Name
Jack (John) Myers
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/05/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14091
Bedfordshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
IV. D. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Memorial, Shephall, Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Not on the Datchworth memorials, We are not aware of any memorial in Titmore Green
Pre War
John Myers was born in 1893 in Datchworth, Herts, the son of John and Emily Myers, and baptised on 11 June 1893 at All Saints Church, Datchworth. His name was registered at birth as Johnnie and he was called by that name on the 1901 Census. His parents had been living in Datchworth in 1891 before he was born, when his father was described as a agricultural labourer. They had moved to Shephall, Herts by 1901 and his father then held the position of farm bailiff. In 1911 they were still living in Shephall, with John described as a horsekeeper on a farm and his father as a farm foreman.
His parents later lived at Titmore Green, nr Stevenage, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Hitchin and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 6th Battalion in France from 11 August 1915, so would have been a volunteer.
John was killed in action on 4 May 1916, aged 23, when the battalion were in the area of Monchy-au-Bois, as a result of an intense hostile bombardment followed by a raid at 3.00 am. He is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £7 10s and pay owing of £6 18s 7d. His mother received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
(N.B. some records state that John Myers was born at Shephall but on both the 1901 and 1911 Censuses his birth is recorded as Datchworth.)
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
June Colegrove, Adrian Pitts, Pat Bird
