Rushden Research Group: Rushden 'Gurkhas' list

Rushden's 'Gurkhas'

List of Names

Note: All numbered entries joined in January or February 1915
No.	Surname	Forename		Age	Address	Disqualification	Height	Notes	Notes added later
1	Allen	Cyril	S	16	10 Brookfield Road	under age		surveyor's clerk
3	Allen	Fr Ivan	S	16	112 Portland Road	under age	5' 7"	clerk
2	Allen	Herbert	S	16	73 Cromwell Road	under size	5' 1"	shoehand
4	Ambridge	F Alec	S	20	5 Grove Street	shoe trade	5' 8½"	shoehand
5	Austin	Edmund B	S	16	126 Cromwell Road	army work		clicker
18	Bailey	Albert Henry	S	18	36 Portland Road	under contract 2 years		pupil teacher
12	Bailey	Harry	S	18	65 Robert Street	shoe trade
23	Bailey	Len	S	17	112 Queen Street	under age		clicker
17	Ball	Percy	S	16	9 Trafford Road	shoehand
13	Ballard	Fk Watson	M	24	42 Griffith Street	boot trade
19	Barron	Fred	S	16	30 Park Road	shoehand
22	Barron	Thomas Henry	S	16	30 Park Road	shoehand
24	Bates	A E	M	22	14 Sartoris Road	shoehand
14	Bayes	Fred	S	16	2 Harborough Road	under age		carpenter
10	Beardsmore	E A	M	40	30 Moor Road	boot trade	5' 9"	machine operator
190	Birch	Tom	M	31	13 Irchester Road	business		manager for builder & coal merchant staff on service
15	Bishop	George	M	43	41 Midland Road	too old		gardener
20	Bowers	Arthur	S	22	75 Moor Road	eyesight		shoehand
6	Brawn	William	S	28	1 Glassbrook Road	shoehand
16	Brooke	Jn Robshaw	M	37	115 High Street			pawn broker's manager
9	Brown	R Roland	S	33	6 York Road	boot trade	5' 6"
192	Brown	R W G	S	17	10 Higham Road	boot trade		operator
8	Bull	Frank	S	20	74 Harborough Road	shoehand	5' 7"
7	Bull	F	S	-	49 Glassbrook Road
21	Bunning	Sidney James	S	16	28 Robinson Road	shoehand
11	Burdett	Evan G	M	32	116 Wellingborough Road	shoe hand
40	Cave	Arthur	M	23	13 Robert Street
31	Chamberlain	Don	S	17	Hill Croft, Irchester Rd	bad teeth, under age			age
29	Chamberlain	R	S	16	Little Irchester Lodge	not old enough			age
34	Chettle	Bert	S	16	84 Robinson Road	shoehand	age		age
43	Chettle	H H	S	16	84 Robinson Road	age		shoehand
36	Childs	Arthur	M	36	98 Queen Street	shoehand		army boots
44	Church	George	S	18	5 Dayton Street	age		shoehand
42	Clark	F	M	25	40 Pemberton Street	shoetrade
27	Clarke	R T	S	26	29 Co-op Row	mother dependent (invalid)
39	Clifton	J H	S	20	43 Victoria Road	shoehand			enlisted
38	Clifton	S J	S	17	43 Victoria Road	shoehand		machine operator	age
26	Clipson	H A	S	29	Church Street, Rushden	messenger of shoe findings warehouse			left
41	Coles	A	M	33	39 Pytchley Road
35	Cook	Harry	M	43	30 Duck Street	shoehand			age
25	Corby	W R	M	62	73 Glassbrook Road	shoehand
32	Cowley	A C	S	-	17 Park Place	shoehand			age waited
37	Cox	C H	S	23	21 York Road	shoehand
33	Cox	E S	M	28	52 Crabb Street	shoehand
28	Cox	Jack	S	16	3 Dell Place	not old enough	short 5'		age
30	Creswell	R G	S	16	135 W'boro Rd	age, not fit			age
47	Dean	B	M	22	~~22 Crabb Street~~ Co-op Row	shoehand
46	Denton	Henry	S	24	57 Robinson Road	4 years Territorials		shoehand
45	Denton	S	S	20	37 Crabb Street	shoehand
