Wrangle War Memorial.
W.W. 1.
(The Great War 1914 - 1918.)
Eligh Burr. William Henry Haw. Ernest Roberts. George Clark. Fred Lamming. Frank Sansam. Jonas Clarke.
Richard Henry Leary. George Saul. Joseph Cole. John Thomas Lee. George Simpson. George Coupland.
Samuel Leggate. Charles Walker. William Dawson. Edward Lowe. Samuel Walker. William Futter.
Earnest Metcalf. Walter Walker DCM. Basil Hammond. Leonard Metcalf. Donner White.
Cyril Harrison. Arthur Pickwell. George Wilkinson.
W.W. 2.
(1939 - 1945.)
Benjamin Barber. Leslie Alfred Dobson. Jack Robinson.
The work of Ms. Clare Law in the research and collection of the following information is gratefully acknowledged.
Commonwealth War Graves.
World War 1.
Richard Henry Leary
Army No. 203116. North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/16th
Born - 1891. Enlisted - 15th February 1916.
Bagthorpe Military Hospital: 21st January 1917 to 1st May 1917, German Measles.
Military Hospital: 9th August 1918 to 14th March 1919, Wounded in Action. Discharged from Lichfield, unfit for service.
Died - 29th July 1920, Aged 29.
Awards: Silver War Badge.
George Saul.
Army No. 1028. Rank: Lance Corporal. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Born: 1895. Baptised: 27th May 1895.
Joined up: 23rd October 1914 ( Pension Record Attestation).
Reported Sick: 5th February 1915
Discharged: 13th April 1915, no longer fit for service (Bright's Disease).
Died: 3rd June 1918 at Leverton, aged 24.
John George Simpson.
Army No. 2487335. Rank: Sapper Canadian Railway Troop, Depot.
Born: 1899.
Died: 21st November 1918 Aged 19. Cause unknown.
Charles Walker.
Army No. 242576. Rank: Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
Born - September 1890. Donned uniform: March 1916. Called to Service - April 1916.
Returned to U.K.: 24th January 1918. Discharged: 9th May 1918, unfit for service ( diabetes due to service conditions).
Died 27th August 1918, Aged 27.
Awards: Silver War Badge, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Samuel Walker.
Army No. 15380. Rank: Rifleman Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Born - 1890. Enlisted - 1916
Wounded in action - July 1916. Returned to France - November 1916.
Posted Missing - January 1918.
Believed to have died 30th October 1917 during an attack by German forces 21st October 1917 - Aged 28.
Not Buried in Wrangle, Commemorated at St. Souplet Cemetery, France (Cambrai area).
Awards: British War Medal, Victory Medal (Collected by Father).
Walter Walker. D.C.M.
Army No: G/95333. Rank: Lance Corporal. Royal Fusiliers. (Posted to 2nd Battalion, London Regiment.)
Born: 1895. Baptised: 24th 1901.
Joined Army - April 1916, France August 1916.
March 1918 - Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous bravery as a stretcher bearer bringing in wounded while under heavy shell and rifle fire in action during 1916.
Died: 9th November 1918, from from wounds received.
World War 2.
Cyril Harness.
Home Guard Volunteer. 1st Holland Battalion.
Born: 24th March 1920. Died: 18th August 1944, aged 21.
Injured 17th August 1944, accident during Hand Grenade practice at Fishtoft. (premature explosion due to fuse fault).
Benjamin Frank Barber.
Born: January 1917.
Royal Navy No: P/KX93591. Leading Stoker, HMS Ark Royal, Sunk during action in the Mediteranean Sea.
Jack Robinson.
Memorial Inscription on Family Grave. (Mother)
Complete description available in Church.
NOTE: Information on all the other names on the memorial would be gratefully accepted and , if pertinent, included.