Sileby at War

Those who died in World War I

Click on a name in the list below for more details.

War dead from Seagrave and Cossington are also included - the village
name is in square brackets after the person's name.

Please contact geoffreymrose@yahoo.co.uk if you:

know of any people or details not included.
spot any mistakes or broken links.
have any suggestions.

Name	Regiment	Rank	Number
Allen, Harry	Leicestershire	Private	241825
Allen, William	Bedforshire	Private	40690
Barber, Joel S	Royal Field Artillery	Driver	201025
Barber, Walter Everald	Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	7727
Barker, Thomas	Durham Light Infantry	Private	77935
Beadman, Albert William	Leicestershire	Private	27282
Bell, Herbert Edward[Seagrave]	Royal Warwickshire	Private	20348
Bell, Thomas Anthony[Seagrave]	Machine Gun Corps	Lance Sergeant	4304
Betts, Albert	Leicestershire	Private	10219
Betts, Amos Gregory	Sherwood Foresters	Lance Corporal	11902
Betts, Charles Edward	Leicestershire	Private	3295
Betts, Percival Edward	South Staffordshire	Private	32507
Betts, William	Durham Light Infantry	Private	80542
Breed, Walter	Leicestershire	Private	11910
Buxton, George	Leicestershire	Private	40700
Carvill, Tom	King's Royal Rifle Corps	Rifleman	6238
Chawner, J	Middlesex	Lance Corporal	3264
Chester, George Oscar[Seagrave]	Leicestershire Yeomanry	Private	1974
Clarke, Sidney	South Staffordshire	Private	42269
Clarke, William	East Lancashire	Private	30054
Clarridge, George	Leicestershire	Private	202467
Condon, Francis FREDrick	Grenadier Guards	Private	28370
Dennis, Leslie	King's Royal Rifle Corps	Lance Sergeant	6265
Draycott, Charlie	Leicestershire	Private	40707
Eastwood, Frank	Leicestershire	Private	240482
Freer, Albert	Highland Light Infantry	Private	8581
Gamble, J	?	?	?
Gamble, Leonard	Royal Field Artillery	Gunner	32243
Gamble, Reuben	Leicestershire	Private	18249
Gamble, William H	Leicestershire	Corporal	2266
Harriman, Albert Roland	Leicestershire	Private	241838
Hickling, Horice Edmund[Cossington]	Sherwood Foresters	Private	106657
Holland, Ernest	Leicestershire	Sergeant	16367
Hollings, Ernest	Leicestershire	Private	7439
Holmes, Mark William	Leicestershire	Private	5504
Hubbard, Edgar	Royal Fusiliers	Private	66023
Hubbard, Joseph	HMS Queen	Able Seaman	SS/4578
Hubbard, William	Leicestershire	Private	8018
Hudson, Charles Henry[Cossington]	?	?	59454
Huss, R W[Seagrave]	Leicestershire Yeomanry	Private	255885
Johnson, Frank	Leicestershire	Private	3261
Keeling, Ernest	Northumberland Fusiliers	Lance Corporal	75136
Kidger, Cornelius	West Yorks	Private	12914
Kidger, Ernest	Leicestershire	Private	9767
King, Arthur	Yorks Light Infantry	Private	46676
Kirkby, H [Cossington]	Leicestershire	Private	240494
Lawton, Henry Joseph	Leicestershire	Sergeant	10221
Lovett, Walter	Northumberland Fusiliers	Private	47447
Meadows, William Henry	Grenadier Guards	Private	14508
Middleton, Alfred	Lancashire Fusiliers	Private	48868
Middleton, Horace	Leicestershire	Private	20276
Moir, Leslie John	Leicestershire	Private	1732
Newby, Ernest	Machine Gun Corps	Private	53232
Newton, Harry Alfred	Leicestershire	Private	242370
Nunnley, John	Leicestershire	Lance Corporal	8350
Perkins, Edward	Leicestershire	Sergeant Major	8751
Perry, Alfred Frederick	N Flight, RAF	Second Lieutenant	-
Phillips, George	Leicestershire	Private	240344
Porter, Ernest	Leicestershire	Private	2211
Preston, Harold	Machine Gun Corps	Corporal	60388
Raven, Wilfred	Durham Light Infantry	Private	42470
Reeves, B	Royal Engineers?	?	619680?
Reffin, Alphonso	Leicestershire	Lance Corporal	2213
Riddle, John Edward	King's Hussars	Private	44
Riley, T	Leicestershire	Private	4220
Rouse, H	Leicestershire	Private	38021
Samuel, George	Northamptonshire	Private	?
Sarson, C W	South Staffordshire	Private	24390
Sharp, Thomas Edward[Seagrave]	Leicestershire	Private	27609
Sharp, Walter	Leicestershire	Private	16405
Shaw, George	?	?	?
Smedley, Hubert Foxall[Seagrave]	Tank Corps	Private	307615
Smith, Abraham	Canadian Infantry	Corporal	139436
Smith, Fred	Leicestershire	Private	241491
Smith, Percy	Leicestershire	Private	40283
Spencer, Herbert Payne[Seagrave]	Royal Garrison Artillery	Gunner	123133
Staniforth, James	North Staffs	Private	241858
Staples, John	Leicestershire	Private	12029
Stuchbury, Clarence W[Seagrave]	Leicestershire Yeomanry	Sergeant	1261
Taylor, Bristol	Leicestershire	Private	11940
Taylor, Leonard	Leicestershire	Private	12110
Toone, Thomas	Royal Field Artillery	Driver	186525
Walker, Wilfred John	Leicestershire	Private	27162
Walters, Louis Henry	Leicestershire	Private	22943
Walton, Bernard Roger[Cossington]	HMS Victory	Stoker, 2nd Class	K/29863
Ward, George Samuel	Northamptonshire	Private	201389
Ward, Joseph Tailby	Lincolnshire	Private	46214
Ward, Thomas	Leicestershire	Private	241070
Wartnaby, George Cecil[Seagrave]	Royal Field Artillery	Driver	201024
Watson, George William	King's Royal Rifle Corps	Rifleman	C/853
Wells, J H[Seagrave]	Royal Garrison Artillery	Gunner	80612
Wells, John William	Leicestershire	Lance Corporal	16368
Weston, Arthur Graham	Royal Scots	Private	351930
White, James	Canadian Infantry	Private	219803
White, James Andrew	Canadian Infantry	Corporal	193394
White, Walter	Canadian Infantry	Private	249094
Whittington, Arthur Edward	Leicestershire	Private	15875
Widdowson, Arthur	Coldstream Guards	Private	3432
Widdowson, Arthur [Seagrave]	?	?	?
Wild, John	Leicestershire	Private	12561
Wilson, Charles	Leicestershire	Corporal	6895
Wilson, Sidney [Cossington]	West Riding	Lance Corporal	4/2486
Wood, George	Middlesex	Private	203155
Wood, Herbert	South Staffordshire	Private	42372
Wortley, James Arthur	Scottish Borders	Private	41306
Yates, Charles B(orC)	HMS Coventry	Corporal	CH/19287
Yates, Charles Fredrick	Leicestershire	Lance Corporal	240470
Yates, Joseph	RA Service Corps	Driver	T/294129
Yates, Joseph Walter	RN Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	R/1053