This page is designed to commemorate the members of our extended family who fought and died during the first World War. It is our intention to create a memorial which will expand with the passing months of the centenary war years and the casualty list grows ever larger. The dedication will appear on the front page of the web site on the centennial anniversary of our ancestor's death and will then be added to this page. Each dedication carries a link to the Certificate page at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's web site.
(* A biography of Canadian physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae who wrote the poem after presiding over the funeral of his friend who was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres on May 3rd 1915 appears on the wikipedia page: "In Flanders Fields")
Horace and his family are included in the article : Claypole: From Great Easton to Kettering
Read about Alick in the section "The families of William Beadsworth: (2) with Elizabeth Slater" in: Concerning the Beadsworth family in Leicester: Part 1
Read about Henry and his brother John here in the section: The Family of William Tilley and Ann Wingell: Mary Catherine Tilley in the article A History of the Tilley Family: Cottingham Part 1, the early generations
Read about George and his brother Ernest here in the section: The Family of Henry Crane: William in the article The Crane family of Cottingham. Part 2
Read Stanley's story: The Short Life of Stanley C. Griffin
Read Edward's story: The Story of Edward Bretland
Read Matthew's story: For Those In Peril On The Sea
Find William Joseph in the article: Concerning the Beadsworth family in Leicester: Part 2
Leonard's family appears in column 2 of: Claypole: From Great Easton to Kettering
The story of Arthur (half brother of Alick) can be found in the section "The families of William Beadsworth: (1) with Mary Makepeacer" in: Concerning the Beadsworth family in Leicester: Part 1
Read William's story: The Sorrows Of Mary Atkins
Last updated: March 14th 2021
Alexander's part in the family history is told in: Me and my brothers: The formative years
Born Wilfred Biddall, his part in the family history is told in the "Canada! Oh Canada!" section of the article: The Croxton Conundrum and Other Mysteries
Percival's story is told in the article: Percival Joseph Anker, MM (1892-1918)
Harold's story is told in the article: Brothers in Arms: The Moores and Walpoles of Geddington
The following died after the Armistice of November 11th 1918 but are commemorated as War Deaths
Edward's story is told in the article: Claypole - Nutt: A Saga of Finedon
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