Saddingtons who died in World War One

Hopefully, this is a forerunner of more detailed posts in honour of the 21 Saddington men who fought and died in World War One.

The information given here is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website and "Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919". This latter was an 80 volume set of books published in 1921 by HM Stationery Office, which recorded details of all the soldiers who died in World War One. Each regiment had its own volume. Officers who died in World War One were listed in a separate volume.

So, in alphabetical order by name:

Ben Saddington - Private 50630 - 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment - formerly Private 3448 of the Northamptonshire Regiment - died of wounds on Thursday 14th June 1917 in France - aged 23 years - buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Claridge Saddington - Private 18845 - 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment - died on Tuesday 14 March 1916 in England - aged 24 years - buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Denford, Northamptonshire

Charles William Saddington - Private 30618 - 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment - killed in action on Thursday 3 May 1917 in France - remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Charles William Saddington - Private 202906 - A Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment - formerly Private 3639, Leicestershire Yeomanry - killed in action on Sunday 22 April 1917 in France - aged 29 years - buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France

David Thomas Saddington - Lance Corporal G/14206 - 19th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) - killed in action on Thursday 3rd October 1918 in Belgium - aged 39 years - buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

Frederick Saddington - Sapper 256465 - 260th Railway Construction Company, Corps of Royal Engineers - killed in action on Monday 10th December 1917 in Belgium - aged 26 years - buried in Oxford Road Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

Frederick William Saddington - Private G/62045 - 20th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) - formerly Private 25573, East Kent Regiment - killed in action on Saturday 28th September 1918 in Belgium - aged 18 - buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3, Ypres, Belgium

George Frederick Saddington - Corporal 283 - 21st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force - killed in action on Monday 24th April 1916 in France - aged 22 years - buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France

George Herbert Saddington - Serjeant 240289 - 2nd/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment - died of wounds on Friday 28th September 1917 in Belgium - buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

George Henry Saddington - Serjeant G/1435 - 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) - awarded the Military Medal - killed in action on Friday 12th October 1917 in Belgium - aged 24 years - remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

George Henry Saddington - Private 24954 - 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment - killed in action on Friday 15th September 1916 in France - remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Harold James Saddington - Private 495595 - 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion),London Regiment - killed in action on Wednesday 28th August 1918 in France - aged 19 years - buried in Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas de Calais, France

James Saddington - Corporal 587 - 40th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force - awarded the Military Medal - killed in action on Thursday 21st February 1918 in Belgium - aged 24 years - buried in Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Belgium

Joe Saddington - Private 1319 - 1st/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment - died of wounds on Monday 31st May 1915 in France - buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Nord, France

Joseph Robert Saddington - Private 8971 - 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment - kiled in action on Thursday 27th July 1916 in France - remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

John Thomas Saddington - Lance Corporal 11255 - 6th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - killed in action on Monday 9th April 1917 in France - buried in Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, Pas de Calais, France

John William Saddington - Gunner 74541 - 114th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery - killed in action on Sunday 20th September 1914 in France - remembered on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

Nathan Saddington - Private 7583 - 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales'Own) - killed in action on Saturday 31st October 1914 in Belgium - remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

Thomas Saddington - Private 16/1498 - 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers - killed in action on Monday 9th April 1917 in France - remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

William Henry Saddington - Private 306959 - 2nd/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - killed in action on Thursday 3rd May 1917 in France - aged 20 years - remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

William James Saddington - Private 265241 - 2nd/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - died of wounds on Saturday 12th May 1917 in France - aged 25 years - buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. For further information, please see the Craven's Part in the Great War website.

"And at the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We shall remember them."

From "For the Fallen" by Lawrence Binyon (1869-1943)

If any of these brave young men belong to your family, I would be delighted to hear more about them from you.