Coxyde Military Cemetery
Roll of Honour
H - Z
701225 Corporal
Fred Crossley Heap
"C" Battery, 330th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
27th July 1917, aged 47.
Plot III. A. 28.
Husband of Emma Heap, of 137, Barden Lane, Burnley.
Fred Crossley Heap
"C" Battery, 330th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
27th July 1917, aged 47.
Plot III. A. 28.
Husband of Emma Heap, of 137, Barden Lane, Burnley.
Captain
Charles Robert Reeves Hickey, D. F. C. and Bar.
204th Squadron, 61st Wing, Royal Air Force
3rd October 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. K. 12.
Inscription "In Sure And Certain Hope Of The Resurrection To Eternal Life"
t H. F. Hickey (11th C.M.R.) and Charlotte E. Hickey, of Parksville, British Columbia. Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Charles Robert Reeves Hickey, D. F. C. and Bar.
204th Squadron, 61st Wing, Royal Air Force
3rd October 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. K. 12.
Inscription "In Sure And Certain Hope Of The Resurrection To Eternal Life"
t H. F. Hickey (11th C.M.R.) and Charlotte E. Hickey, of Parksville, British Columbia. Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
240630 Corporal
Herbert Hilton
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
28th October 1917, aged 29.
Plot IV. J. 13.
Son of the late Job and Frances Hilton, of 2, Hallows St., Burnley; husband of Mary Ellen Hilton, of 96, McGowan St., Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Prior to enlisting he worked as a chauffeur in his home town.
A letter his wife received from the Army chaplain, C. B. Greave said;
"Your husband was unfortunately hit by a bit of shell in a vital part, and died instantly. We laid him to rest - carried by his friends - in a military cemetery."
Herbert Hilton
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
28th October 1917, aged 29.
Plot IV. J. 13.
Son of the late Job and Frances Hilton, of 2, Hallows St., Burnley; husband of Mary Ellen Hilton, of 96, McGowan St., Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Prior to enlisting he worked as a chauffeur in his home town.
A letter his wife received from the Army chaplain, C. B. Greave said;
"Your husband was unfortunately hit by a bit of shell in a vital part, and died instantly. We laid him to rest - carried by his friends - in a military cemetery."
Lieutenant
Thomas Ernest Hulme
Naval Siege Battery, Royal Marine Artillery
28th September 1917, aged 34.
Plot IV. C. 2
Son of Thomas and Mary Hulme, of Endon, Staffs. One of the war poets.
Thomas Ernest Hulme
Naval Siege Battery, Royal Marine Artillery
28th September 1917, aged 34.
Plot IV. C. 2
Son of Thomas and Mary Hulme, of Endon, Staffs. One of the war poets.
31419 Gunner
Reginald Kelly
16th Battery, 6th A. F. A. Brigade
Australian Field Artillery
22nd August 1917.
Plot III. B. 9.
Inscription "But Thanks To God Which Giveth Us The Victory Through Our Lord"
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Son of Edward and Alice Kelly, of 25, Elder Parade, Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Native of Kensington, Victoria.
Outdoors portrait of 31419 Gunner (Gnr) Reginald Kelly. An electrical engineer from Kensington, Victoria prior to enlistment, Gnr Kelly embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 12th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB) from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 23 November 1916. Later transferring to the 16th Battery, 6th FAB he was killed in action in Belgium on 24 August 1917, aged 22, and was buried in the Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Reginald Kelly
16th Battery, 6th A. F. A. Brigade
Australian Field Artillery
22nd August 1917.
Plot III. B. 9.
Inscription "But Thanks To God Which Giveth Us The Victory Through Our Lord"
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Son of Edward and Alice Kelly, of 25, Elder Parade, Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Native of Kensington, Victoria.
Outdoors portrait of 31419 Gunner (Gnr) Reginald Kelly. An electrical engineer from Kensington, Victoria prior to enlistment, Gnr Kelly embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 12th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB) from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 23 November 1916. Later transferring to the 16th Battery, 6th FAB he was killed in action in Belgium on 24 August 1917, aged 22, and was buried in the Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.
G/851 Private
William Reed
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
6th July 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. C. 37.
Son of Eliza Ruth Reed, of 224, Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath, Surrey.
Died of his wounds on the 6th July 1917 on the Western Front at Nieuwpoort, Belgium
Remembered by Great Nephews Alan and Robin Reed and Great great Nephews William and Frank Reed
William Reed
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
6th July 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. C. 37.
Son of Eliza Ruth Reed, of 224, Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath, Surrey.
Died of his wounds on the 6th July 1917 on the Western Front at Nieuwpoort, Belgium
Remembered by Great Nephews Alan and Robin Reed and Great great Nephews William and Frank Reed
701669 Driver
William Baxter Roberts
B Battery, 330th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
31st July 1917, aged 33.
Plot II. B. 15.
Husband of M. L. Roberts, of "Oakford," North Rd., Cardigan.
William Baxter Roberts
B Battery, 330th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
31st July 1917, aged 33.
Plot II. B. 15.
Husband of M. L. Roberts, of "Oakford," North Rd., Cardigan.
778562 Corporal
John Rushworth 2nd Bn. Canadian Railway Troops 2nd July 1917, aged 33. Plot I. C. 26. Inscription "He Lives With Us In Memory Still And Will For Evermore" Son of Joseph and Ann Rushworth, of 63, Amroth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Native of Yorkshire, England. |
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700502 Serjeant
Herbert Broughton Simpson
B Battery, 330th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
9th August 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. F. 1.
Son of James and Sarah Simpson, of 27, Scott Park Rd., Burnley, Lancs
Herbert Broughton Simpson
B Battery, 330th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
9th August 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. F. 1.
Son of James and Sarah Simpson, of 27, Scott Park Rd., Burnley, Lancs
Second Lieutenant
Hugh Kington Llewellyn Statham
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
6th September 1917, aged 31.
Plot III. F. 10.
Son of the Rev. P. and Meta Statham (nee Llewellyn), of England; husband of Margaret Renee Statham, of Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia.
Pictures courtesy of grandson, D.J. Freethy
Hugh Kington Llewellyn Statham
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
6th September 1917, aged 31.
Plot III. F. 10.
Son of the Rev. P. and Meta Statham (nee Llewellyn), of England; husband of Margaret Renee Statham, of Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia.
Pictures courtesy of grandson, D.J. Freethy
