Stanley Herbert Gant's home address was 93, Main Street, Thurmaston. In 1918 he was serving as Private, 12157, S. H. Gant, 2nd King Edward's Horse.

 

 

Tom Harry Garner, lived at 1, Garden Street, Thurmaston with his wife, Annie Elizabeth. During the war Tom Garner served as Driver, T4/262653, T. H. Garner, Army Service Corps (ASC). He worked in a horse transport company. Tom Garner was still serving in the army in January 1919.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.

 

 

Joseph George Getliffe was born in Leicester in about 1888. He was the son of Joseph Getliffe, a plumber, and his wife Emma. In 1918 Joseph George Getliffe's home address was 27, Brook Street, Thurmaston. At that time he was serving as Private, DM2/190814, J. G. Getliffe, 58th Auxilliary Petrol Company, Motor Transport, Army Service Corps (ASC).

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.

 

 

In 1918 Joseph Makin Gladdle's home address was Grange Villa, 106, Main Street, Thurmaston. Joseph was a serving member of the Army Service Corps (ASC).

On the 18th January 1919 (page 1006) it was announced in the Supplement to the London Gazette that Sergeant, S/307348, J. M. Gladdle, of the 59th Depot, Unit of Supply, had been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM).

He was later awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service during the Great War..

 

 

In 1918 Alfred Godfrey lived at 16, Berkeley Street, Thurmaston, which was also the home of John, Andrew, and James Godfrey (qv). Alfred Godfrey served in the army as Private, 18737, 52nd Batatlion, Cheshire Regiment.

 

 

Andrew Godfrey, shoehand, of 16, Berkeley Street, Thurmaston, was appointed to the 2/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, at Leicester, on the 14th March 1916.

He was eventually embarked at Folkestone for service with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the 13th August 1916, and arrived at Boulogne the same day. A few days later he was posted to the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. On the 19th June 1917 he was wounded in the field.

The following year, on the 21st March 1918, Private, 45411, Andrew Godfrey, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry, was killed in action. He was 23 years old. He was one of five brothers and two sisters, the children of John and Ellen Godfrey. His elder brother James Godfrey (qv) served with the Royal Artillery, his other brothers, Alfred and John Godfrey (qv) also served their country during the Great War.. Andrew Godfrey is commemorated on the Arras Memorial (Bay 8), France, and on the War Memorial at Thurmaston. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Gunner James Godfrey, Royal Artillery, was married at Thurmaston on the 4th June 1916. He was the elder brother of Andrew Godfrey (qv) who was killed in action on the 21st March 1918. His parents, John and Ellen Godfrey, lived at 16, Berkeley Street, Thurmaston. He was also brother to Alfred and John Godfrey (qv).

 

 

In 1918 John Godfrey lived at 16, Berkeley Street, Thurmaston, which was also the home of Alfred, Andrew, and James Godfrey (qv). John Godfrey was a Royal Marine, and served aboard the Edgar class cruiser HMS Crescent as Gunner, 1448/S John Godfrey.

 

 

Cyril Kelham Greasley was born at Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, in about 1898, the son of Kelham Fisher Greasley. He was living at 29, Wood Street, Ashby de la Zouch, when he was attested to the army on the 11th December 1915. Nineteen years' old butcher's apprentice Cyril became Driver, 174250, C.K. Greasley, Royal Engineers on the 1st August 1916, when he was called-up..

On the 2nd June 1917 Cyril Greasley arrived in France with the Royal Engineers to serve with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).

When Cyril Greasley was finally discharged from the army on 18th January 1919, he was serving with the 227th Field Company, Royal Engineers. He had served in France for 18 months.

For his service in the Great War he received the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.

After the war Cyril Greasley was a familiar figure in Thurmaston, he returned to his trade as a butcher, and ran a butcher's shop at 213, Main Street, where he lived with his wife Clara.

 

 

George Green was born at Thurmaston in 1889, he was the son of John Green. On the 25th November 1908 labourer George Green joined the army, and began a long military career with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), this took him to the far east. From 1910 to 1913 he served in Hong Kong, and thereafter, until the outbreak of the Great War, he served in Singapore. He arrived back in England on the 9th November 1914.