-	Denton	T W	M	25	9 Rectory Road	4 years Territorials		shoehand
49	Dickens	Arch	M	25	36 Grove Street	domestic reasons
48	Dickens	George	S	16	162 Cromwell Road	age		shoehand
-	Dickens	Sidney	S	16	Wellingborough Road	age		carpenter
53	Eagles	F R	S	16	220 Wellingborough Rd	age		engineer's fitter
55	Edwards	A	S	19	3 Grove Road	boot office
51	Ekins	William	M	50	57 High Street South	age		shoehand
54	Ellis	Herbert	S	23	65 Spencer Road	shoehand
52	Elstow	C W	M	43	36 Club Yard	not passed - unfit for service		1st Northamptons
-	Emerton	G H	S	16	96 Park Road	age		shoehand	enlisted
50	Esson	Arthur	S	21	Upper Queen Street	none
60	Fensome	Walter	S	18	214 Wellingborough Road	age		shoehand
58	Fletton	Henry	S	16½	42 Washbrook Road	age		grocer
57	Flood	William	M	39	42 Queen Street	age		clerk in boot factory
56	Flowers	Thomas	S	29	3 Oakley Road	shoehand
59	Frisby	Robert	S	19	Victoria Road	apprentice		boot & shoe trade	enlisted
62	Gadsby	Js Wm	M	28	36 Spencer Road	shoehand			volunteer
68	Garrett	Herbert	S	16	47 Harborough Road	shoehand		age
-	Gates	Herbert	S	16	208 Wellingborough Rd	not big enough		age
-	Gates	Walter	S	17	5 Kilburn Place	shoehand		age
64	Geary	Frank	M	26	15 Church Street	-
72	George	Harold	S	16	38 Little Street	shoehand		age
66	George	Henry	M	30	7 Rectory Road	shoehand
-	Ginns	Charles	S	17	16 Moor Road	shoehand		age
-	Glen	Joseph	S	16	68 Robinson Road	shoehand		age
67	Glenister	Percy	S	22	2 Beaconsfield Terrace	bad teeth
61	Glidle	Herbert	M	25	Bedford Road	shoehand
63	Goodman	C	M	42	45 Spencer Road	age		age
70	Gray	Leonard	S	16	5 Higham Road	boot trade		age
-	Green	C	S	24	37 Pemberton Street	shoehand			enlisted
71	Green	Hy Wm	S	16	21 Roberts Street	shoehand		age
-	Green	R E	S	17	37 Pemberton Street	shoehand		age
65	Gregory	J	M	45	Galssbrook Road	railway service		age
69	Griffith	Albert	S	20	136 Cromwell Road	not broad enough		shoehand
-	Griffith	W C	S	16	136 Cromwell Road	shoehand		age
-	Groom	William	S	16	63 Midland Road	shoehand			recruit?
73	Groome	Lawrence	S	16	34 Washbrook Road	shoehand		age
89	Harris	Fk	M	23	6 Fitzwilliam Street	shoehand
84	Harris	Fk W	M	26	121 Washbrook Road	boot trade		operator	3yrs Territorials
92	Harris	Wm Geo	S	22	8 Griffith Street	boot trade		leather salesman
-	Harrison	Geo	S	23	22 Newton Road	left eye
78	Hefford	R	S	16	120 Queen Street	shoehand
76	Hensman	F	S	19	9 Grove Road	-
88	Hensman	Hy	M	27	112 Washbrook Road	shoe trade
79	Heys	J H	S	18	175 Wellingborough Rd	age			height - age
75	Higgins	W E	M	39	59 Duck Street	age
83	Hill	George	S	30	130 Wellingborough Rd	currier - leather trade
81	Hobbs	Jos	S	25	2 Fletcher Road	right eye		shoehand
82	Hodgkins	Ern	S	17	67 Queen Street	age		shoehand	age
91	Holley	A E	S	20	15 Ebenezer Terrace	shoehand
90	Hollowell	R C	M	40	74 Newton Road	clicker			age
-	Hooton								enlisted
87	Horne	Percy	M	28	186 Wellingborough Rd	shoehand
74	Hornsby	D R	S	19	68 Glassbrook Road	shoehand
85	Horrell	Wm	S	26	'Laurels' W'boro Road	army contracts
80	Houghton	H G	S	17	163 Queen Street	shoehand			age
77	Howes	Fk	S	17	8 Fitzwilliam Street	shoehand
