Bloxwich Remembers
Those from Bloxwich, Blakenall and Leamore that enlisted in World War 1
We remember, quite rightly, all those that fell in the First World War on Remembrance Day each year. There are many that also served but came home. Not all of them healthy, many came home wounded, with lost limbs, with breathing problems through being gassed, with shell shock, some came home with injuries that would cause their death shortly after returning. These also deserve to be remembered.
That is what this list of servicemen is. It is taken from a combination of references.
Starting in January 1915 the vicar of Bloxwich, Rev Hamilton, sought to gather together all those that enlisted regardless of church denomination. He wanted as complete a list as he could create containing all enlisted men in the parish, and managed to find 771 names.
His list has been added to with names taken from the Bloxwich and Blakenall Rolls of Honour, and my research including the books "Mud Blood and Bullets" by Edward Rowbotham, and "Sorrow into Pride" by Ken Wayman and Barry Crutchley, "Walsall Servicemen 1914-1918 A guide to research by Sue Satterthwaite, the 1914 forum, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, genealogy and Imperial War Museum databases. David Jones has additionally provided names, service numbers and photographs from his research.
The list is still not complete, during the Peace Celebrations in September 1919 the Rev Hamilton said that about 2000 men from Bloxwich, Blakenall and Leamore had enlisted, at present there are over 1350 men listed here so there is still some way to go. Please use the contact sheet if you have names to add.
Blue coloured names will link to the Imperial War Museum's Lives of the Great War site and give, where available, more information about the serviceman.
Alas photographs of the servicemen are rare, but some still exist The ones shown below are taken from the books listed above or the 1914 forum and are printed with the authors permission. If you click on the image you will be connected to the serviceman's record on the Imperial War Museum's Lives of the Great War site. Clicking the "Show more" button will load the next 10 photographs.
If you have any please let me know via the contact me page, it would be great if we could put a picture to every name.
James Adams
William Adderley
? Alcock
Henry Aldridge
Henry Aldridge
Samuel Allcock
J.J Allen
Samuel Allsopp
Sidney Allsopp
Wilfrid Allsopp
John James Andrews
Thomas Armstrong
John Astbury
Charles Athersmith
Ensor Atkins
Johnathan Bacon
Robert Bailey
Arthur Baker
Arthur O. Baldwin
George Baldwin
Alfred Ball
Ernest Ball
J. Ball
John Ball
Joseph Ball
Richard Ball
Robert Ball
Wilfred Ball
Charles Banks
Thomas Banks
Benjamin Barker
Horace Barker
R. Barker
S. Barker
William Victor Barker
Charles Barnes
Timothy Barnes
J. A. Barnsby
H Barsley
John Henry Barsley
William Samuel Bate
Fred Bates
James Baugh
Jas Baugh
John Baugh
Harry Beck
Henry Vincent Beech
John Beech
William Beech
William Beeston
William Beeston
Cyril Belding
Herbert Bell
James Bell
Albert Edward Bentley
George Bentley
John Bentley
Thos Bentley
William Bentley
Ernest James Benton
John Benton
William Benton
Herbert Berry
William Bickley
James Biggins
Howard Birch
John Birch
Joseph Birch
John Bird
John Bird
Peter Bird
Thomas Bird
William Henry Bird
William Joseph Bird
Bert Birkin
W. Bishop
H. Blackburn
A.W. Blockley
H. Blockley
Joseph E. Blower
Harold Bolus
J.E. Bolus
Albert Boncer
A. Bonsor
