Men from Burton Overy who died in the
First World War 1914 - 1919

Information on this page is taken from the Commonwealth War Grave Commission Web Site

Sergeant James Harold Cox

Name: COX, JAMES HAROLD
Initials: J H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (London Scottish)
Unit Text: 1st/14th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 29/08/1918
Service No: 513736
Additional information: Son of Mr. J. M. Cox, of Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. H. 19.
Cemetery: H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

Ecoust-St-Mein is a village between Arras, Cambrai and Bapaume. HAC Cemetery is about 800 metres south of the village on the west side of the D956 road to Beugenatre.

Corporal Walter Herbert

Name: HERBERT, WALTER
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd/5th Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 28/09/1917
Service No: 18177Born BirminghamEnlisted Canning Town, Essex
Residence Leicester
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cook, of "Mount Pleasant," Burton Overy, Leicester; husband of Hilda Herbert, of Burns Head, Patrington Haven, Hull.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 50 to 51.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks.
The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war.

Private Alexander Hubbard

Name: HUBBARD, ALEXANDER ROBERT
Initials: A R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 05/06/1918
Service No: 100073
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Hubbard.
Born at Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1723.
Cemetery: RETHEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Rethel is a town 36 kilometres north-east of Reims

Private Alfred Fox

Name: FOX, ALFRED
Initials: A
Born - Burton Overy
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 29/03/1916
Service No: 9218
Additional information: Husband of Sarah Wilson (formerly Fox), of 25, Rugby Gardens, South Ashford, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 20.
Cemetery: ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY

Belgium
St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery is located 10.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines) and on to Armentieres.

Private George Cox

Name: COX, GEORGE
Initials: G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 08/11/1916
Service No: 24909
Additional information: Son of Robert and Mary Ann Cox, of Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 9.
Cemetery: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

Meaulte is a village a little south of Albert.

Private Walter Cox

Name: COX, WALTER
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Born Burton Overy, Leicestershire
Enlisted Leicester
Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade
Secondary Regiment: London Regiment
Secondary Unit Text: posted 1st/23rd Bn
Date of Death: 30/10/1917
Service No: B/201515
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Killed in action France and Flanders
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 145 to 147.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks.
The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks.
The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war.

Private Harry Alfred Newton

Name: NEWTON
Initials: H A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/12/1917
Service No: 242370
Additional information: Son of Elizabeth R. Smith (formerly Newton), of 29, Swan St., Sileby, Loughborough, and the late William Newton. Native of Burton Overy, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: M. 18.
Cemetery: CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY

Cambrin is a village about 24 kilometres north of Arras and 8 kilometres east of Bethune on the road to La Bassee.

Private Charles Frederick Measom

This soldier is not on the war memorial in the church
Name: MEASOM
Initials: C F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/09/1917
Service No: 200099
Born Burton Overy
Enlisted Wigston
Additional information: Son of Harry and Eliza Measom, of 3, Barrack Yard, Moat St., Wigston Magna, Leicester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. V. 36.
Cemetery: PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

Philosophe lies between Bethune and Lens.