Commonwealth War Grave Commission - Information on the men from Burton Overy
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H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
Ecoust-St-Mein is a village between Arras, Cambrai and Bapaume. HAC Cemetery is about 800 metres south of the village on the west side of the D956 road to Beugenatre
Name: COX, JAMES HAROLD Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (London Scottish)
Unit Text: 1st/14th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 29/08/1918
Service No: 513736
Additional information: Son of Mr. J. M. Cox, of Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. H. 19.
Cemetery: H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
Tyne Cot Memorial
The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks.
The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war.
Corporal Walter Herbert
Name: HERBERT, WALTER Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd/5th Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 28/09/1917
Service No: 18177
Born BirminghamEnlisted Canning Town, Essex Residence Leicester
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cook, of "Mount Pleasant," Burton Overy, Leicester; husband of Hilda Herbert, of Burns Head, Patrington Haven, Hull.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 50 to 51.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Private Walter Cox
Name: COX, WALTER Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private Born Burton Overy, Leicestershire Enlisted Leicester
Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade
Secondary Regiment: London Regiment Secondary
Unit Text: posted 1st/23rd Bn
Date of Death: 30/10/1917
Service No: B/201515
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Killed in action France and Flanders
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 145 to 147.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Rethel is a town 36 kilometres north-east of Reims
Private Alexander Hubbard
Name: HUBBARD, ALEXANDER ROBERT Initials: A R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 05/06/1918
Service No: 100073
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Hubbard. Born at Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1723.
Cemetery: RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY
St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery is located 10.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines) and on to Armentieres.
Private Alfred Fox
Name: FOX, ALFRED Initials: A
Born - Burton Overy Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 29/03/1916
Service No: 9218
Additional information: Husband of Sarah Wilson (formerly Fox), of 25, Rugby Gardens, South Ashford, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 20.
Cemetery: ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY
GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Meaulte is a village a little south of Albert.
Private George Cox
Name: COX, GEORGE Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 08/11/1916
Service No: 24909
Additional information: Son of Robert and Mary Ann Cox, of Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 9.
Cemetery: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Cambrin Military Cemetery
Cambrin is a village about 24 kilometres north of Arras and 8 kilometres east of Bethune on the road to La Bassee.
Private Harry Alfred Newton
Name: NEWTON Initials: H A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn. Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/12/1917
Service No: 242370 Additional information: Son of Elizabeth R. Smith (formerly Newton), of 29, Swan St., Sileby, Loughborough, and the late William Newton. Native of Burton Overy, Leicester. Casualty Type:
Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: M. 18.
Cemetery: CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
Philosophe British Cemetery Mazingarbe
Philosophe lies between Bethune and Lens.
Private Charles Frederick Measom
This soldier is not on the war memorial in the church
Name: MEASOM Initials: C F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn. Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/09/1917
Service No: 200099
Born Burton Overy Enlisted Wigston
Additional information: Son of Harry and Eliza Measom, of 3, Barrack Yard, Moat St., Wigston Magna, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. V. 36.
Cemetery: PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE