Enlisted Pre WWII – Welcome to Henham History Essex

Whilst researching World War I, I have identified other people who enlisted pre the outbreak of the war and others who joined during the war who returned to their families. I have included all of them identified in this document.

It was not only in the towns and large villages that people enlisted. On 19 May 1915 a number of men enlisted in Henham from the surrounding area. The military marched up Crow Street, Henham to encourage the young men to join the war effort as this postcard shows.

Surname	Forename	Age on enlistment	Address	Regiment enlisted and rank	Date and place of enlistment	Comments
ADAMS	Lancelot Harry	26yrs 11mths	50 Grace Road, Twickenham	Royal Engineers	9th Dec 1915, Twickenham	born Henham, Essex. next of kin: Ada Adams, nee Keighly wife, married 3rd Aug 1912 in Surrey. Discharged on 14th Dec 1918
BARKER	George	25 yrs	Dover, Kent	3rd Foot Regiment, 2nd Battalion, British Regiment Register of Service serving in Canada.	2 Sept 1807 Canada	born Henham
BARLTROP	Felix Reuben			Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion.	Houslow, Middlesex	Died 27 Nov 1916
BARLTROP	John	19 yrs 1 mth	6 Hotham Street, London	1st Essex Battery/2nd East Anglia Brigade	Stratford, London, 12 Feb 1909	born 1890 Henham,
BARLTROP	Walter	21yrs 4 mths.		Private, 17th Lancers;	London 24 Aug 1897	born Henham son of George, grocers assistant at Holland & Bird at Bishops Stortford, discharged on 26th Nov 1919, married Margaret Clements on 23rd Osct 1915 London
BARLTROP	William James			Lance Corporal
BENDALL	Herbert Henry		Ugley	Service No. 12069, Essex Regiment 13th Battalion	1916	Parents lived in Henham
BENTLEY	Charles	21 yrs 4 mths	Lodge Gate Henham	Bedfordshire	21 June 1915 Saffron Walden	farm labourer
BENTLEY	Frank			Service No. 17561 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment	Bishops Stortford	Born in Henham, Essex. Resident in Broxted. Died 25th March 1918 in Flanders.
BENTLEY	William Arthur			Service No. 250925 Essex Regiment 5th Battn.	Henham	He is remembered on Panels 33 to 39 Jerusalem Memorial.
BLACKWELL	William Frederick	20 yrs 11 mths	Belmont Place, Newport, Essex	Private, 3rd Batt. Essex Regiment.	Warley 25 Jan 1915	born Henham, enlists twice.
BRAND	Christopher	30 yrs 9 mths	Mill Field, Stansted, Essex	25th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	12 Dec 1916 Warley	born in Henham 1895
BRAND	James	23 yrs		Private Grenadier Guards;	15 Dec 1857 Bow Street Police Station	born 1834 Henham
BRAND	William George		William was the son of George and Elizabeth Brand, of Woodend Green, Henham, Essex.	Private, 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment	Saffron Walden, Service No.33201	A reference from the war diaries was that at Bois Quarante on 4th September 1918 an early morning attack was planned to begin at 04.00am. Killed, 21 years, in action on 4th Sept 1918 Flanders. Remembered at Voormezelle Enclosure No. 3 Cemetery.
BRIGHT	Charles			94th Foot		born 1817 Henham, Essex; labourer, deserted 26 Aug 1839
BROWN	Alfred	34 Years		1st Reserve Park, Royal Army Service Corp 1915		born 1880 Henham, Essex resident in Wymondham, Norfolk
BURTON	Harry	19 yrs 5 mths	Clavering, Essex	Private, Essex Regiment - 44th & 56th Foot	29 Dec 1888 at Saffron Walden	born 1869 Henham;
BUSH	Henry	21 yrs		Private; Cheshire Regiment 22nd Foot	30 Nov 1871 Westminster	born 1850 Henham
BUSH	Ernest	23 yrs 6 mths	Bigglewade, Bedfordshire	Machine Gun Corps, No. 2nd Company	11th Dec. 1915 at Biggleswade	born 1895 Henham, market gardener.
