Sudbury War Memorial, Derbyshire
Situated above the door to the main body of All Saints church, in the porch
The memorial shows, rank, name, regiment, place of death and date.
Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
To the glory of God and in memory of the Sudbury Men who laid down their lives
In the Great War 1914 1919.
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down
his life for his friends
John.XV-13. Grant them O Lord, pardon and peace
rest and light perpetual
COTTERILL, William Joseph, Corporal, 43076, Royal Irish Fusiliers, formerly Corporal 2948, Connaught Rangers, died of wounds at Rouen, 8th September 1916 aged 23. Son of William Thomas and Sarah of 2. Railway Cottages, Sudbury, Derbyshire. Native of Marchington, Staffordshire.
Some information from his Burnt Record. Joined the Connaught Rangers at Kilworth Camp, Cork, Ireland 12th September 1914. Promoted to L/Cpl 24th April 1915 and then to Cpl, 26th June 1915.
His occupation on enlistment was a Railway Porter. He had typhoid 6th September 1915 and he was invalided to the 3rd W G Hospital, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. From the 9th July 1915 to 23rd December 1915 serving at Alexandria, Egypt. with the B.E.F., France 8th August 1916 until his death 8th September 1916. He is buried in St Server Cemetery, Rouen, France.
DUNSTAN, George Clement, Corporal 10128, 7th North Staffordshire Regiment died at Gallipoli, 21st September 1915 aged 19. Son of Thomas and Ada of Sudbury, Derbyshire. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
GREENSMITH, Wilfred, Private 61550, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, died of wounds, 30th October 1918 in France aged 19. Son of George and Gladys of Sudbury, Derbyshire. Native of Stramshall, Staffordshire. Buried at Awoingt, British Cemetery, France
GRETTON, Rupert Harold, Captain, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on the 18th December 1915 aged 30. Son of Lt Colonel, John and Mary Louisa of Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
HACKNEY, Albert George, Private 241714, 12th Kings Own Scottish Borderers, died of wounds, at Conde, 22nd April 1918. Native of Hanley, Staffordshire and he may be the son of Albert and Maria of 1. Velvet Street, Burslem, near Hanley, Staffordshire. Buried at Conde-Sur-LEscourt Cemetery, France.
WEST, Percy John, Private 241669, 2/6th Sherwood Foresters, kille3d in action 27th April 1917 at Havricourt, France. Native of Doveridge, near Sudbury, Derbyshire and son of Joseph and Louisa of the Grove Cottage, Somersal Herbert, Derbyshire. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
WEST, Richard Hemming, Trooper 442, 1st Life Guards, Household Cavalry, killed in action 19th May 1918 at Etaples, France aged 19. Native of Fern Hill Heath, Worcester. Son of Charles and Elizabeth of The Kennels Milton, Peterborough. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
VERNON. True surname is VENABLES-VERNON, Lord, George Francis Augustus, 8th Baron, Captain, Derbyshire Yeomanry who died in St Andrews Hospital, Malta of illness contracted in Gallipoli, 10th November 1915 aged 27. Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. (Extract from the New York Times, dated 12th November 1915) He was once in the Diplomatic Service having been Honorary Attache at Constaninople in 1908 and attached to the Legation at Munich from 1909 until the outbreak of the war. He was a page boy at King Edwards Coronation. Son of Captain, George William Henry and Frances Margaret nee Lawrence
1939-1945
CAPEWELL, Charles, Corporal 5049053, 6th North Staffordshire Regiment , died 8th August 1944 in Normandy aged 23. Son of Charles and Zilla Ann of Sudbury, Derbyshire. Buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, France
