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First World War: Roll of Honour Online

The Watford Borough Roll of Honour is a hand written book thought to be designed by the Watford School of Art to remember the 830 service men who fought and died during the First World War.  There are over 500 other service men who fought during the First World War who do not feature in the Borough book.

Below you can search a database of all the known Watford service men who fought and died during the First World War with biographies and their memorial locations.

NameRankRegimentDate of death
Posner, P ESecond Lieutenant
South Staffordshire (7)
on or since 27*/04/1917
Potter, ELance-Corporal/Corporal
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (30)
01/07/1916
Potter, J SLance-Corporal
Bedfordshire (198)
26*/08/1917
Potterton, WPrivate
Royal Leicestershire (4)
13/03/1915*
Powell, H RGunner
Royal Garrison Artillery (27)
06/06/1917
Pratt, W SPrivate
Royal Fusiliers (53)
07/08/1918
Preece, C ASerjeant
London (130)
14/10/1916
Prewett/Prewitt, BRifleman
London (130)
31/08/1918
Prickett, RPrivate
Royal Marine Light Infantry (10)
03/02*/1915
Prince, W GPrivate
London (130)
09/09/1917
Prior, W JPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
06/08/1916
Pritchard, EPrivate
Royal Scots Fusiliers (7)
15/09/1914
Pritchard, GPrivate
Suffolk (13)
11/04/1918
Prudames, H RPrivate
Grenadier Guards (14)
17/10/1915
Pryce, H CPrivate
Tank Corps (3)
08/08/1918
Puddefoot, J
see alias for details (59)
Puddefoot/Puddifoot, E JAble Seaman/Leading Gunner
Royal Navy (27)
31/01/1918
Puddefoot/Puddifoot, R HSerjeant
Royal Lincolnshire (12)
16/04/1918
Puddifoot/Puddefoot, J MPrivate
Hertfordshire (56)
26/09/1916
Pugh, H JPrivate
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (29)
28/09/1918
Pughe, C RPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
27/08/1918
Pullen, APrivate
Worcestershire (9)
07/07/1917
Purssell/Pursell, A JPrivate
London (130)
27/09/1915
Puttefoot, JLance-Corporal
Welsh (1)
25/01/1915
Quarry, L CCorporal
Royal Garrison Artillery (27)
06/01/1919
Quay, C ECorporal
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (29)
27/08/1916
Quibell/Quibill, S WRifleman
London (130)
on or since 26/09/1917
Rackley, APrivate/Signaller
Bedfordshire (198)
07/10/1917
Rackley, A EPrivate
Royal Sussex (19)
31/07/1917
Rackley, EPrivate
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
01/07/1916
Rackley, W HLance-Bombardier
Royal Garrison Artillery (27)
13/04/1918
Rae, J A2nd Lieutenant
Bedfordshire (198)
04*/09/1915
Rae/Ray, J ELance-Bombardier
Royal Field Artillery (51)
15/01/1918
Rainbow, W GPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
31/03/1915
Ralph, W
see alias for details (59)
Randle/Randall, W HPrivate
Royal Army Medical Corps (13)
13/02/1919
Rawlins, C AStoker 1st Class
Royal Navy (27)
22/09/1914
Rawlins, C EPrivate
Royal Army Medical Corps (13)
31/05/1917
Rawlins/Rawlings, C WGuardsman/Private
Grenadier Guards (14)
17/10/1915
Read, (J) HLance-Corporal
Canadian Infantry (27)
14/05/1916
Redhead, WPrivate
Dorset (4)
29/08/1915
Reed, H W T or W H TSecond Lieutenant
Monmouthshire (2)
02*/05/1915
Reeve, P APrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
05/07/1917
Reeve/Reeves, W H WCorporal
Bedfordshire (198)
06/09/1918
Reeves, H GPrivate
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (4)
03*/10/1918
Reeves, JPrivate
Essex (31)
20/07/1919
Reeves, P C MCorporal
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
09/04/1917
Reeves/Reeve, W JPrivate
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (29)
01/07/1916
Renshaw, S PLance-Corporal
Bedfordshire (198)
30/10/1917
Renshaw, W EPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
28/06/1917
Revell, J WPrivate
Herefordshire (2)
23/07/1918
Reynard, H WGunner
Royal Garrison Artillery (27)
11/11/1919
Reynard, W JPrivate
Royal Lincolnshire (12)
16*/08/1917
Reynolds, H APrivate
Northamptonshire (23)
on or since 14/07/1916
Richardson, A RCorporal
Bedfordshire (198)
20/12/1915
Richardson, F JActing Bombardier
Royal Field Artillery (51)
01/10/1917
Richardson, F TPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
12/05/1915
Rickett/Ricketts, HGunner/Private
Machine Gun Corps (Motors) (1)
28*/04/1918
Ricketts, H RPrivate
Hertfordshire (56)
21/09/1918
Riddiford, J APrivate
Army Service Corps (29)
12/07/1916
Riddiford, J WOrdinary Seaman
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (7)