CAMP	Albert Ernest		Burnt House Henham	Army Pioneer Corps. No 14301195		born 1903
CAMP	Abel William	27 yrs 3 mths	Barking Place, Braintee	Essex Yeomanry	10 May 1902 Stansted	born Mar 1875
CAMP	Charles	18yrs	Henham, Essex	3rd Batt. Essex Regiment	9 May 1895	born 1877 Henham. He bought himself out 19 Feb 1896.
CAMP	Edward Charles			6th Batt. Queens (Royal West Surrey)	Saffron Walden	born and lived Henham, Essex died of wounds in Flanders 28 Apr 1918
CAMP	Frederick C				1916-08-26 00:00:00	Reported wounded on 12 April 1918
CAMP	Frank		Henham, Essex	10th Batt. Essex Regiment	Saffron Walden	killed in Flanders 1 July 1916
CAMP	Sidney John		born Burnt Cottage Chickney	Service no. G22158 the Buffs East Kent Regiment	Witham Essex	Died 9 August 1918
CARTER	William	19 yrs		54th or West Norfolk Regiment of Foot	16 Jul 1822	born 1803 Henham, Essex
CARTWRIGHT	Stanley Belton	34 yrs 300 days		Royal Service Corp	20 Aug 1915 Coventry	born 1881 Henham, Essex discharged 22 June 1919, Chesea Pensioner, previous occupation Wholesale Warehouseman, motor driver
CHILDS	Albert	37 years 1 month		Private in Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment, posted 2/4th London. service no. 84174 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 4th London. Previously Tr/13/59569, T.R. Battn.	Warley and Saffron Walden	Born Henham, son of George and Sally Childs of The Kennels Elsenham. Resident Elsenham, killed in action Flanders 10 Sep 1918 aged 18yrs. Buried Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery Epehy.Sister was Edith Chapman
CLARK	Edward	26 yrs 11 mths	Pledgdon Green, Henham; Residence 4 Grove Place, New Town, Bishops Stortford	4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, previously served in the Suffolk Regiment	3 Apr 1916 and 12 April 1921 for 90 days	born 13th March 1884 although previously claimed 1890 of Pledgdon Green, Henham.
CLARK	Henry Frederick George		Pledgdon Green, Henham	Service no. 4/6893 Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.		Died 25 Sept 1915 aged 21. Remembered at Loos Memorial.
CLARK	Robert		Pledgdon Green, Henham	Service no. 7485 Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion.	Bishops Stortford	Died 22 Oct 1914 aged 32. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial.
CLARKE	Alfred	30 yrs 10 mths	Pledgdon Green, Henham	9th Battalion/ Training Reserve 28th Battalion Bedfordshire	27 Oct 1914 Bishop Stortford	born Henham 1884. Next of kin Mary Clarke (mother) Pledgdon Green
CLEARS	Henry	18 yrs		Private, Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) - 87th & 89th Foot	26 April 1839 Bury St Edmunds	born 1821 Henham
COOPER	David					David Cooper Snr. of Lodge Farm, Henham applied for his son, David, age 28, It was agreed he could be exempt for three months to assist his father on his 83 acre farm.
DENNISON	Arthur John		Henham, Essex	Gunner Clyde (RGA - TF) Royal Garrison Artillery	Saffron Walden	Killed in action in Flanders 5 Sep 1917
DENNISON	John Peter	aged 22	Henham	Royal Tank Corp	11 Oct 1926 Maidstone	born 11 June 1904, previously employment labourer.
DIXON	Joseph William		Son of Edward and Harriet Dixon of The Row.	Hertfordshire Regiment	Warley, Essex	Died 04/09/18
DUNN	Horatio			Service No. 33411 87th Squadron RAF.		Died 01 Jun1940 Aged 23.
