Name
Douglas Eaton Enticknap
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/05/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
17476
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
II. K. 6.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
London Colney Memorial, Not on the Essendon memorials
Pre War
Born in 1896 in Bognor, Sussex. Son of Alfred and Ellen Enticknap. He was baptised on the 1st November 1896, in Pagham, Bognor, Sussex.
He was a resident of Essendon, Herts. The 1901 Census shows Douglas aged 4 living with his Parents, 2 Brothers and 2 Sisters at 14 Macers Lane, Wormley, Herts. and the 1911 Census shows Douglas aged 15 living with his Parents, 2 Brothers and 2 Sisters at The Rounding’s, Hertford Heath, Hertford, Herts. His occupation is given as a Horse Keeper.
Wartime Service
Douglas enlisted in Hertford, into the 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. He disembarked in France on the 24th September 1915.
In the Battalion War diary an entry for the 14th May 1916, shows Douglas was one of a group of soldiers presented with cards from the Divisional Commander acknowledging acts of Gallantry and Devotion to Duty on the 19th April 1916. When there was a raid on their trenches.
Additional Information
CWGC Inscription Reads, “Son of Alfred and Ellen Enticknap of “Glenisk” London Colney, St Albans, Herts. Native of Pagham, Bognor”.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
