3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment.
Regular Army Reserve Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 124 recorded WW1 deaths for the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
BRIGGS,
C.
Private, 23054.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment.
St.Mary's Churchyard, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, UK.
Sunday 19-03-1916.
Age 27.
Stone Inscription :- "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends".
C.
Private, 23054.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment.
St.Mary's Churchyard, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, UK.
Sunday 19-03-1916.
Age 27.
Stone Inscription :- "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends".
HILLS,
Frederick Mervyn.
Second Lieutenant.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
On Attachment to :-
2nd Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment.
Perth Cemetery,
(China Wall),
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Friday 27-07-1917.
Age 34.
Son of Edward & Eliza Ann Hills of Lenworth, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Well Done Thou Good And Faithful Servant".
Frederick Mervyn.
Second Lieutenant.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
On Attachment to :-
2nd Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment.
Perth Cemetery,
(China Wall),
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Friday 27-07-1917.
Age 34.
Son of Edward & Eliza Ann Hills of Lenworth, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Well Done Thou Good And Faithful Servant".
WOOD.
John Gervase.
Second Lieutenant.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment,
On attachment to :-
149th Company,
Machine Gun Corps, (Infantry).
Warlencourt British Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
Tuesday 03-10-1916.
Age 20.
Son of Joseph Turney Wood & Mary Ann Wood of St.Judes Avenue, Mapperley, Nottingham, UK. Born 15-10-1896 at Nottingham. Educated at Nottingham High School. Member of University College Nottingham OTC. Started work at Sir John Turney's leatherworks at Trent Bridge and in early 1914 was enrolled as an apprentice to the Worshipful Company of Leather Sellers. Family grave, Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Wilford Hill: 'John Gervase Wood, 2nd Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment, killed in action near Eaucourt L'Abbaye, Oct 3rd 1916 in his 20th year. Ego dormio et cor meum vigilant.' [I sleep and my heart is vigilant) (Song of Songs 5:2)]
Stone Inscription :- "Dearly Loved Only Son Of Joseph And Mary Wood Of Nottingham"
John Gervase.
Second Lieutenant.
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment,
On attachment to :-
149th Company,
Machine Gun Corps, (Infantry).
Warlencourt British Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
Tuesday 03-10-1916.
Age 20.
Son of Joseph Turney Wood & Mary Ann Wood of St.Judes Avenue, Mapperley, Nottingham, UK. Born 15-10-1896 at Nottingham. Educated at Nottingham High School. Member of University College Nottingham OTC. Started work at Sir John Turney's leatherworks at Trent Bridge and in early 1914 was enrolled as an apprentice to the Worshipful Company of Leather Sellers. Family grave, Nottingham Southern Cemetery, Wilford Hill: 'John Gervase Wood, 2nd Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment, killed in action near Eaucourt L'Abbaye, Oct 3rd 1916 in his 20th year. Ego dormio et cor meum vigilant.' [I sleep and my heart is vigilant) (Song of Songs 5:2)]
Stone Inscription :- "Dearly Loved Only Son Of Joseph And Mary Wood Of Nottingham"