John Boucher
John Boucher
Noah Bowdler
Hugh Bowen
George Bradford
Alfred James Bradley
Norris Brailsford
Arthur Brant
Daniel Brookes
George Brookes
Isiah Brookes
Samuel George Brookes
William Thos. Brookes
George Clifford Broome
Thomas Broome
Matthew Brown
William Brown
Robert Browning
? Bryan
Silas Bullock
Joseph Bunn
Charles William Burrowson
Charles Butler
Ernest William Butler
George Caddick
B.W. Carpenter
Ernest Carrington
Chas Cartwright
Enoch Cartwright
George Cartwright
George Cartwright
Henry Cartwright
Horace Cartwright
Jack Cartwright
John Edward Cartwright
Joseph Henry Cash
James Cauldry
Ernest Causer
Robert Edward Chambers
Hy Chandler
H Chell
Thomas Cheshire
John Henry Chester
George Chidlow
Alfred Chilton
Arthur Chilton
Frank Chivers
James Clark
John Clark
Percy Clark
William Henry Clark
Frederick Clarke
William Henry Clarke
Frank Cleobury
George Clewley
Sidney Clews
Isaac Cockayne
Edward Coleman
James Collins
Ernest Cooper
George William Cooper
John Thomas Cooper
William Cooper
C. Cope
Harold Buckley Cope
Norman Cope
Edward Cox
James Cox
George Craddock
George Creacey
Frederick Crook
Joseph Cross
Alfred Dale
Alfred Dale
Enoch William Davies
Richard Davis
Howard Dawson
Timothy Dean
James Degg
Herbert Dobbins
Joseph Dobbins
William Dobbins
Doollan
William George Douglas
James Dowen
David Downes
James Downes
Thomas Downes
Horace Downs
Mark Dudd
A Dugart
Patrick Dukan
Charles Dukes
Samuel Dukes
William Harry Dukes
Elijah Dunn
George Dunn
George Dunn
Percy Dunn
Samuel Dunn
Levi Dunning
Robert Dunning
T Dunning
W.T.N.J. Dunning
Charles Dyer
Albert Edward Dyke
John Eccleston
T. Eccleston
Samuel Ernest Edge
William Edgerton
Edward "Ralph" Edwards
Ernest William Edwards
Frank J.T. Edwards
Thomas Edwards
William Edwards
G.E. Elliot
Frederick Ellis
P. Etherid
Alfred Evans
Alfred Evans
Francis Charles Evans
Joseph Evans
Joseph Evans
Joseph Henry Evans
Samuel Evans
William Evans
William Evans
William Evans
David Fellowes
William Fellows
Abel Ferguson
Thomas Fern
James Frederick Fisher
George Fletcher
Joseph Fletcher
Josiah Fletcher
William Folland
William Forrest
Harry Forrester
Richard Fowler
Charles Fox
George W Fox
John Fox
Alfred Fryer
Thomas Gallaher
Alfred Gardner
William Gardner
Harry Gilmore
Percy Thomas Gilmore
Joseph Conrad Girkin
Edward Goodall
George Goodall
Harold Goodall
Harry Goodall
James William Goodall
John Henry Goodall
Harry Goodman
Albert Gossage
Jos. Grainger
Norman Noah Grant
John Greenhough
Elihu Griffiths
G. E. Griffiths
J. S. Griffiths
John Groves
William Groves
George Gudgin
Charles Guest
Charles Guest
Sidney Guest
S. Haden
Jeremiah Haley
Jeremiah Haley
Benjamin Halford
Arthur Will Hall
Charles Edward Hall
David Hall
John Hamer
William Hamer
James Hamilton
James J. Hamilton
Henry Hammonds
Hy Hammonds
Percy Hanley
E. C. Hardcastle
Charles Harper
Edward Harper
Fred Harper
Frederick Noah Harper
George Harper
Harry Harper
Howard Harper
Joseph Harper
Philip William Harper
Samuel Harper
Thomas Harper
William Harper
Arthur Harris
Harry Harrison
Joseph Harrison
Alfred Harvey
Ezra Harvey
William Harvey
John H. Hawkins
Joseph Haycock
Sydney Haycock
Arthur Haywood
George Haywood
James Haywood
William Hazlewood
David Harold Heath
Henry Heeley
John Heeley
Samuel Heeley
Richard William Hempsell
Amos Hendon
Joseph Enoch Hendy
William Henshall
Arthur Harry Hesketh
Charles E. Hill
James Thomas Hill
James Thomas Hindley
Samuel Stephen Hinds
Henry Hobson
Joseph Hobson
George Hodson
J. R. Holden
Richard John Holden