ELLIS	Graham Harry		Church End Henham Essex	2nd Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers
FISHER	Stanley			2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers.		Died 12th May 1917. Age 22. Buried at Duisans British Cemetery Etrun. Son of Elwin William and Annie Elizabeth Fisher formerly lived Henham.
FREEMAN	John	18 yrs		19th Jan 1894		born Henham, Essex; labourer; medically unfit for the Militia
FROST	George	20 yrs 7 mths		Middlesex Regiment, General Service Infantry	16th Nov 1882 Hounslow	born Henham 1862
FULLER	James	20yrs 3 mths		Private; Scots Foot Guards	1st Dec 1854	born 1832 in Henham
HAMMOND	Arthur	19 years and 2 months		Service no. 8315 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment.	08 Sept 1914 Bishops Stortford	Died 10/10/1917 aged 22. Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of Mrs. Emma Jane Woodcock of Old Mead Cottages Henham.
HAMMOND	Walter	18 years and 7 months		Service No. L14106 Duke of Cambridge's Own 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.	Mill Hill on 05 Jun 1912	Died 10 Oct 1918 aged 28. Buried at St. Aubert British Cemetery.
HARTGROVE	Walter	14 years 6 months		Royal Artillery service no. 11164.	Scarborough on 7 Sept 1895.
HARMAN	Ernest			Northumbrian Fusiliers		May 1918 reported as a prisoner of war in Germany.
HARRIDGE	Edward	27 years		20th Light Dragoons. Formerly served with the 10th Light Dragoons from 20th Jan 1800 to 25 May 1802	9 April 1806
HARTGROVE	Albert George			A.S Corps . He previously served with the Duke of Cambride Own (Middlesex) Regiment for 13 years.	30th Apr 1915
HARTGROVE	Joseph	19 years		1st Battalion Rifles	28 September 1870	Retires to Henham as a baker.
HARTGROVE	Walter William	14 yrs 6 months		Royal Artillery Service	7 Sept 1895 Scarborough Yorkshire	His father Joseph Hartgrove retires to Henham
HAWKES	George			Napoleonic War - Foot Guards Attestation papers	1st April 1813 at Leicester	born Henham, Essex
HAYDEN	Owen		born Henham	Middlesex Regiment service no. 22296		Receives pension on 5 Feb 1919.
HEARD	Basil Claud Christmas			Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion	enlisted Henham.	died in action 23 Oct 1916
HOPWOOD	Herbert	45 yrs	born Henham (1891 census) 101 Rye Street, Bishops Stortford	RAMC Royal Artillery Mechanised Corp	6 May 1918 Hertford
HOUGHTON	Harry Hugh	40 yrs	Bingarra Rooms, Main St, Vancouver	Irish Fusiliers of Canada	Vancouver	born Henham
INGOLD	Henry (Harry)William		Born 1898 son of Herbert and Mary Ingold of 40 Crow Street, Henham.		Henham	Died 28 Sept1918 aged 20
JOHNSON	Frederick Harwood	17yrs & 11 months		Rifleman, TRN Battery Regiment; service no. 134867	2nd or 22nd Sept 1916 at Saffron Walden
JOHNSON	William Hayden		Stone Cottage Henham	Service No. 32231, Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion	20 Oct 1916 Warley	Died 09/04/1917 aged 20
KING	Frank		born Henham		Birmingham	Died 24 Dec 1915 Aged 31
KING	Walter		High St Henham
LAVER	Archibald Charles	18	born 25 Oct 1899 Henham	Navy		Joined 11 Dec 1917 served on President II and HMS Dardalus both training ships, as the war ends he is transferred to the RAF as HMS Dardalus was part of RAF Cranwell
MASTERS	Frederick			Leicestershire Regiment, 7th Battalion.	Nottingham	Died 31 Aug 1918, Aged 40
NAPIER	Robert David		Bacons Farm Henham	Sub-Lieutenant (A), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on board H.M.S. Ruler in the Pacific Ocean.		Died age 21, 6 June 1945 states that he was killed during operations at sea.