On the 15th January 1915 his battalion, the 1st King's Own, finally arrived in France. The following year, on the 5th May 1915 George Green was posted missing and was confirmed as a prisoner-of-war two months later. He was not released from captivity until he finally returned to England on the 13th December 1918, whereafter he joined the 3rd battalion of his regiment.

In 1920 he married Miss Ada Bedford at Bideworth church, Warwickshire. He finally left the army on the 24th November 1920, at which time his wife was resident at 7, Ashby Road, Hinckley. Before his marriage he had lived at his father's house on Thurmaston's Main Street. Private, 9915, G. Green, KOYLI received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his service during the Great War.

 

 

Private, 37528, Isaac Lawrence Green, 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was presumed dead, later confirmed killed in action, on the 26th April 1918, in France and Flanders, age 19 years. He was born at Thurmaston and enlisted at Glen Parva, Leicestershire. He had formerly served with the Leicestershire Regiment, as Private 37209. His mother, Ann Green, widow of Isaac Green, lived at 181, Main Street, Thurmaston. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 108 to 111), France, and on the War Memorial at Thurmaston. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

In 1918 Saddler, 16386, Charles Ernest Gregory, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) was a resident at 8, Brook Street, Thurmaston. Charles E. Gregory was amongst that number of men that had experienced the opening days of the Great War, he had served in France from the 6th November 1914, with the 33rd Brigade of the RFA, part of the 8th Division.

Saddler, later Gunner, Gregory came under fire from the enemy in those opening months of the war. For his overseas services he was awarded the 1914 Star and bar, British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.

 

 

Private, 6420, Frank Gregory, 24th (County of London) Battalion, (The Queen's) London Regiment was killed in action in France and Flanders on the 11th September 1916. His name is commemorated on a stone tablet within Thurmaston Memorial Hall (erected 1929). He was born at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, but was both resident and enlisted in Leicester. He had former service as Private 25387 with the 3rd Militia Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. He is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (Grave XII. D. 22.), Longueval, Somme, France. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Private, 16983, Joseph Charles Griffin, 29th Company, Labour Corps, died on the 27th July 1918, age 29 years. He was born at Thurmaston and enlisted at Leicester. He had formerly served with the Lincolnshire Regiment, as Private 46381. He was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Griffin. His wife lived at 21, Farnham Street, Leicester. He is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery (Grave XII.D.85), Surrey, England. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

George Francis Groves, husband of Florence Groves, of 249, Main Street, Thurmaston, was attested to the army at Leicester on the 9th December 1915. On the 3rd October 1916 he was appointed to serve with the Army Service Corps (ASC). From the 11th February to the 12th November 1917 he served in East Africa.

Private, DM2/224856, George Franis Groves, 978 Motor Transport Company, ASC, transferred to the army reserve in September 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Private, 41028, Herbert Hallam, 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, was killed in action, in France, on the 16th October 1918. He was born at Burton-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire and enlisted at Romsey, Hampshire. In 1918 he was resident at 351, Main Street, Thurmaston. He had formerly served with the Royal Army Service Corps, as 277595 and also with the 3rd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7), France, and on the War Memorial at Thurmaston. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Private, 8844, John Harding, 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), disembarked for service in France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the on the 19th September 1914. Later in the war he was taken Prisoner of War and died on the 3rd December 1918, age 34 years. He was born at Melton Mowbray and enlisted at Newark, Nottinghamshire. He was a resident of Thurmaston. His wife later lived at 27c, Main Street, Thurmaston as Mrs. M. J. Mulgrove. He is buried at Vevey (St. Martin's) Cemetery (12), Switzerland, and commemorated on the War Memorial at Thurmaston. He was posthumously awarded the 1914 Star, British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

William Harding was born at Thurmaston in 1870 and as a teenager he joined the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment. On the 24th December 1888 he became a regular soldier when he was attested to the army - he joined the Rifle Brigade. During his time in the army he underwent a variety of training. In 1896 he passed training to become a sergeant, two years later, in 1898, he passed a mounted infantry training course. During the Boer War he served within the Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal. This service was recognised by the award of the Queen's South Africa Medal. After his return from the war, in 1903 he married Miss Mary Holmes in the parish church at Blackpool. On the 23rd December 1909, having attained the rank of Sergeant, he left the army. His service was recognised with the award of the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and the provision of a pension.

