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Tadley is a town in the north of Hampshire close
to the border with Berkshire. Like towns and villages all over the British
Isles men flocked to the flag during the Great War, many did not return. This
web site intends to try and look a bit closer at the names that appear on the
memorial in my home town.
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Map showing Tadley in the centre. Of interest to history buffs is the Romano British town of Calleva Atrebatum at Silchester, which is located to the east of Tadley. Basingstoke can be seen emerging at the bottom of the picture, with Newbury at the top left and Reading just above the top right hand corner. Although Tadley is now a fair sized town, the 1911 census gives it's population at a mere 1200. |
This document contains
information relating to the men of Tadley who gave
their lives during the Great War. Names taken from the Tadley
war memorial near St Paul's church, as reproduced in the book "Tadley fact and fable".
The Commonwealth Wargrave Commission website register was used to provide
the details of the named individuals. Not all the men named on the memorial
have been sourced at the time of writing, this is due
to a lack of information on the website entry with which to match to the
individual. Only the entries which are definitely linked have been selected.
These features include references to Tadley or
surrounding villages or by a decoration award. Where I have not been sure, I
have left out an entry with a view to using another source to positively
identify the individual.
Since starting this website I
have received assistance from many generous sources which have allowed me to
provide data on all but one individual named on the memorial - Sjt L Rampton who could also be
the Leonard Rampton named on the Baughurst
& Heath End memorial. Just recently I have managed to trace a person I
believe is Leonard who was discharged from the army in 1916 and subsequently
died in 1918.
The entries from the
commission's site also include details of the cemetery, its location and other
relevant information, I have separated these into different
sections. This is to save space where one or more men are buried in the same
place. The cemetery reference number on the personal entry indicates the
location of the cemetery information in that section.
The Tadley memorial is sited outside St Paul's church Tadley. The names recorded on it are:
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Indicates that these names are also present on the Baughurst
and Heath End memorial.
** Walter Cripps also appears on
the Aldermaston Memorial.
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Notes; For related information visit the Diggers
in Belgium. Visit the Tadley website and also the Tadley
and District Society (TADS) the local history society website. |
New item! Click for Separate medal profile link ư
Updates to Local War Memorials pages
New Pictures – Tyne Cot gallery
The churches of St. Peter &
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