World War One had far reaching impacts in every community. Forty-two residents served from Little Dunmow.
Names of Little Dunmow Residents who also served in World War 1
| Roland Bishop
|
Private Soldier 32049, 3rd Essex
Regiment Born: 05/08/1897 at Rose Farm House in Little Dunmow. The 1911 Census records the family living at Little Dunmow Post Office. Ellen BISHOP (recorded as head of the household),
aged 52. Occupation: Postmistress born in Babbecombe, Devon Address at Attestation: Little Dunmow Post
Office. Attested: 12/12/1915 Roland left a diary of his war service in France and Italy. Transcripts are with the Royal Engineers and Royal Signal Museums. His diary shows he served at the Third Battle of Ypres in Summer 1917, before being sent to Italy in the winter of 1917. He was present at the Battle of Asiago Plateau in summer 1918. Married: Marie J.D. Waller in the 3rd
quarter of 1927. |
| Walter Bright | 5th Battalion, Essex
Regiment Walter James Bright was born in the last quarter of 1896 to Jesse and Louisa (née Baines) Bright. In the 1911 census Walter is aged 14. After the war the 1920 electoral register records Walter living at Pound Hill, with his parents Jesse and Louisa Bright, probably in the house now known as Bright's cottage. In 1922 he married Alice A. Buss. |
| Bertie George William Burles | Private Soldier 75323 - Royal Army Medical Corps The Essex
Weekly News of 19th April 1918 carried the following item in its
"Honour Roll": Resident in Little Dunmow
after the war at the Grange Farm, with his parents Frederick Ernest
and Jennie Burles. |
| Frederick Carlton Burles | Private Soldier SE27586 - Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Address at Attestation: Stebbing Ford Farm, Little Dunmow Enlisted at Dunmow Recruiting Office. (Record incomplete) The 1911 census records the Burles Family at Little Dunmow: |
| The Burton Family | In 1901 the Burton family were living
at Stebbingford Cottages: William Burton, age 34, occupation: Agriculutral Labourer, born: Lt. Canfield. Ann Burton, age 30, born: Little Dunmow. George W. Burton, age 8, born: Gt. Dunmow. Frank H. Burton, age 5, born: Gt. Dunmow. Frederick Burton, age 15 (brother of William), occupation: Butcher's Lad, born: Gt. Dunmow. |
| Frank Herbert Burton | Machine Gun Corps Frank Herbert T
Burton born 1895. Age 15 on 1911 census. |
| George Burton | 5th Essex The 1920 Electoral Register records George and Anne Burton at The Ford, Little Dunmow. Buried at Little Dunmow Church, George William Burton,
Died: 17th May 1959, aged 66 years. |
| William George Burton | 3rd Essex The 1920 Electoral
Register records William Burton at The Ford, Little Dunmow |
| Harry Clarke | Royal Field Artillery Harry Clarke
age 21 in 1911 |
| Frederick Cooper | 3rd Scots Guards |
| Charles Davey | In 1901 the census records the Davey
family as living in the village, Little Dunmow: Harry Davey, age 26, occupation: Carpenter, born: Little Dunmow. Elizabeth Davey, age 24, born: Little Dunmow. Dorothy Davey, age 5, born: Little Dunmow. Charles H. Davey, age 4, born: Little Dunmow. The painted memorial
records Charles Davey as serving with the Royal Scots Greys |
| Arthur William Letch |
Private 29271, Middlesex Regiment Born Hatfield Peveral, near Chelmsford in 1896. Address at Attestation: Church View, Little
Dunmow Attested: 10/12/1915 Notes on Record: |
| George Lodge | served as Private Soldier 23928, the 3rd
Battalion, the Essex Regiment. |
| John Andrew Marjoram |
Missing from the painted war memorial possibly because his family were not in the village and after the war he did not return to the village. Private Soldier 5998, 6th Battalion,
Essex Regiment Born Dalston, Middlesex in 1896 Address at Attestation: Burgess Cottage, Pound
Hill, Little Dunmow Home Service: 22/11/1915 – 28/09/1916 Gun shot wound to head: 08/11/1917. Demobilized: 05/03/1919 – No longer fit for military service Address after the war: 7 Station Road, Kelvedon. Married Kathleen E Scott in the Braintree
registration district in 1926. |
| Sidney Owers | 6th Middlesex Sidney Owers married
Lois Selina Elkins in 1910. |
| Frank Perry | Frank Perry was born in Little Dunmow