Charles Holder
Wm. Henry Hollyoake
Enoch Holmes
Leonard Holmes
Henry Homer
Albert Ernest Hooper
Sydney Hooper
Jonas Horne
George Horton
Neville Horton
Sidney Horton
David James Hotkiss
Reginald Hughes
Jack Humphries
Alfred Hurd
Thomas Huskinson
Thomas Hykin
William Hykin
Ernest William Jackson
John William James
Leonard Jarvis
Harry Jenkins
J Jervis
Edward Johns
Abraham Jones
Charles Jones
E.O. Jones
Ernest Jones
Jack Jones
John Jones
John Thomas Jones
Percy Jones
Percy Jones
Peter V Jones
Samuel George Jones
Thomas Jones
Thomas Edward Jones
William Jones
William Jones
William Walter Jones
Arthur Keeling
Arthur Keeling
John Kidson
John Kitson
Nornan Fred Knapton
John Lapworth
Joseph Lapworth
Leonard Lapworth
Noah Latham
Charles Lavender
Abraham Law
Albert Law
Albert Law
Charles Henry Law
Levi Law
Mark Law
Martin Law
Thomas Law
Thomas Lawley
Emanuel Lawrence
Emanuel Lawrence
Harold Lawrence
Harold Lawrence
J. Thos. Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence
William Lawrence
John Leadbeater
John Leadbeater
Wilfred Leadbeater
William Leadbeater
Harry Legge
William Legge
Charles Lester
George Lewis
John Lewis
Harry Lines
Sidney Littler
Auber Llewellyn
Fred Llewellyn
Frederick Llewellyn
Jack Llewellyn
Jesse Llewellyn
David Lloyd
Frank Lloyd
Stanley Lockett
George William Lockley
William Isaac Longdon
Roland Lorton
George Henry Lowe
Edward James Lyons
Bryan Macnamara
Alfred Main
George Thomas Main
Thomas Main
Thomas Main
L Malpass
Harry Mansell
Henry Mansell
Richard William Mansell
Samuel Marsh
Alfred Victor Marshall
George Marshall
George Marshall
Benjamin Leonard Mason
Harold Mason
Harold Charles Mason
Harry Mason
Harry Mason
Harry Mason
Hy Mason
Percy Mason
Thomas Matthews
Wm. Thos. Matthews
Daniel Mayo
George Mellor
John Mellor
William Mellor
William Mellors
John Merrick
Joseph Merrick
Harold Millard
Dennis Millington
Fred Millington
Harry Moore
Arthur L. Morris
William Ernest Morris
William Edward Morris
Arthur Moseley
Alfred Leslie Mould
Harold George Mould
Henry Thomas Mullard
Thomas Mytton
George Neal
Arthur Henry Newins
William Newins
John Henry Nicholls
Wilfred Nicholls
William Nixon
John Noon
Walter Noon
Frank Oliver
George Henry Orgill
George Owen
Jack Owen
William Paddock
Richard Pagett
Alfred Painter
Alfred Painter
Algernon Painter
Ernest Parker
Edward Parkes
Joseph Parkes
Thomas Parkes
Frank Parlov
Victor Parry
William Parry
Albert J. Parton
Jack Parton
Thomas Partridge
Thomas Partridge
William Passey
William T. Pearce
William Thomas Pearce
Herbert Pearson
Joseph Pedley
Joseph Edward Perkins
Arthur Edgar Perks
Hy Perks
Simeon Frank Perks
Charles Ewart Perrett
Alfred Perry
Alfred James Perry
Arthur Perry
Charles Ernest Perry
Frederick Perry
Harry Perry
John Thomas Perry
Joseph Perry
Moses Perry
Philip Perry
Philip Perry
S. Perry
William Perry
William Perry
John Petty
Albert Picken
William Picken
William Picken
James Plant
William George Plant
Levi Plimmer
William Plimmer
William Plimmer
Henry Pool
Frederick Pool
Charles Poole
Heber Poole
John Poole
Noah C. Poole
Richard Poole
William Poole
Henry Pote
George Thomas Poxon
Arthur Preece
George Harold Price
Leonard Priest
Alfred Pritchard
Gwynedd William Llewelyn Pritchard
William Pritchard
Thomas Proud
Chris Raybold
Richard Raybold
Christopher Raybould
Richard Raybould
Thomas Raybould
Herbert C. Reade
Thomas Redfern
William Redfern
Alfred Revitt
Wm. Herbert Reynolds
George Richards
Isaiah Roberts
Charles E. Rochelle
George Roobotham
John Edward Rooker
