MELTON TM 28383 50599 WW1-44 WW2-12 WW1 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Date Notes Alfred Walter ADAMS Private 12646 Coldstream Guards 3rd Bn. 27 Melton WW1 09/07/1916 Ernest ADAMS Sergeant 12709 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Melton WW1 03/07/1916 AMBROSE Private 34772 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Melton WW1 01/10/1918 Stanley Rupert ATHROLL Leading Seaman R/3078 BARTLETT Private 7990 Gordon John BRANTON Private 48006 Claude Percy BUXTON Corporal 47725 CALE Private 35872 CHANDLER Private 355944 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Berkshire Regt Northumberland Fusiliers Royal Army Medical Corps Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Royal Welsh Fusiliers Hawke Bn. R.N. Div. - Melton WW1 09/10/1918 1st Bn. - Melton WW1 16/05/1915 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. 33 Melton WW1 05/06/1917 att'd. 23rd Static Hospital 34 Melton WW1 29/07/1916 - Melton WW1 16/07/1918 25th Bn. 27 Melton WW1 31/10/1917 CONE Private 24103 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 23 Melton WW1 30/08/1918 Samuel John FROMENT Private G/23060 Alfred Noel GARROD - The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Royal Army Medical Corps Basil Rahere GARROD - Royal Air Force Thomas Martin GARROD - Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Bn. - Melton WW1 06/08/1917 100th Field Ambulance 28 Melton WW1 25/01/1916 149 Sqdn. & 1st Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 21 Melton WW1 04/02/1919 3rd Bn. 20 Melton WW1 10/05/1915 Son of and Emma Buxton; husband of Annie Winefred Buried in Melton Old churchyard Son of and Annie Chandler Son of John Pemberton Cone Son of Col. Sir Archibald E. and Laura Elisabeth Garrod Son of Col. Sir Archibald E. and Laura Elisabeth Garrod Son of Col. Sir Archibald E. and Laura Elisabeth Garrod
Alfred Stephen HOLMES Sergeant 889 Royal Flying Corps - - Melton WW1 18/06/1917 HOLTON Able Seaman 810230 Frederick Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. 'Gosforth' 21 Melton WW1 11/12/1918 KING Private 1465 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. - Melton WW1 23/03/1916 LLOYD Lance Corporal 1020 East Surrey Regt. 8th Bn. 23 Melton WW1 27/07/1916 Frank LLOYD Private 8903 East Surrey Regt. 9th Bn. 30 Melton WW1 26/09/1915 LLOYD Lance Corporal Major Dench MAJOR Gunner 139399 James Samuel Patrick Maxwell 31458 East Yorkshire Regt. 1st Bn. 21 Melton WW1 25/09/1916 Royal Garrison Artillery 409th Siege Bty. 36 Melton WW1 17/09/1917 MARKHAM Private 21810 Bedfordshire Regt. 5th Bn. - Melton WW1 30/12/1917 MURRAY - Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt) Alfred PADDY Able Seaman SS/2639 Royal Navy Edward RAPLEY Private M2/035200 Army Service Corps Stanley Samuel 2nd Bn. 24 Melton WW1 20/09/1914 (RFR/CH/B/10197). H.M.S. 'Cressy' Mechanical Transport attd. 3rd Signal Construction Coy. - Melton WW1 22/09/1914 22 Melton WW1 24/11/1917 Buried in Woodbridge cemetery [kerb buried] Brother of Mrs. M. E. Smith Son of and Eliza Lloyd Son of and Eliza Lloyd Son of and Eliza Lloyd Son of James and Elizabeth Jane Major Son of Turnour Murray and Nora Alice Murray Son of James and Elizabeth Rapley READ Private 15070 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. 20 Melton WW1 13/09/1916 Son of Mrs. Alice Read RICHARDSON Rifleman 26/1690 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. 3rd 45 Melton WW1 12/10/1917 Samuel SAWYER Corporal Suffolk Regt. 3rd Bn. Melton WW1 not found Son of Sally and the late Samuel Richardson Details from SCC records Hugh SEBBORN Private 29867 Wiltshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Melton WW1 27/04/1917 Served as SEABORN John SCOGINGS Lance Corporal 12271 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 23 Melton WW1 29/03/1916 Edward SHEMMINGS Private 33309 Bedfordshire Regt. 8th Bn. - Melton WW1 20/04/1917 Alfred Cecil SKOULDING Second Thomas SMITH Private 36749 Frederick - Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Bn. 33 Melton WW1 21/02/1917 Son of and Alice Scogging. Listed as SCOGGINGS Son of S. M. and A. N. Skoulding. Buried in Melton Old churchyard 2nd/4th Bn. 19 Melton WW1 20/11/1917 Son of Mrs. Laura Smith SUTTON Driver 305535 Tank Corps 26 Melton WW1 08/09/1918 Buried in Melton Old churchyard