in 1892. Frank enlisted in August 1918 in response to Kitchener's call for 100,000 volunteers. He served as Private Soldier 12142, 9th Battalion, the Essex Regiment, and went with the Battalion to France at the end of May 1915. He was wounded in July 1916. He was discharged to the Z Reserve on 21st February 1919. Family members say that having been gassed Frank wasn't fit enough to return to farm work so went to work on the underground in London after the war, and died aged 35 in 1927. He was the brother of Edward 'George' Perry. |
| Sydney Arthur Perry | Sydney Perry does not appear on the
Painted War Memorial but is listed on the 1918 absent voters list as
normally resident in the Village Little Dunmow. |
| William Perry | 9th Lancers |
| Edgar Iliff Robson (Vicar)
|
Lieutenant – Military Intelligence (possibly MI2a) University of Melbourne, Australia MA 1893 Assistant Master Sedburgh School 1896 – 1898 Author of: He retired to 6 Godwin Road, Hastings, but died at Kingsbridge, Devon in 1954. An entry in the Log Book of Felsted County School records that after the war he gave a talk to the first class on his duties as an Officer of the Intelligence Staff and his work in Italy. Short
Service Record: |
| Ernest Saines | 5th Essex Private 3573 - 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment Private 250914 - 1st/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment Height: 5' 10½" Embodied, at Chelmsford: 22/05/1915 Character report 12/02/1919: Sobriety: Excellent.
Brother of Arthur and Percy "William" Saines. |
| John Francis "Frank" Saines |
Private 19528, Machine Gun Corps Address at Attestation: The Ford Little Dunmow Enlisted: 23/01/1917 All home service so no recorded medal entitlement. Having to be 19 before being sent to the front the War would have been over before he was old enough for frontline service. Brother of Arthur and Percy
"William" Saines. |
| Frederick Saines | Private PS/7604 8th Royal Fusiliers Corporal GS/47563 - Royal Fusiliers Records not yet found to confirm promotion to Sergeant. Born: 1st Quarter 1889 or late 1888 Married Elizabeth M. Murton in the Hartismere registration district of Suffolk in the last quarter of 1916 Children: The Essex Weekly News also reported on 11th January 1918: Sergt. F. Saines, Royal Fusiliers, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Saines, The Ford, Little Dunmow, was reported missing on Nov. 30. His wife has received a letter from his Commanding Officer, in which he informs her that her husband went into action with the Company and was with a party who were surrounded by the enemy and unable to rejoin them. it is believed the whole party were captured. Then on 15th February 1918 a further report stated: Sergt. F. Saines, Royal Fusiliers, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Saines, of The Ford, Little Dunmow, who have recently lost two sons in the war, has written to his wife at Eye, Suffolk, to say that he is a prisoner of war and wounded in the right arm, but going on satisfactorily and is well treated. Previous to joining up Sergt. Saines was in the Essex Constabulary and was stationed at Witham.
Brother of Arthur and Percy "William" Saines. |
| Charles Sewell | Charles Sewell was the son of Elijah
and Sarah Sewell. He was an older brother of
Oscar Sewell who died during the war. Royal Navy Born 1892. Age 19 in 1911
census |
| Gertrude Sewell | Gertrude Sewell was the third daughter
of Elijah and Sarah Sewell. Sister of Charles above and
Oscar Sewell Queen Alexandra Medical Nursing Service
Born 1890. Age 21 in 1911 census. |
| Harold Sewell | Harold Sewell was the brother of
Charles and Gertrude Sewell above. His younger brother
Oscar Sewell died during the war. Private Soldier 20867, 1st York and Lancaster Regiment Harold Bavin Sewell, born 1894. Age 17 in 1911 census. |
| Joseph Thomas Sewell | Private Soldier SE/23858, Royal Army Veterinary Corps Joseph Thomas Sewell, born 1895. Age 29 in 1911 census. Occupation: Agricultural Labourer. He was the second son of John and Eliza Sewell. His sister May was a live-in domestic servant for the Bishop family at the Post Office in 1911. His brother Thomas Doe Sewell died during the war.