With the outbreak of the Great War he rejoined the colours on the 4th September 1914, when he was re-attested to the Rifle Brigade at Winchester. On the 29th January 1915, he was promoted to a Warrant Officer (Class II) and appointed Company Sergeant Major. On the 31st May 1915 he transferred to the 5th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. He was finally discharged from the Army on the 16th February 1919.

 

 

Len Hardyman was 21 years old when he was called-up to join the army at Glen Parva Barracks, Leicestershire, on 22nd January 1917. Len lived at 100, Main Street, Thurmaston, his parents house. A few days after joining the army he was appointed as a gunner to the Royal Field Artillery (RFA).

After training he was embarked for service in France on the 23rd August 1917. In March 1918 he received a shrapnel wound, followed by gun shot wound in April. This resulted in hospital treatment at a General Hospital in Rouen, France.

In September 1918 he was allowed to return to the Britain, but he returned to France after a few days. He served with the RFA until after the Armistice, returning to England in January 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Edward Harris lived at 2, Brook Street, Thurmaston, with his wife Charlotte. In 1918 he was serving with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA), as Driver, 203816, E. Harris, by which time he had had around 12 months service with the colours. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his service overseas.

 

 

Gunner, 72815, Alfred Hartshorn, 141st Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, was killed in action on the 24th June 1917, in France and Flanders, age 27 years. He was born at Thurmaston and enlisted at Leicester. He was a resident of Thurmaston. His parents were Richard and Mary Hartshorn. He is buried in Hop Store Cemetery (Plot I. Row C. Grave 38), Belgium, and is commemorated on the War Memorial at Thurmaston. His name is also commemorated on a stone tablet within Thurmaston Memorial Hall (erected 1929). He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Private, 27244, Edward Hartshorn served overseas with the Machine Gun Corps (MGC). In 1918 he was registered to vote at 16, Garden Street, Thurmaston, at which time he was serving as a Machine Gunner with the 34th Reserve Company, No. 6 Battery, MGC. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Private, 26800, Frank Hartshorn of the Leicestershire Regiment was reported wounded during October 1916. He was a resident of Thurmaston. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Herbert Hartshorn served as Gunner, 4995, with the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). Later in the war he became Gunner, 295012, Herbert Hartshorn, and as such, in 1918, he served with the Battery Ammunition Column of the 147th Heavy Battery, RGA.

His home was at 23, Brook Street, Thurmaston. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Thirty one years' old James Owen Hartshorn, a married man with five children, of 171, Main Street, Thurmaston, had been a munitions worker before being called-up to serve with the army in February 1917. On completion of training with the 4/5th Leicestershire Regiment he was embarked aboard ship at Folkestone on the 20th May 1917, arriving at Bolougne the same day. In France he served with the Machine Gun Corps (MGC). He was demobilsed from the 29th Battalion MGC, as Private, 90986, James Owen Hartshorn during January 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

In 1918 Owen Arthur Hartshorn of 43, Humberstone Lane, Thurmaston, was serving in the army. He was engaged as Gunner, 113661, O. A. Hartshorn, 29th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). The battery was part of the Second Army on the Western Front.

Owen Arthur Hartshorn was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.

 

 

Wilfred Hartshorn first served overseas with the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) as Private, 40494 W. Hartshorn. However, by 1918 he was serving as Private, 504879, W. Hartshorn with the 846th Area Employment Company of the Labour Corps.

His home was at 78, Main Street, Thurmaston. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas war service.

 

 

William Hartshorn, cane worker, was the son of Thomas Anthony Hartshorn of 191, Main Street, Thurmaston. He was attested to the army, at Leicester, on the 14th February 1916.

Initially he served with the 4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, then the North Staffordshire Regiment, until he was compulsorily transferred to the Durham Light Infantry.

William Hartshorn, served in France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), and was hospitalised three times, suffering on each occasion from Trench Fever. As Lance/Corporal, 351676, William Hartshorn, he was demobilised from the army in January 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Samuel Henshaw first served with the Leicestershire Regiment as Private, 1399, S. Henshaw. He served in France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the 29th June 1915. At some time he transferred to the Army Service Corps (ASC).

He served in the ASC as Private, M/353140, S. Henshaw and also as Private, 240110, S. Henshaw. Due to ill health he was discharged from the army sometime during or after 1918.

He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal and the Silver War Badge.