NEVILLE	Archer	20 yrs 6 mths	born Henham	Royal Artillery	Warley 29 Oct 1896	Previous employment labourer Discharged 28 Oct 1908
NEVILLE	Arthur	31 years	High Street, Henham	12th Essex Regiment	Saffron Walden 23 Dec 1914	born Henham 1885 discharged 3 Aug 1916
NEVILLE	George William	31 years		14th Essex Regiment	11 Dec 1915 Saffron Walden
PALMER	William		Waltham Cross, Herts	409 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps, Lincoln		born September 1874 in Henham, Essex
PAYNE	Duke Horace	23 yrs 11 mths	Sandy Mount, Henham, Essex	Labour Company	24th May 1916 Saffron Walden
PERRY	Frederick	19yrs 5 mths	Henham	3rd Battalion Essex Regiment	5 Mar 1896 Bishops Stortford and 20 May 1918 at Colchester	born 1879 in Henham, Essex; labourer;
PHILLIPS	Richard			13th Dragoons, 23rd Dragoons, 21st Dragoons then Private, Royal Veteran Battn.		born in Henham, Essex;
REYNOLDS	William	20 yrs 150 days	Gate House Elsenham	Northamptonshire Regiment	10 Sept 1914 Saffron Walden	born in Henham; nursery hand;
RICKETTS	Jas (James)			9th Regiment of Foot	2 Feb 1820	applied to become a Chelsea Pensioner, born 1789
RICKETTS	Joseph	16 yrs		Gunner and Driver, 3rd Batt. Royal Regiment of Artillery	17 Mar 1814 Woolwich	born in Henham, Essex; trade groom. Served for 28 years 194 days.
RUSE	George Benjamin			East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion.	Warley	Died 18 Sep 1918 aged 32
SALMON	John	18 yrs		Considered unfit at 1st medical due to poor physique	10 Jan 1895 Dunmow	born 1877 in Henham, Essex; labourer for Mr Wright of Saffron Walden;
SAMPFORD	H. W.	Henham		Essex Regiment		Chelmsford Chronicle published Friday 14 Sept 1917 shows him as wounded.
SEARLES	Arthur		Herds Farm, Molehill Green, Takeley	5th Battalion Essex Regiment for 4 years	19 May 1915 Henham
SHADE or SHEAD	William	24 yrs	Henham, Essex	Private, Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards	2 Apr 1813 Portsmouth	born 1789 in Henham
SHEAD	Jas (James)	c. 17 yrs		4th June 1803 - 24th Dec 1813 Private with 24th Regiment of Foot, South Wales Borderers then in East Indies 30th Dec 1810 - 24th Dec 1813. Served total of 12yrs 9mths. 20th Oct 1814 applies to become a Chelsea Pensioner at the age of 33 and is recorded in the register entitled served in Canada.	13 Oct 1814	born Henham c. 1784, labourer
SMITH	Clifford			Service No. 355218 2nd/7th Battalion London Regiment	Colchester	Died 26 Aug 1918 aged 23
SNOW	Frederick George	36 yrs 4 mths	Dellows Ugley	Private, Army Reserve (Special Reservists)	9 Sep 1914 at Hertford	born Henham lived in Ugley; gardener
SNOW	Herbert James	31 yrs 9 mths	Chickney Road, Henham, Essex	Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 19th Company, 8th Training Battalion Essex Regiment	21 Dec 1914 Warley Essex
SNOW	Nelson Arthur	35 yrs 1 mths	Alsa Wood, Stansted, Essex	Pioneer (Roadman), 121st Labour Company	13th Feb 1917 Saffron Walden	born in Henham; married Ellen Minnie Davey 24 Apr 1909 Henham, Essex.