86	Hutton	F E	M	36	49 Queen Street	grocer		manager
94	Ingram	A E	M	36	19 Wentworth Road	shoe trade
93	Ingram	Jack	S	18	21 South Terrace	bad teeth		shoe trade
97	James	J	S	20	24 Glassbrook Road	one eye
96	Jolley	Geo	M	49	50 Roberts Street	shoehand		age - 17 yrs previous mil. training
95	Joyce	Harry	S	28	11 Higham Road	bad teeth		shoe trade
100	Kightley	Fred	S	19	2 Fletcher Road	shoehand
98	Knight	Fred	M	39	1 Winchester Road	shoe trade		age - 12 years military training
101	Knight	J O	S	30	The Old Rectory	manufacturer - army boots
99	Knight	R F	S	35	The Old Rectory	manufacturer - army boots
104	Ladds	H	S	18	33 Moor Road	shoe tarde			age
102	Laughton	Walter	S	17	213 Wellingborough Rd	shoe trade		clicker	age
105	Lawson	Herbert	S	17	23 Brookfield Road	shoehand			age
-	Lawton	Percy	S	25	213 Wellingborough Road	boot trade
106	Lewis	A E	S	18	65 High Street	shoehand
-	Lingard	Denis	S	16	19 Pratt Road	shoehand
108	Litchfield	Herbert	M	25	13 Roberts Street	shoe trade
103	Loakes	Fred	M	27	11 Pytchley Road	shoehand
107	Long	A H	S	16	1 Beaconsfield Terrace	age			age
110	Lovell	S John	S	16	34 Harborough Road	shoehand
109	Lovell	Wm	M	29	66 Crabb Street	boot trade			3yrs 3rd Northants
115	Mackness	Geo Wm	M	28	45 Robert Street	shoehand
113	Maddams	G V	M	24	10 Bedford Road	shoehand			1st Northants
117	Marriott	Jas	M	29	56 High Street	-			manager grocery store
-	Matthews	Hy	S	16	101 Cromwell Road	shoehand			age
-	Melbourne	P J	M	25	13 Oakley Road	shoehand
112	Miller	T Wm	S	26	6 Orchard Place	shoehand
114	Miller	Wm A	S	18	31 Moor Road	boot trade			age
111	Mole	Reg	M	23	14 Co-op Row	-			?
116	Munns	Oliver W	S	20	11 Rectory Road	shoehand
119	Neal	Albert	M	37	70 Moor Road	shoehand
124	Neal	Percy	S	16	235 Wellingborough Rd	shoehand			age
121	Neville	A Wm	M	39	74 Robinson Road	shoehand			age
122	Neville	C R	S	17	74 Robinson Road	shoehand			age
120	Newell	Wm	S	16	28 Duck Street	shoehand			age
123	Noble	Fredk	M	31	5 Moor Road	shoe trade
118	Nutter	Harry	S	16	107 Cromwell Road	age			age
-	Owen	J	M	37	8 Newton Road	-			enlisted
132	Packwood	A G	M	39	50 Park Road	age			left company
129	Page	Francis H	S	18	69 Robinson Road	chest measurement		shoehand	age
130	Page	J W	M	23	6 Sartoris Cottages, Bedford Rd	shoe trade		11 Crabb Street
126	Page	Robert	S	16	67 Robinson Road	shoehand			age
128	Palmer	J H W	S	22	42 Roberts Street	shoe work
-	Parker	Geo R	S	16	33 Wellingborough Rd	currier			age
-	Peacock	Cecil	S	21	4 Roberts Street	boot trade
134	Penn	W B	M	16	5 Wentworth Road	age			age
127	Pennes	Leonard	S	20	17 Essex Road	shoe trade
-	Perkins	Wm	S	-	Alfred Street				enlisted
125	Pettit	Arthur	M	44	37 Victoria Road	shoehand			age
131	Prickett	Herbert	S	16	73 Portland Road	age			age
133	Prigmore	E C	S	23	32 Station Road	shoehand			age
135	Rawlins	Frank	S	25	199 Wellingborough Rd	shoehand
136	Reid	J T	M	57	142 Wellingborough Rd	age			age
142	Richardson	S C	S	17	7 Pemberton Street	shoe trade			age
141	Roberts	R Wm	S	20	57 Grove Road	shoehand
138	Robinson	Jos	M	42	14 Westbourne Grove	shoehand		3 years	age