12/01/1918
Riddle, G JPrivate
Canadian Infantry (27)
06/11/1917
Riddle/Riddell, N A MPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
12/10/1916
Ridgeley/Ridgley, GPrivate
Royal Fusiliers (53)
26/10/1914
Ridgeway, L PCorporal
Bedfordshire (198)
18/04/1915
Ridgeway, R SPrivate
London (130)
27/02/1915
Roberson/Robarson, J WAble Seaman
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (7)
26/10/1917
Roberts, GPioneer/Private
Devonshire (5)
22/10/1914
Roberts, H E ALance-Corporal/Acting Corporal/Corporal
Queen's Royal (West Surrey) (28)
24/03/1918
Roberts, R L or L RLance-Serjeant/Serjeant
Devonshire (5)
04/05/1917
Roberts, R MPrivate
Wiltshire (Duke of Edinburgh's) (8)
10/08/1915
Roberts, V BRifleman/Private
London (130)
26/05/1917
Robertson, JPrivate
Royal Fusiliers (53)
16/08/1918
Roden, A DPrivate
London (130)
15/09/1916
Rodney, R J or R HPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
06/11/1915
Rodnight, ELieutenant
Canadian Machine Gun Corps (1)
29/10/1917
Rodwell, HSecond Lieutenant
The Loyal North Lancashire (8)
10/10/1916
Roe, L L JPrivate
South Wales Borderers (2)
08/10/1918
Rogers, A RPrivate
The Buffs (Royal East Kent) (11)
05*/04/1918
Rogers, G WPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
11/07/1915
Rogers, J CPrivate
Royal Norfolk (10)
19/12/1915
Rollings, G GPrivate
Northamptonshire (23)
29/09/1915
Rollings, JPrivate
see alias for details (59)
Rolph, WPrivate
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (11)
on or since 16/09/1916
Rolph/Rolfe, E JPrivate
London (130)
23/08/1918
Room, J AGunner
Royal Horse Artillery (4)
23/03/1918
Rose, A
unknown (33)
Rose, W EPrivate
Hertfordshire (56)
26/11/1917
Roshier, E A or E JSapper
Corps of Royal Engineers (37)
01/05/1916
Roshier/Rosher, E V PPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
23/04/1917
Ross, FPrivate
Royal Sussex (19)
21/10/1916
Ross, W G [or W C]Private
Bedfordshire (198)
31/08/1916
Round, A F HLieutenant
Essex (31)
05/09/1914
Round, H CCaptain
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (30)
24/08/1917
Round, J MCaptain
Essex (31)
13/11/1916
Routledge, L HRifleman
London (130)
on or since 08/05/1915
Rumbold/Rumbolds, A W JSerjeant
Bedfordshire (198)
08/05/1917
Rumsey, A ELance-Corporal
Australian Infantry (9)
07/06/1917
Rush, S HLance-Corporal
Bedfordshire (198)
08*/06/1915
Russell, A WGunner
Royal Field Artillery (51)
09/09/1918
Russell, C EPrivate
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (18)
13/07/1916
Russell, FPrivate
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
16/09/1916
Russell, G AOfficer's Steward 2nd Class
Royal Naval Air Service (5)
27/06/1917
Russell, H JStoker 1st Class
Royal Navy (27)
22/09/1914
Ryder, BSerjeant
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
17/10/1917
Rye, A
see alias for details (59)
Sabin, G H RLance-Corporal
Bedfordshire (198)
10*/04/1917
Sabin, R EPrivate
Seaforth Highlanders (3)
09/04/1969
Sage, A WPrivate
King Edward's Horse (2)
22/03/1917
Sage, E GSignaller First Class
Royal Navy (27)
1927
Saggs, SPrivate
Royal Defence Corps (2)
05/08/1920
Salmon, A NPrivate
Royal Fusiliers (53)
09/04/1917
Salt, G HLance-Corporal
Manchester (9)
14/11/1915
Sampson, RLance-Corporal
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
27*/09/1918
Samuels/Samuel, A PPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
29/04/1916
Sanders, F JPrivate
Queen's Own Royal West Kent (21)
on or since 23/08/1914
Sansom, F JLance-Corporal
Royal Fusiliers (53)
on or since 03/05/1917
Santler, W F XPrivate
London (130)
01/01/1915
Sapsed, H TCorporal
Royal Air Force (12)
20/06/1918
Saunders, ALance-Corporal
Bedfordshire (198)
21*/04/1917
Saunders, ALance-Corporal
Hertfordshire (56)
31/07/1917
Saunders, AGunner
Royal Field Artillery (51)
15/09/1918
Saunders, B CPrivate
Hertfordshire (56)
on or since 31/07/1917
Saunders, C SPrivate
Royal Marine Light Infantry (10)
28/10/1917
Saunders, HPrivate
Hertfordshire (56)
29/08/1917
Saunders, JPrivate
Devonshire (5)
01/07/1916
Saunders, JAble Seaman
Royal Navy (27)
27/03/1919
Sawford, R ACorporal
Bedfordshire (198)
17/05/1917
Sayell, JPrivate
Hertfordshire (56)
30/10/1916
Schutz/Schultz, R H
see alias for details (59)
Scott, EPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
13/06/1917
Scott, EDriver
Royal Horse Artillery (4)
29/10/1918
Scott, W JPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
20/11/1917
Seabrook, AGuardsman/Private
