Name
Joseph Fordham
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/10/1917
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
33920
York and Lancaster Regiment
10th (Service) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
VIA. C. 7.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertingfordbury Village Memorial, Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury, Hertford Town Memorial, Birch Green Village Memorial, Birch Green School, Memorial, We are not aware of any memorial in Staines Green
Pre War
Born 1880 in Staines Green, Hertingfordbury son of John and Elizabeth (nee Walkling) Fordham and was baptised 2 May 1880.
Living in Staines Green, Hertingfordbury as a bootmaker with his mother and sister Ellen. He married Jemima Allen on 17 Mar 1917. At some time lived in Ivy Passage, West Street, Hertford.
Additional Information
Joseph is also commemorated on his parent's headstone in Hertingfordbury (St. Mary) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
JOSEPH THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF J. FORDHAM,
OF THE YORK AND LANCSTER REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE. OCTOBER 14TH. 1917, AGED 37 YEARS
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