140	Robinson	Syd	S	28	60 Robert Street	boot manufacturer			5 years Norths Yeo
143	Robinson	W A	S	16	Wymington	shoehand			age
139	Robinson	Wilf	S	16	Wellingborough Road	age			butcher
137	Rowthorn	Alf	S	16	25 Cromwell Road	not big enough		shoe trade	age
163	Sanders	Wm	M	-	5 Thrift Cottages, W'boro Rd
147	Sargent	Alf Hy	S	21	Newton Road	boot trade
162	Sargent	J J	M	39	271 Wellingborough Rd	shoehand
150	Savage	H	M	54	14 Ebenezer Terrace	shoehand			age
159	Savage	John Ed	S	19	3 Little Street	shoehand
151	Sawford	Reg	S	18	32 Corporation Terr, H.F.	shoehand			age
160	Sharpe	Len Geo	S	16	11 Duck Street	shoehand			age
157	Shaw	Fredk	S	54	69 Queen Street	age not regulation standard			age
145	Sill	Wm	M	39	145 Glassbrook Road	age
144	Sinfield	Hy	M	29	16 North Street	shoehand			Ex Territorial
149	Skeeles	Alb	S	20	59 Moor Road	shoehand			enlisted
152	Skeeles	Cyril	S	22	-	shoehand
146	Skinner	Alec	S	16	51 Queen Street	age			age
161	Smith	C W	S	23	9 Station Road	shoehand
148	Steel	Wm	M	31	39 Victoria Road	unfit		shoe machine operator
153	Stokes	Alb	M	23	6 Fletcher Road	shoe trade		clicker
156	Stringer	Fk	S	22	110 Wellingborough Rd	army boot operative
-	Sugars	Reg	S	16	42 Roberts Street	shoehand			age
155	Swindall	A	S	16	28 Moor Road	shoehand			age
	Swindall	Hy	S	-	Moor Road	shoehand
158	Swingler	C Fk	M	26	20 Crabb Street	shoehand
154	Swingler	Syd	S	16	54 Duck Street	shoehand		apprentice	age
168	Tassell	John	M	33	90 Crabb Street	clicker
164	Tear	Harold	S	16	15 Pratt Road	shoehand			age
165	Tew	Harry	M	31	16 Ebenezer Terrace	shoehand
-	Tilstone	W A	M	24	3 Elm Street	baker
167	Tomkins	C B	M	31	56 Station Road	not regulation height	5' 2"		height
166	Townsend	Cecil	S	16	7 Park Palce				age
169	Twelftree	Reg	S	24	17 Orchard Place	heart
170	Tye	Rowland	M	33	12 Midland Road	shoehand
188	Waller	Geo	S	17	75 Midland Road	shoe trade			age
184	Ward	A S	S	35	205 Wellingborough Rd	railway clerk
179	Waring	Herbert	S	16	10 Fitzwilliam Street	age			age
181	Waring	Horace	S	25	10 Fitzwilliam Street	indifferent health
187	Warren	Hy	S	23	Bedford Road	shoe trade
183	Weale	A F	M	34	15 York Road	railway official
189	Westley	Thos	S	16	Albion Place	shoe trade			age
177	Wheeler	T	M	40	11 Church Street	age			age
185	Whitby	Harold	S	17	6 Fitzwilliam Street	age		engaged on Govt work - clerk
171	White	R	S	24	11 John Street	shoehand
172	Whiting	F	S	26	8 East Grove	shoe trade
173	Whittington	Hy	S	16	75 Queen Street	age			age
174	Whitworth	Wm	S	18	53 Grove Road	sight		shoe trade	age
-	Wills	Percy W	S	20	15 Station Road	shoe trade			age
-	Wilmott	Chas	S	-	48 Washbrook Road	shoe trade		disabled fingers
180	Wood	T H	S	17	22 Fitzwilliam Street	age			age
-	Wood	T H							enlisted
186	Wood	Wm	M	45	22 Fitzwilliam Street	age		carpenter	6 yrs Territorials
176	Woodhead	?	S	22	Queen Street				left company
182	Woods	B	S	16	86 Wellingborough Rd	shoehand			age
175	Wright	H	S	16	109 Washbrook Road	age			age
178	Wright	S H	M	29	12 Portland Road	shoehand

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