Grenadier Guards (14)
13/04/1918
Seabrook, G HPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
25*/06/1916
Seabrook/Seabrooke, W JCorporal
Royal Field Artillery (51)
21*/09/1917
Sear, C GPrivate
The Buffs (Royal East Kent) (11)
20/11/1917
Sear, FPrivate/Drummer
Bedfordshire (198)
15/07/1916
Sear, S HPrivate
Royal Army Medical Corps (13)
10/10/1917
Searle, J HPrivate
Seaforth Highlanders (3)
on or since 15/06/1915
Searle, S JPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
31/07/1916
Searle, T GSecond Lieutenant
Bedfordshire (198)
20/09/1917
Sears/Sear, HPrivate
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (18)
11/09/1917
Sears/Sear, W GPrivate
Royal Berkshire (Princess Charlotte of Wales') (20)
11/10/1916
Selway, S JGunner
Royal Marine Artillery (4)
31/05/1916
Senior, HPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
12*/05/1918
Severn, FSaddler
Royal Field Artillery (51)
31/12/1915
Shambrook, C DLance-Corporal
Bedfordshire (198)
15*/09/1916
Sharman, A WGunner
Royal Garrison Artillery (27)
24*/11/1917
Sharp, FPrivate
Royal Lincolnshire (12)
14/04/1918
Sharp/Sharpe, GPrivate
Essex (31)
on or since 27/03/1917
Sharp/Sharpe, G WSerjeant
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (3)
07*/03/1917
Sharpe, G VPrivate
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (29)
21/03/1918
Sharpe/Sharp, B TPrivate
Royal Fusiliers (53)
13/10/1918
Shattell, F J K
see alias for details (59)
Shaw, N or H C NPrivate
Royal Irish (1)
28/04/1915
Shepherd/Shepperd, HPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
25/08/1918
Shervington/Shervinton, T R M or T M RCaptain
The Buffs (Royal East Kent) (11)
on or since 26/09/1915
Shervington/Shervinton, W H BSecond Lieutenant
Bedfordshire (198)
18*/07/1916
Shipton/Shiptin, J RTrooper
Household Cavalry (1)
03/05/1917
Shortland, APrivate
London (130)
22*/08/1918
Shortland, F CPrivate
Yorkshire (Green Howards) (4)
15*/08/1917
Shortland, JCorporal
Army Cyclists Corps (3)
06/07/1917
Shrimpton, B W JPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
07/02/1917
Shuffil/Shuffill, W CPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
05/05/1915
Shuts/Shutts, R HPrivate
Royal Fusiliers (53)
07/07/1916
Sills, T WPrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
28/07/1916
Simkin/Simkins, A TPrivate
Border (4)
26/04/1917
Simmonds/Simmons, J APrivate
Lancashire Fusiliers (7)
05/11/1918
Simmonds/Simonds, T C SPrivate
Queen's Royal (West Surrey) (28)
11/12/1916
Simmons, W
unknown (33)
1917
Simmons/Simmonds, A ADriver
Royal Field Artillery (51)
31/08/1918
Simmons/Simonds/Symonds, A ASerjeant
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (29)
31/07/1917
Simpson, G J
see alias for details (59)
Simpson, S HPrivate
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
18/05/1915
Sixt, C JRifleman
Royal Irish Rifles (5)
09/08/1917
Skeggs/Sheggs, S OPrivate
South Staffordshire (7)
on or since 26/10/1917
Slade, EDriver
Royal Field Artillery (51)
27/10/1918
Slade, E FRifleman/Private
London (130)
12*/08/1915
Slade, JPrivate
Australian Infantry (9)
20/09/1917
Sleat, G SPrivate
Army Service Corps (29)
17/11/1918
Sleat, H DPrivate
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (29)
16/04/1918
Smalley, H ELance-Corporal
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
01/05/1917
Smart, A F MPrivate
Northamptonshire (23)
02/11*/1914
Smith, APrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
23/10/1918
Smith, APrivate
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
12/05/1917
Smith, APrivate
Bedfordshire (198)
04*/05/1916
Smith, A DPrivate
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
Smith, A E V
see alias for details (59)
Smith, A GPrivate
Royal Lincolnshire (12)
Smith, A G HSerjeant
Royal Lincolnshire (12)
16/04/1918
Smith, A LPrivate
Royal Berkshire (Princess Charlotte of Wales') (20)
20/11/1917
Smith, A RCompany Sergeant-Major
Bedfordshire (198)
21/03/1917
Smith, A WGunner
Royal Garrison Artillery (27)
21/03/1917
Smith, B RCaptain
London (130)
08*/08/1918
Smith, ESerjeant
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) (12)
28/04/1917
Smith, EPrivate
Wiltshire (Duke of Edinburgh's) (8)
24/04/1917
Smith, E JPrivate
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (44)
28/11/1917
Smith, FPrivate
Queen's Own Royal West Kent (21)
27/05/1917
Smith, G BRifleman
London (130)
24/06/1917
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