SPELLER	Augustus		Henham	Service No. 9088 Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Batttallion	1914 Hertford	Killed 26 Oct 1914 in France and Flanders
SPELLER	Herbert James	19 yrs 3 mths	Hertford Heath, Herts	4th Bedford Regiment and Royal Engineers 179 CompanyTunnelling Core Station	1914	born in Henham, Essex; son of Charles & Hettie Speller; older brother Walter of Turnford. Leonard and sister Alice May of Hertford Heath;
STEPHENSON	John	26 yrs 3 mths	High River, Alberta, Canada	Service No. 117552 previously served with 15th Light Horse	6 Jan 1915 Calgary, Canada	born Henham
TURNER	Albert Thomas			Service No. 34144 Essex Regiment 9 Battalion, formerly 2611, Essex	Saffron Walden,	died 07/04/1918 aged 25 Buried at St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension Frevent.
TURNER	Frank Percy	36 yrs 8 mths	The Stores, Bentfield End, Stansted, Essex	Mechanical Transport Depot, Army Service Corps.	25.8.1916	born 1879 in Henham, Essex
TURNER	John	18 yrs	Bishops Stortford	4th Bedfordshire	30 May 1896 Hertford	wife Sarah Ann Willett was from Henham
TURNER	Ralph Victor	19.10.1891 Age 24	born Henham	Service No. 12169 Army 32 Squadron	1915-11-01 00:00:00	Occupation carpenter wife May marries 19.12.1916 at Markby near Alford Lincs.
TURNER	Reginald Vincent		born Henham	Service No. G/43082 Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), 4th Battalion, formerly 11947, Royal Flying Corps.	Saffron Walden	Died aged 20, 30 Apr 1917 France and Flanders, formerly 11947 Royal Flying Corp
WARNER	Frederick			Essex Regiment, 13th Battalion.	Saffron Walden	Died 28 Apr 1917
WARNER	Leonard	22 yrs 4 mths	Henham	7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment	1914-08-24 00:00:00	driver
WESTWARD	William	21 yrs	Henham	1st Battalion of the 6th Regiment Infantry Regiment	18 Sept 1841 Cambridge	11 years and 8 months at Cape of Good Hope. Discharged at own request after 21 yrs of service.
WHITE	George William	26 yrs & 10mths / 28 yrs	90, Queens Rd., Walthamstow London E17	Machine Gun Corps, 86th Training Reserve Battalion Service No. 84397 Machine Gun Corps, 86th Training Reserve Battalion	26 April 1917 Liverpool Street; 1st joined 18 Aug 1918 Whitehall, Ldn	born Henham Essex c.1889; worked for Great Eastern Railway Co. porter
WHITE	Percy			Service No. 10763, Essex Regiment.	Essex Newsman on 12 Aug 1916 as wounded but survived the war with his brother Ernest.	Essex Newsman on 12 Aug 1916 as wounded but survived the war with his brother Ernest.
WHITE	Walter			Essex Regiment, 10th Battalion.	Saffron Walden	Died 20 Jul 1916 aged 23 brother of Ernest and Percy.
WILLETT	Richard (Dick)			2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment	Hertford	Died 30 Oct 14 aged 20
WILLETT	Robert	19 yrs 11 mnths		Bedfordshire Regiment	5 Feb 1903 Bishops Stortford
WILSON	Thomas George			Sergeant, service no. 56002, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10th Battalion. Formerly 13214, Essex Regiment.	Saffron Walden	Died 17/06/1917, aged 28.The 1901 census records Henham as his birthplace.
WRIGHT	Herbert Charles	about 37 years old	The Row, Great Henham	5th Battalion Essex Regiment (Royal Engineers)(Transportation Branch).	13 Jan 1915 Chelmsford	The Row, Great Henham, Essex
WRIGHT	William	40/48 yrs ?	of no abode	Middlesex Regt / Suffolk Regt.	April 18th 1918 Huntingdon	born 1870; labourer; next of kin: sister: Mrs Charles Willett, The Bell, Henham, Essex; proceeded to dispersal 17.1.1919; address for pay: Mrs. C. Willett, Wood End Green, Henham, Essex; service in Eastern Theatre