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Charles Robert Lucas

11 Thursday Dec 2025

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The son of Charles Robert and Martha Lucas, Charles was born on 9 December 1889 in Wolverhampton. He was baptised on 29 December that year at St James’s Church, Wolverhampton. The family moved to Aston in Birmingham, where they were living from 1891 until 1911. In the latter census Charles was working as an edge tool polisher. He married in Aston later that year to Alice Emily Bartholomew.

Charles served with the 2nd/4th Battalion of the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) (service number 84135). In October 1918, he was listed as missing. By 1 November 1918 he was confirmed as having been killed in action on 1 September that year. His widow was refused his pension, however, as the couple had separated previously. He is buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension in France.

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Arthur Clayton

21 Monday Apr 2025

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The son of Edward and Hannah Maria Clayton, Arthur was born in Wolverhampton in 1885. In 1891 they were living at 29 Alma Street, Wolverhampton, along with Arthur’s siblings Mary, William, Jacob and Robert E. They were still in Alma Street in 1901, by which date Arthur was working as a presser in the trunk trade. In 1911, he married Mary Ann Edwards, and they had a daughter, Mary, the same year. They were living at 3 Freeman Street, Wolverhampton, and Arthur was a trunk maker. The couple had another daughter, Alice, in 1913. Unfortunately Mary died in 1915 at the age of 29. Arthur remarried, to Eliza Rowley in Droitwich in 1915, and they had a son, Arthur, born 1916.

Arthur enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) (service number 225323). Unfortunately he was killed in action on 10 Aug 1917. He is buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.

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Harry Norman Tildesley

11 Saturday Dec 2021

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The son of Roger and Mary Tildesley, Harry was born in Wolverhampton in 1896, and baptised in St James Church on 16 July 1896. Unfortunately his mother died at the age of 29 in 1900, and his father remarried, to Charlotte in 1907. In 1911, they were living in 29 Ash Street, Wolverhampton, along with Harry’s brothers Arthur (born 1898), William (born 1899) and Albert (born 1908).

Both William and Arthur both served in the First World War, but they survived. Harry was less fortunate. He enlisted as a Rifleman with the 8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) (service number 371281). He was killed in action on 23 March 1918. He is buried in the Iwuy Communal Cemetery in France, and is remembered on the memorial of Trinity Wesleyan Church in Compton Road.

Stephen Hill

29 Monday Nov 2021

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Stephen was born in West Bromwich in 1892, the son of George and Mary Ann Hill. By 1901, they had moved to 14 Ash Street, Wolverhampton, and Stephen was living there with his parents and siblings Lilian and George. They were at 82 Ash Street by 1911, and Stephen was working as a railway clerk for the London & North Western Railway. There was an additional sibling, Reginald.

Stephen enlisted in the 1/14th Battalion of the London Regiment (service number 8553, later 514328). Unfortunately he was killed in action on 11 May 1917. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France, as well as on that of the Trinity Wesleyan Church in Compton Road.

Randle Bradlaugh Evans

12 Saturday Jan 2019

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The son of Randle and Mary J. Evans, Randle was born in Wolverhampton on 17 January 1894. In 1901 they were living at 67 Merridale Street West, Wolverhampton. Randle was educated at Colston School, Bristol. By 1911, Randle was working as a junior civil servant for the Inland Revenue, and was boarding in the home of Charles Cashmore in Loughborough.

Randle initially joined the Civil Service Rifles with the London Regiment (service number 2431), first serving in the trenches in France on 17 March 1915. He returned to England and obtained his commission, being appointed Second Lieutenant in the 16th Royal Scots Brigade. He later was appointed Captain. On 22 October 1917 he was reported wounded and missing. By 12 December 1917, the Express & Star reported that the War Office had informed his parents that he was a prisoner of war at Stettin, Germany, having been taken prisoner at Langemark Station and broken his arm. His Red Cross prisoner of war cards has notes of a telephone call he made to Wolverhampton on 15 May 1918: “Send immediately two Badmington rackets and twenty shuttlecocks Randle.” He was transferred from Stettin to Karlsruhe. He was repatriated and landed at Dover on 27 November 1918.