Alexander Ellis Lewis Ironside Richard Poingdestre Geoffrey Dayrell Robert Basil Edward Thomas Thomas WALFORD M.i.D. Major - Suffolk Regt. (Bde. Maj. 84th Infantry Bde.) 36 Melton WW1 19/04/1915 WALFORD - Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Melton WW1 16/08/1916 WIFFEN Private 408 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 32 Melton WW1 12/03/1915 WOOD WOOD C.M.G. Military Cross Colonel Colonel - Border Regt. 2nd Bn. 48 Melton WW1 16/05/1915 - York and Lancaster Regt. Commanding 2nd Bn. 26 Melton WW1 09/10/1916 WOOD - Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 24 Melton WW1 13/10/1915 WOOD Second - Border Regt. 6th Bn. att'd. 2nd Bn - Melton WW1 12/10/1916 WOODROW Military Medal Private 35110 Suffolk Regt. 12th Bn. 35 Melton WW1 11/04/1918 WOOLLEY Distinguished Conduct Medal Company Sergeant Major 45226 Canadian Engineers 3rd Bn. 28 Melton WW1 08/08/1918 WOOLNOUGH Corporal 246469 Canadian Infantry 38th Bn. 31 Melton WW1 21/07/1918 Eldest son of the late Lt. Col. H. A. Walford; husband of Inez N. Walford? Eldest son of the late Lt. Col. H. A. Walford Son of James and Hannah Wiffen Son of John Richard and Frances Isabella Wood Son of Ernest Richard and Katherine Grace Wood Son of Ernest Richard and Katherine Grace Wood Son of Ernest Richard and Katherine Grace Wood? Foster son of Mrs. A. H. Fisher [Best Guess] Son of and Anne E. Woolley Son of Mrs. H. and the late Mr. F. Woolnough WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes Cyril Ronald BALDRY Private 5827169 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 22 Melton WW2 02/09/1943 Reginald Jack Leslie Ronald Frank Edward John Nigel Robert James BENTHAM Signalman 2598246 Royal Corps of Signals BROWN BUCKETT Aircraftman 2nd Class Leading Stoker 11th Armoured. Div. Signals 39 Melton WW2 02/05/1945 1447486 Royal Air Force VR - - Melton WW2 01/02/1943 C/KX 88741 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Cornwall' 28 Melton WW2 05/04/1942 DICKERSON Private 5828008 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 26 Melton WW2 14/02/1942 FIRMAN 3rd Officer - Merchant Navy MILLER 226603 Northamptonshire Regt. S.S. Kirnwood (Middlesbrough) seconded to 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regt. 21 Melton WW2 11/08/1940 21 Melton WW2 25/10/1942 PYKE Private 5827068 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 24 Melton WW2 17/01/1944 Buried in Melton Old churchyard Son of James and Maria Buckett Son of Sargeant Bertie and Edith Frances Firman Son of Lt.-Col. and Mrs. G. N. Miller Son of Robert Bruce and Hannah Eliza Pyke
James Roy THOMPSON John Oliver Harold Fenton SIMPKIN Private 5837441 WARD Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Warrant Officer Class II D/MX 66023 WEBB Private T/58297 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt) Royal Navy 5th Bn. 21 Melton WW2 28/11/1943 H.M. Submarine 'Regent' 21 Melton WW2 01/05/1943 815162 Royal Artillery 25th Field Regt. 28 B.S.M. Melton WW2 03/01/1944 Royal Army Service Corps 2 G.H.Q. Artillery Coy. 31 Melton WW2 29/05/1940 Son of Bertie John and Emily Simpkin Son of Reginald and Pamela Kate Thompson Son of John Percy and Gertrude Elizabeth Ward Son of and Blanche Mabel Webb; husband of Mary Joyce
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