mucklow, 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment and brother of John Charles Mucklow - see earlier post. W
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

Rifleman Y/1252 [John] Charles Mucklow - K.R.R.C - Place of death

Page 281 states that Rifleman Y/1252 [John] Charles Mucklow died of wounds at home on 15 Jul 1915. In fact his Register of Effects card states that he died of wounds at the London Hospital, Whitechapel. Memorial Page https://www.swfhs.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2740:rfmn-jc-mucklow&catid=16:the-men-who-fell-in-ww1
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

Wrong Man Identified - Radford Semele WM Albert Edward Bull

Page 281 records Private 1771 Albert Edward Bull of 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers of Leamington Spa as being the Albert Edward Bull listed on the memorial window. However we believe that this is wrong and it should have listed Driver 10356 Albert Edward Bull of 18th Div. Ammunition Col, Royal Field Artillery who lived on School Lane, Radford Semele from 1891 until his death in 1919. His details can be found on the link below. https://www.swfhs.org.uk/index.php/war-memorial-transcripti
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Radford Semele

2
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Kineton

Sgt Charles Frederick Plummer 1st/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry

Pages 117 and 482 of the Roll of Honour contain the entry for George. The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum have spotted an error, the book states that Charles had sailed on the Horse Transport Wayfarer from Avonmouth and arrived in Theatre on 24 Apr 1915, per his medal card. However the Museum point out that if he had been aboard the Wayfarer he would have been involved in its torpedoing 60 miles WNW of the Scilly Islands on 11 Apr 1915. The Wayfarer was damaged but did not sink and made its wa
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Kineton

1
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Kineton

Sgt 2240 Charles Albert Hudson - Warwickshire Yeomanry

Page 116 contains the details for the above named and we want to correct a couple of things. 1. He was born in Longborough, Glos not Loughborough, Leics 2. We do not believe, as stated, that he served throughout the Gallipoli Campaign as he is not listed among the Gallipoli Contingent in H A Adderley's The Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Great War, and instead we believe that he stayed with the 1st/1st's Horses and about 1/3 of the men at Chatby. It is possible that he was later sent out wit
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Kineton

0
Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Kineton

William Keyte - Kineton War Memorial

The entry for William on page 119 of the book states that they were unable to identify him. Pages 115-119 deal with the 3 Kineton War Memorials/Plaques. We believe that in fact it is Private 13101 [George] William KEYTE - 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment - known as William who was KIA at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915 during the 2nd Battle of Krithia. Evidence: His pension card give his next of kin as Annie Keyte of Church Street, Alcester, Warks The 1901 census shows Will
ianshuter

ianshuter in Warwickshire Roll of Honour - Kineton

0
×
×
  • Create New...