He married Ellen D. Jones in Chester in 1920. The couple were living in St Albans, Hertfordshire, with their two daughters, Joan S. and Megan L, in 1939, and Randle was working as a Higher Executive Officer for the Inland Revenue/Civil Service. Randle died in St Albans in 1973.

James Evans

25 Sunday Nov 2018

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James was born in Wolverhampton in 1896, the son of James and Esther Evans. In 1901, they were living at 63 Powell Street, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, along with James’s sisters, Emily, Florence and Edith. They were at 82 Powell Street by 1911, and James had become a grocer’s assistant.

James enlisted first with the Royal Army Medical Corps (number 78507), and later transferred to the 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich) of the London Regiment (service number 5791, and later 632793). He was killed in Syria on 8 December 1917. He is buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery .

George Henry Bennett

13 Tuesday Nov 2018

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The son of George and Sarah Bennett, George was born in Bilston in 1898. The family were living in Beverley, Sedgley, by 1901, and in Coseley in 1911, along with George’s siblings Hannah P. and Job. By 1911, he had an additional two siblings, Sidney and Sarah Ellen.

George enlisted initially with the East Yorkshire Regiment as a Private (service number 30048). He moved to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps as a Rifleman (number 43511), and was later posted to the 1st/16th Battalion in the London Regiment. He was killed in action in France on 27 September 1918. He is buried at Sauchy-Cauchy Communal Cemetery Extension, and is remembered on the Bradley memorial in Bilston.

John Martin R. Lewis

25 Wednesday Jul 2018

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The son of Edward and Sarah Lewis, John was born in Wolverhampton in 1896. In 1901, he was living with his parents at 3 New Street, Heath Town, along with his siblings Ann Marie, Edward, Agnes Elizabeth, Richard William and Mary Anne. He was at 20 New Street by 1911, and had become an iron foundry worker.

In 1912, he enlisted with the 6th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (number 1872). He was at the same address and was a fitter at Jenks & Cattell. He was embodied in August 1914, but was discharged on 19 May 1915, due to what was described as being “mentally deficient”.

Despite this, he appears to have reenlisted, serving first as a Private with the Army Service Corps (T4/262747) and later with the King’s Royal Rifle Regiment (number A/203551). He was posted to the 1st/16th London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) as a Rifleman, but was killed in action on 4 November 1918 in France. He is buried at Sebourg British Cemetery in France, and is probably the J. Lewis who appears on the Heath Park memorial.

Theodore Thomson Heath

08 Friday Dec 2017

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heathTheo, as he was known, was born in Wolverhampton in 1892, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Heath. In 1901, they were living at 25 Newbridge Street, Wolverhampton, together with his brothers Leslie O. and Donald E. A. Theo attended Wolverhampton Grammar School, and later worked for Sunbeam Motor Company as a Petrol Engine Tester’s Assistant. In 1911, Theo was boarding in the home of William Walters, at 14 Clifton Street, Wolverhampton. He moved to Sunbeam’s Edinburgh depot after his initial work in Wolverhampton.

Theo enlisted as a Rifleman with the 12th Battalion London Regiment (number 2743), first serving in France from 9 March 1915. On 6 May 1915, he was wounded, and he died of these wounds on 4 June 1915. This was announced in the Express & Star on 10 June 1915 and in the Midland Counties Express on 12 June 1915. He is buried at East Sheen Cemetery in Surrey.

Andrew Anderson

18 Sunday Jun 2017

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Andrew was born in Bilston in 1891, the son of Andrew and Amy Anderson. By 1911, they were living at 24 Bridge Street, Bilston, along with Andrew’s siblings Arthur, Emma, Amelia, Florrie and Amy. Andrew was a stamper for a galvanized bracket maker. Later that year, Andrew married Mary Ann Bromley, and the couple had three children – Elsie N., Emma and Florence – between 1912 and 1914.

Andrew enlisted initially in the Royal Field Artillery (number 71221), before transferring to the 4th Battalion of the London Regiment (number G/16744). He first served in France from 7 December 1915. He was killed in action on 27 March 1916. He is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, as well as on the Bilston High Town Ward roll of honour.

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