Name
Jack (John) Myers
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
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Memorial, Shephall, Not on the Datchworth memorials, We are not aware of any memorial in Titmore Green
Pre War
Born at Shephall. Baptised in Datchworth on 11 June 1893 son of John & Emily Myers. John was born in Datchworth (some records say Shephall, but baptised in Datchworth) in 1893 son of John and Emily Myers registered as Johnnie. His parents had been living in Datchworth in 1891 before he was born, when his father was described as a agricultural labourer. In 1901 they were living in Shephall and his father was a farm bailiff, so his father appears to have bettered himself. In 1911 they were still living in Shephall, with John described as a horsekeeper and his father as a farm foreman.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hitchin into the Bedfordshire Regt. Arrived in France August 1915, so he was a volunteer. May have been killed in bombardment and raid on 4th May 1916.
Additional Information
Next of kin was recorded as Mrs J W Myers Titmore Green Farm Stevenage.
Acknowledgments
June Colegrove, Adrian Pitts, Pat Bird
