Private Benjamin Gammage GREEN
7th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment G/13726
Benjamin, born on 5 August 1886 in Spratton, was the son of Thomas James Green, a shoemaker from Harlestone, and his wife, Hannah, from a long-established family in Spratton. When he left school Benjamin followed his father's trade and became a shoemaker but when he married Isabel Keeber from Brixworth in 1908 he had become a farm labourer. The couple had two daughters and they lived in a small thatched cottage in First Turn (now Holdenby Road). His mother, Mrs Hannah Green, a widow, lived next door. These cottages were demolished in the 1950s.
Benjamin joined the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, probably early in 1916. He fought in France and was in action at the Battle of the Somme. He was killed on 18 November 1916, but it was some time before his death was confirmed because he was reported as missing in the Northampton Mercury on 19 January 1917. He is buried in the Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France, and is remembered on the War Memorial in Spratton churchyard. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
His widow, Isabel, later married Alwyn Wykes who had also served in the First World War.
Thatched cottages in Holdenby Road, Spratton, where Benjamin Green and his family lived
Thatched cottages in Holdenby Road, Spratton, where Benjamin Green and his family lived
Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France
Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France
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MEN WHO SERVED
- Private Charles Herbert AUSTIN (known as Herbert)
- Corporal Frank AUSTIN
- Lance Corporal James William AUSTIN
- Private John Samuel AUSTIN
- Sergeant William Henry AUSTIN
- Sergeant Bertie Henry BALDERSON
- Corporal Frederick Charles BALDERSON MM
- Lance Corporal Robert Samuel BALDERSON
- Private George William BUCKBY (known as William)
- Private Henry Andrew BUCKBY
- Richard Henry Horne BUCKBY
- Transport Sergeant Thomas BUCKBY MM
- Company Quartermaster Sergeant William Gander BUCKBY
- William Archibald COPSON (known as Archibald)
- Sapper Ebenezer COPSON
- Private Ernest Edward COPSON
- Pioneer Henry Owman COPSON (known as Harry)
- Private James COPSON
- Private John William COPSON
- Private Joseph COPSON
- Private Arthur Sidney GOODEN (known as Sidney)
- Private Hugh Henry GOODEN
- Sergeant Joseph Eric GOODEN (known as Eric)
- Private Arthur Thomas HAYTER
- Driver Frank Leonard HAYTER
- Private Harold Herbert HAYTER
- Lance Corporal John Charles HAYTER DCM (known as Jack)
- Private Walter Ernest HAYTER
- Ordinary Seaman Arthur Charles HORNE
- Private John William HORNE (known as William)
- Lance Corporal Lewis HORNE
- Private Thomas HORNE
- Driver John Henry LEESON
- Corporal Joseph Henry LEESON (known as Harry)
- Thomas Baden Powell LEESON (known as ‘Bard’)
- Private Albert MANNING
- Corporal Amos MANNING
- Private Arthur Cecil MANNING
- Private George MANNING
- Sergeant George William MANNING
- Sapper Henry Stanley MANNING (known as Stanley)
- Private John Thomas MANNING
- Private John William MANNING
- Air Mechanic Nathaniel MANNING
- Driver/Saddler Samuel MANNING
- Gunner George Albert MARTIN
- Private Joseph MARTIN
- Private Thomas Henry MARTIN (known as Harry)
- Private Thomas Walter MARTIN (known as Walter)
- Pioneer Walter Ernest MARTIN
- Sergeant William Higgs MARTIN, DCM
- Private Arthur Walter PAGE
- Private Francis Samuel PAGE (known as Sam)
- Private Frank PAGE
- Private Stephen PAGE
- Lieutenant George REEVE MC MM
- Private Richard Henry REEVE (known as Harry)
- Private Samuel REEVE
- Private Sidney Philip REEVE
- Private Frederick Thomas RICHARDSON
- Private John William RICHARDSON
- Private Percy John Partridge RICHARDSON
- Private Abraham Bert SMITH
- Private Alfred SMITH
- Private Frank SMITH 46648
- Private John Samuel SMITH
- Private John William SMITH (6942)
- Private John William (William John) SMITH (8964)
- Private Charles Walter WADHAMS
- Private John Edward WADHAMS
- Private Thomas Edwin WADHAMS
- Private William WADHAMS