Rushden Research Group: Chelveston War Memorial & Men

War Memorial and Men

WWI

Private George Herbert Corbett
14459 3rd Battalion
Coldstream Guards

Died 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Pier and Face 7D and 8D

Private George E Farr
20032 2nd Battalion
Northamptonshire Regiment

Son of Charles Farr

Died 8th February 1916

Aged 22 years

Commemorated at

Ration Farm Military Cemetery La Chapelle-Darmentieres

Grave I. C.10.

Private Walter C Hulatt
200974 1/4th Northamptonshire Regiment

Died 28th November 1917

Commemorated at Ramleh War Cemetery
Grave B.72. [see Walter Hulatt]

Private Frank Morris
(served as Burrows)
29492 2nd Battalion
East Lancashire Regiment

Son of Job and Elizabeth Morris

Died 9th April 1918

Commemorated at Premart British Cemetery
Grave IV. B.23.

Private Harry Morris
48614 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers

Son of Alfred and Emma Morris

Died 31st July 1917

Aged 19 years

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 6 and 8 [see Harry Morris]

The Rushden Echo, 7th December 1917

Forty Boys from Chelveston are now with the Colours.

The Rushden Argus, 19^th March 1920

Chelveston’s Perpetual Tribute to the Fallen
War Memorial erected in the Churchyard
In Memoriam

The money was raised by subscriptions, and it stands at the east of the church on a turfed mound. It is of stone, and about seven feet high.

The column bears a fitting inscription on one of the faces with the names of the five fallen men on each side.

The inscription is:-

Death is swallowed up in victory.
In undying remembrance of the
men of Chelveston who fell in the
Great War—1914-1918. R.I.P.

George Herbert Corbett, George Farr, Walter Hulatt, Frank Morris, Harry Morris.

WWII

Sergeant Stanley Eric Odell
3968060 4th Battalion Welch Regiment

Son of James H & Selena Odell
Husband of Betty Odell

Died 25th February 1945

Aged 25 years

Commemorated at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
[see S E Odell]