Name
Geoffrey Francis Sadler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Royal Field Artillery
East Anglian Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Geoffrey Sadler was born in the summer of 1890 at Harringay. He was one of four children (two sons and two daughters) born to Geoffrey (senior) and Rosa Sadler. In 1891 the family lived at 12 Burgoyne Road at Hornsey and Geoffrey (senior) was employed as a Merchant’s Clerk. At the time of the 1901 Census the family lived at 42 Bergholt Road, Hackney. Geoffrey (senior) had been promoted and was listed in the Census as Director of a Lead Manufacturing Company, however Geoffrey (junior) was not living at the family home as he was away at Boarding School. By 1911 the family had again moved and lived at 31 Oxhey Road, Watford. Geoffrey (junior) was back at home and worked as an Insurance Clerk.
Geoffrey (junior) was listed for the first time in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in October 1914, serving with the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). He had been mobilised at the outbreak of War, as he had been serving in the Territorial Army with the HAC. His Medal Roll noted that he disembarked in France on 12th September 1914. The HAC fought at the First Battle of Ypres and in the actions of the spring of 1915.
The Parish Magazine reported in the May 1915 edition that Geoffrey had been wounded, and in October 1915 it was noted that he had been promoted to Lieutenant and was serving with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) in the East Anglian Brigade. Geoffrey remained with the RFA for the rest of the War and at the end of hostilities he had gained the rank of Acting Captain.
Geoffrey Sadler survived the War, as did his brother John Sadler. Geoffrey’s cousins Kendal, William, and David lived in Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. Kendal and David survived the War, however William was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres in April 1915.
Additional Information
Formerly Honourable Artillery Company
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