Charles Henry Ross
Chas. Henry Ross
Edgar Rowbotham
Frank Rowbotham
George Rowbotham
John Thomas Rowbotham
Edward Rowbottam
Frank Rowbottom
Hy Rowe
Richard Rowe
Richard Rowe
Thomas Rowe
Ernest Rubery
Thomas Rumnions
George Ruscoe
Wm. Arthur Rushton
Robert Holbon Ryle
George Alfred Salisbury
John Alfred Salisbury
Edward Salt
Owen Salt
A.A. Sanders
Edward Sanders
Eric Sanders
Fred Sanders
Herbert Sanders
Alfred James Sargent
Edgar Sargent
Harry Sargent
Vincent Harold Sargent
Frank Satterthwaite
Frank Satterthwaite
Joseph Selvey
Joseph Selvey
Matthew Selvey
Samuel Sharratt
John Shepherd
Arthur Shingler
Willam Shingler
Albert Frank Shortman
James Skelton
Samuel Smallman
William Smallman
Albert Edward Smith
Alfred Smith
Arthur Smith
Chas. Frederick Smith
Clarence Smith
Edwin Smith
Enoch Smith
Ernest Smith
Frank Edgar Smith
Frederick Smith
George Smith
Harry Smith
Horace Smith
Horace Edwin Smith
James Smith
James Smith
James Henry Smith
James Thomas Smith
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
P. H. Smith
Reginald Smith
Thomas Edward Smith
Albert Somerfield
Edward Somerfield
Frank Somerfield
George Wm. Somerfield
J Somerfield
Jack Somerfield
James Somerfield
Richard Somerfield
George Somerton
Harry Stackhouse
Samuel Stackhouse
Thomas Stackhouse
Thomas Henry Reuben Stackhouse
William Stackhouse
Richard Edward Stallard
James Stanley
Albert Starkey
Bert Starkey
Charles Steadman
Thomas Steadman
William Steadman
William Steadman
Frank Steele
A. W. P Stokes
Harry Stokes
Sid Stokes
George Harrison Styles
William R. Styles
George Summerton
Harry Sylvester
Harry Sylvester
Norman Sylvester
Thomas Sylvester
Thomas Sylvester
Alfred Taylor
Edward Taylor
Frank Taylor
Frank Reginald Taylor
George Taylor
George Alfred Taylor
Hy Taylor
James Taylor
Reg F. Taylor
Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Timothy Taylor
Harry Tennant
Hy Tennant
Jonas Terry
Thos. Henry Tetherington
Bernard Thomas
Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
J.F. Thomas
John Thomas
Joseph Thomas
S. Thomas
Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson
Wm. Thos. Thompson
William Till
William Till
Harry Timmins
Richard Timmins
Tippin
Wilfred Tippin
Joseph Titley
William Titley
William Titley
Charles A. S. Tolcher
Walter H. Tomkinson
Ernest Toon
Arthur Turner
Harry Arthur Ball Turner
George Vaughan
Harry Venables
George Waddison
William Henry Waddison
William John Waddison
Ernest Walker
George Walker
James Walker
Simeon Walker
William Walker
William Walker
J Walkerdine
Wilfred Walkerdine
Wilfred Walkerdine
Arthur Wallater
Joseph Walters
Joseph Ward
Ed Warner
Ernest Washbrook
Charles Waterfield
Samuel Waterfield
James Watson
Thomas Watson
Percy Weatherhog
Daniel Westwood
George Hy. Westwood
Reuben Westwood
Westwood
Westwood
Westwood
Charles Henry Wheat
Ernest Sidney White
Norman White
Joseph Whitehouse
Sidney Whitehouse
Walter Wm. Whitehouse
Jim Wiggin
Frank Wilkes
Ivo K. Wilkes
Reg. S. Wilkes
Reginald Wilkes
Theophilus G.W. Wilkes
H Wilkinson
Harold Wilks
Robert Wilks
Robert T. Wilks
Bert Williams
Harold Willmore
Joseph Wilson
Arthur Wolleter
John Edward Wood
William Wood
Silas Woodhouse
Harold Woodvine
Albert Woolley
Fred Woolley
Frederick Woolley
Albert Woolly
Alfred Wootton
Fred Wootton
Frederick Wootton
Fredk. Harvey Wootton
Harry Wootton
Hy Wootton
Reginald Wootton
Arthur Wright
Arthur Wright
John Thomas Wright
Isaac Price Wynne
Enoch Yarnall
George Yarnall
Enoch Yarnold
Sidney Yarnold
Frank Yates
James Yates
Tom Yates
Leslie Yorke