The Men who Died in WW1
A list of names of people who lost their lives in WW1 and are named on the War Memorial
Posted by Peter Hill
Where the name is underlined and highlighted in blue, there is a linked page available which gives more details of this person. Click on the name to find out more.
- Alexander Ayre (died 26th Sept 1917)
- Ernest Baker (died 21th May 1915)
- Albert Baker (died 27th August 1915)
- Thomas Baker (died 24th April 1917)
- John Barlow (died 23rd Sept 1917)
- Edgar Barr (died 7th April 1917)
- George Bartlett (died 12th Sept 1917)
- Thomas Beckwith (died 28th Dec 1916)
- Robert Bell (died 31st May 1916)
- Charles Canham (died 1917)
- Joseph Eagle (died 15th September 1916)
- George Firman ( died 5th June 1917)
- William Green (died 21st March 1917)
- Jack Green (died 16th Sept 1916)
- Harold F. Harlow (died 25th April 1917)
- Herbert Hart (16th Dec 1916)
- Capt John Bawtree Hawkins JP CA (died 30th August 1916)
- John Head (died 21st Oct 1914)
- Arthur Head (died 9th September 1916)
- Fred Heath (died 18th January 1917)
- Hugh H, Husk (died 7th August 1915)
- Harry Juby (died 25th April 1915)
- William C. Martin (died ?)
- Samuel Miller (died 16th September 1918)
- Fred Nicholls (died 28th Sept 1918)
- Jack Payne (died 26th Sept 1916)
- Edward Pike (died 10th July 1917)
- Edgar W. Pike (died 9th March 1919)
- Charles J Pitt (died 2nd May 1915)
- Arthur J. Pitt (died16th December 1918)
- Horace Pitt (died 31st March 1918)
- Stanley Pitt MC (died 23rd Oct 1916)
- Ernest J Rand (died 22nd June 1918)
- Oliver G Rand (died 10th June 1917)
- Harry C Reed (died 25th Sept 1915)
- John Sainty (died 1919)
- Fred Salisbury (died 23rd Sept 1919)
- William Salisbury (died 5th June 1916)
- Felix J.C. Squire (died 4th June 1917)
- Edgar Stebbing (died15th July 1917)
- Charles Steward (died 11th April 1917)
- Charles J Turner (died 26th March 1917)
- Tom Turner (died ?)
- Albert E. Turner (died 29th July 1916)
- William Wade (died 26th March 1917)
- Thomas Weavers (died 23rd October 1916)
Note: This list only mentions those people whose names are inscribed on Wivenhoe’s War Memorial, 46 in all. A total of 70 men from Wivenhoe died as a result of this War. We have not been able to work out why so many names are missing from the Memorial. Possibly some families had moved away from Wivenhoe by the time the War Memorial was unveiled in 1921. We can only speculate. Wivenhoe History Group
Annual Service of Remembrance
Each year, a large number of people gather around the War Memorial to remember all those who have given their lives in the wars of the last century in a service organised by the Wivenhoe branch of the Royal British Legion. Such is the number who attend, perhaps 400 – 500 people, the War Memorial is surrounded by a great circle of people standing several deep. These people include a substantial number of young people from local scouting and guiding units, with their parents, who join this gathering from their own service of Remembrance held in the public hall at the same time that the Legion service takes place in St Mary’s Church. Wreaths are laid by many organisations and people, led by the Town Mayor.
A poem entitled: The War Memorial
I looked upon the churchyard stone, clear in the sunny rays,
how this shining memorial hides our darkest days.
That Marble plaque was etched in words as Black as Jet,
with the inspiring phrase ‘Lest we forget’
Names of boys, familiar names that I hear today,
who fought and died in foreign fields far away.
There are brothers there, in groups of three or four,
sons of mothers who will cuddle no more.
Soon I will stand, wreath in hand, in sombre frame,
ready to honour each and every name.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Written by Cllr Robert Needham, a former Town Mayor of Wivenhoe (2011/12)
Comments about this page
It might be an idea to mention those people who survived the carnage in France like my grand-dad Alf Cox. Late of Station Rd & Vanessa Drive. I recall some of his old war tales from my own childhood. Mind you, he never spoke of the horrors only about the humorous incidents that befell him. He served as an Auxiliary Fireman during the second world war and during those years lived with my granny and his 2 sons in West Street
Dear Mr Cox. We have recently add some more names to the list of people whom we have been able to trace as having served in WW1 in some capacity. Is he one of them do you think? If you can write something about your Grandfather and send us a picture or two of him, we can create a page about him.
Best
Peter Hill, Chairman, Wivenhoe History Group
I am the great nephew of Sergeant Horace Willaim Pitt MM. 10th Bn, Essex Regiment. who died of wounds on 31 March 1918 aged 22. He was the son of William and Edith M Pitt of Hamilton Villa, Wivenhoe. He is buried in Boves East Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. I currently hold his medals.
Dear William. Thank you for contacting us. I have now added a page for Horace Pitt with all the details we know about him plus some pictures of him and his band. If you would like to send me a photograph of his medals, I would be happy to add these to his web page plus any other information you know about him or his family.
Peter Hill, Chairman, Wivenhoe History Group email: peter@toadhall2.co.uk
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