An entry in Roland Bishop's diary gives the following wartime
address for Pte Joe Sewell:
No other details of his service have as yet been identified |
| Arthur 'Stanley' Sewell | Arthur Stanley Sewell was fourth child
of Thomas and Hannah Sewell, who in 1901 were resident at 2 Grange
Lane, Little Dunmow. He appears on the painted memorial as Stanley Sewell, 6th Tank Brigade Arthur Stanley
Sewell. Born 1895. age 15 in 1911 census. |
| Charles Henry 'Meredith' Thring
|
Ambulance Driver - British Red Cross
and the Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Born on 21st
January 1861 in Uppingham. He served in France during the first world war as an Ambulance Driver, working with a Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross. He would have been 53 at the outbreak of the war. After the war he was living at the Vicarage, Little Dunmow,
before buying his home 'Woodlands' at Chilcompton in Somerset. |
| Florence E. M. Tomlinson | Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Florence Emily Mary Thomas was born in the Abingdon registration
district (Berkshire) in 1889. |
| Robert Stanley Turner | Gunner 68688, Royal Garrison Artillery Robert
Stanley Turner was born in Stebbing in 1890 Address at Attestation:
Priory Place, Little Dunmow. Father: Frederick Turner Attested: 09/12/1915 BEF: 29/08/1916 – 08/12/1916 |
| Arthur George Webb | Arthur George Webb
married Adelaide Lovett in 1905. Arthur served as Private M2/012818 in
the Army Service Corps and as |
| Ernest Webb | In 1901 the Webb family were resident
at Throws Cottages: George Webb, age 43, occupation: Foreman on Farm, born: Helions Bumpstead. Lydia Webb, age 40, born: Helions Bumpstead. Ernest Webb, age 21, occupation: Carter on Farm, born: Helions Bumpstead. Beatrice Webb, age 18, born: Helions Bumpstead. Florence Webb, age 8, born: Little Dunmow. The painted memorial records his service with the Army Service Corps. Ernest Webb
married Ada Esther Bush in 1903. Ernest and Ada were the parents of Hubert K.
Webb who died in World War 2. |
| George Wilson Worrin | Private 276, 17th Royal Fusiliers Acting Lance Serjeant 70581 Army Pay Corps George Wilson Worrin was born in 1883 The 1911 census records the Worrin family as: George Wilson Worrin married Lilian M. Bird in 1919. The daughters
were interviewed in 2004 for the Hertford Oral History Project, and
their memories include trips to Little Dunmow, their father working
for the National Westminster Bank in Hertford, and him suffering
with poor hearing caused during his time in the war. |
| The Wright Family | In 1901 the census records the Wright
family living at Stebbingford Cottages: Walter Wright, age 39, occupation: Agricultural Labourer, born Gestingthorpe. Annie Wright, age 34, born: Stebbing. Alice Wright, age 14, born Little Dunmow. Alfred Wright, age 12, born Little Dunmow. Lily Wright, age 9, born Little Dunmow. Granville Wright, age 4, born Little Dunmow. |
| Alfred Wright | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Granville Wright | Gunner L/34775, Royal Field Artillery |
| William Wright | Painted Memorial records service with
- 9th Lancers Service Record shows: Sapper 213958, Inland Water Transport Corps, Royal Engineers. Address at Attestation: Gussetts Cottage,
Little Dunmow (situated on the old A120 just west of the Water
Tower) Enlisted: 07/12/1915 After the war William George Wright is resident at Ivy Farm, now Ivy House, with George Edward Wright and Jane Wright. The differences between the painted memorial and the service record may indicate that William enlisted and was sent to the 9th Lancers but then transferred to the Royal Engineers. It might also indicate there were two William Wrights especially as the 1920 electoral roll information seems to indicate a different father's name. This obviously needs further research. |
