Leicester Fosse Archives - Football and the First World War

John William Bennett | Service Record

Horace Peter Bailey | Service Record

Frederick Osborn | Service Record

Robert Messer | Graves

PRIVATE 31019 R. MESSER Name: Robert Messer Regiment & Unit/Ship: King’s Own Scottish Borderers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 16 October 1918 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Panel 66 to 68. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]

William Mountford Williamson | Grave

PRIVATE 1048 W. WILLIAMSON Name: William Williamson Regiment & Unit/Ship: Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 2 August 1918 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: COLOGNE MEMORIAL Germany Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record

Bernard William Vann VC | Graves

LIEUTENANT COLONEL B. W. VANN VC, MC & BAR Name: Bernard William Vann VC, MC & Bar Regiment & Unit/Ship: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 8th Bn. attd. 1st/6th Bn. Date of Death: 3 October 1918 Age at Death: 31 years old Buried or commemorated at: BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY II. O. 1. France Awards: […]

Thomas Charlesworth Allsopp | Graves

SERJEANT 51731 T. C. ALLSOPP Name: Thomas Charlesworth Allsopp Regiment & Unit/Ship: The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Date of Death: 7 March 1919 Age at Death: 38 years old Buried or commemorated at: NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK 53. 420. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Allsopp, of Leicester; husband of […]

Thomas Charles Benfield | Grave

SERJEANT 235434 T. C. BENFIELD Name: Thomas Charles Benfield Regiment & Unit/Ship: Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn. Date of Death: 19 September 1918 Age at Death: 29 years old Buried or commemorated at: VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY IV. A. 6. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son of Thomas Charles Benfield, of Leicester; husband of Elsie E. Benfield, […]

Arthur Beadsworth | Grave

SERJEANT 11677 A. BEADSWORTH Name: Arthur Beadsworth Regiment & Unit/Ship: Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 9 October 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY VI. C. 19. France Awards: – Additional Info: Husband of Polly Beadsworth, of 44, Derby Rd., Hinckley, Leicestershire. Service Record: View Record A high-resolution […]

Percy Humphreys | Service Record