Name
John Ernest Sadler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/07/1917
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
30894
Worcestershire Regiment
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
XX E 14
Iraq
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Goff's Oak Village Memorial, Goff's Oak Street Name, Cheshunt Town Memorial
Pre War
He was born about 1881 in Newmarket, the son of George and Elizabeth.
In 1901 he was a gardener, domestic help working for a clergyman in Lower Wield in Hampshire.
He married Ada Sarah in 1908 Wilkinson in Edmonton and in 1911 he was still a gardener/domestic help, but now living at13, Blake Road, Woodfield, Bicester, Oxfordshire, with his wife and their two children. Ada was from a Goff's Oak family, she was born there as was the eldest child. He enlisted at Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Wartime Service
At the time of his death, he was probably in action in Mesopotamia, however it is possible that he died as a result of something other than enemy action.
Additional Information
Some research, including CWGC, shows his place of birth as Abbey Wood. However, Newmarket appears to be the correct location. In June 1997 Broxbourne Borough Council received a suggestion from the Chairman of Goffs Oak Community Association to name roads to commemorate the men who lost their lives in the two world wars who are displayed on the Goffs Oak War Memorial. It was decided that these names should be used for the large development in Hammond Street Road, this soldier has one of the surnames chosen: "Sadler Close" – the reason for the names selected (as opposed to others) is not known.
Acknowledgments
Brian Lodge