 

 

William Henry Hewick was born in Thurmaston in 1887. He was the son of Thomas Hewick, a Yorkshireman, and his Thurmaston born wife Elizabeth Ann, nee Mason. William served in the Leicestershire Regiment. He served as Private 21193 and Private 42346. He received the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.

 

 

Frank George Hill was born at Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, in about 1899. He was the son of Frank Hill, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Susan. The Hill family moved to Thurmaston in about 1900. In 1918 Frank George Hill lived at 4, Reading Street, Thurmaston, which was also home to Wilfred Arthur Hill (qv). Frank George Hill served in the army as Private, 22546, 2/4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

 

R. Hill is commemorated on the War Memorial at Thurmaston.

 

Wilfred Arthur Hill was born at Kimbolton, in Huntingdonshire, in about 1897. He was the son of Frank Hill, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Susan. In 1918 Wilfred Arthur Hill lived at 4, Reading Street, Thurmaston, which was also home to Frank George Hill (qv). Wilfred Arthur Hill served in the army as Private, R258550, W. A. Hill, 3rd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.

 

 

Private, 42745, Edward Hollins, served overseas with the Leicestershire Regiment. At the war's end his family home was at 30, Main Street, Thurmaston, and at which time he was serving with the 6th Battalion of the Leicesters.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service.

 

 

Leonard Hollins, basket maker, of 30, Main Street, Thurmaston joined the army at 19 years of age. He was attested to the Leicestershire Regiment on the 12th August 1915, at Leicester, and was posted in October that same year. On the 18th June 1916 he was transferred to the 24th Battalion of the London Regiment (The Queen's), Territorial Force. Later that same month he married Ethel Forman, a spinster.

He served in France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the 5th July 1916, having sailed from Southampton to Le Havre. He was returned to England on the 4th July 1917, suffering from both shrapnel and gunshot wounds.

He was discharged from the army on the 8th August 1918. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his war service. As he was discharged on account of his wounds he also received the Silver War Badge.

 

 

In 1918 Frederick Horsfall of 32, Main Street, Thurmaston was serving in the army. He was engaged as Private, A389376, F. Horsfall, Army Service Corps (ASC).

He received the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for overseas service during the Great War.

 

 

Joseph Harold Hubbard was the son of William Hubbard and his wife Emma, nee Woods. He was born in about 1895, and spent his infant years at Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire. On the 15th September 1916 Joseph Harold Hubbard's elder brother was killed on the Somme Battlefield. Private, 23708, George Samuel Hubbard served with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.

In 1918-1919 Joseph Harold Hubbard's home address was the Lodge Houses, Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston. He served in the army as Gunner, 80931, J. H. Hubbard, and in 1918-1919 was with the 2/1 North Midland Heavy Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), 2nd Army. By the Autum of 1919 Private Hubbard had been transferred to the army reserve.

For overseas service with the RGA he received the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.

 

 

Private, 9785, John William Hufton, landed in France on the 14th August, 1914, with the 2nd Battalion of the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), which fought a rearguard action at Le Cateau, losing 600 officers and men.

In 1918 he was registered to vote at 34, Canal Street, Thurmaston. He later lived at Rose Cottage, Hawkley, Hampshire.

He was awarded the 1914 Star and bar, British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.

 

 

William Humphreys lived at 11, Canal Street, Thurmaston. In 1918 he was serving with the 18th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC).

Private, 103099, William Humphreys, MGC, was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.

 

 

In 1918 Alfred Gilbert Hurst of 43, Humberstone Lane, Thurmaston was serving in the army. He was engaged as Driver, 131358, A. G. Hurst, 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA).

He received the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for overseas war service.

 

 

In 1918 John Leonard Gilbert Hurst was resident at 319, Main Street, Thurmaston. He served with the General Headquarter Signal Company of the Royal Engineers as Pioneer, 172192, J. L. G. Hurst.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.

 

 

In 1918 William Gilbert Hurst was resident at 41, Humberstone Lane, Thurmaston. He served with the Royal Air Force at a reserve depot as Private, 27957, W. G. Hurst.

 

Thomas Wilfred Hutchin was born in Thurmaston in about 1894. He was the son of George W. Hutchin, a hosiery machine hand, and his wife Eliza. In 1918 the family was resident at 25, Brook Street, Thurmaston. Thomas Wilfred Hutchin served with the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) as Lance-Corporal, 011688, T. W. Hutchin.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal for his overseas service.