Name
(Martin) Frederick Webb
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/11/1914
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
6748
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
VII. F. 11.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
At Rest With The Lord
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial, St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born in 1882 in Ware son of William and Emma Webb. He married Agnes Mary and later lived in Ware.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Ware, entered France on 12 Sep 1914 and served in the front line at Festubert. The battalion was moved by motor bus on 6 Nov to the Menin Road, Ypres and the following day the first battle of Ypres began. The enemy broke through the line held by the regiment but were successfully driven back but with considerable casualties. Private Webb was killed in this engagement.
Additional Information
His widow Agnes ordered his headstone while living at 38 High Oak Road, Ware Herts., it read: "At Rest With The Lord".
On the 11th of November 1916, his widow placed a message to her husband in the Hertford Mercury:
Farewell! beloved and brave
Your last 'march past' is o'er
Now resting in a soldier's grave
Far from your native shore:
Into the field of battle
he nobly took his place,
Into the field of battle
he nobly took his place,
He gave his life for England
And the honour of his race.
And the honour of his race.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
