Name
John Francis Mallett
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/05/1915
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2749
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
'B' Coy,
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 47.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, North Mymms Village Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, North Mymms, North Mymms War Shrine (lost), North Mymms Memorial Hall Memorial, Welham Green, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Son of Benjamin and Alice Frances (nee NYE) MALLETT of North Mymms, Herts.
His parents married 15 August 1889 at St Giles’, Camberwell, London. Benjamin died 29 May 1950 in Stevenage, Herts, aged 86; Alice died 25 November 1947 in St Alban’s, Herts, aged 86.
John was born 15 May 1894 in North Mymms, and baptised 25 November 1894 at St Mary’s, North Mymms. He attended Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Barnet, Herts, from 26 June 1905, and St Alban’s School. He played football for St Alban’s “Old Boys” and was a brilliant pianist and organist. He resided in North Mimms.
On the 1901 Census, aged 6 he lived in North Mymms, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, a bank clerk aged 16 he still lived in North Mymms, with his parents and three siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted September 1914 in Hertford, and proceeded to France 5 November 1914. He was wounded at Cuinchy in April 1915, and returned to the trenches the following month.
He was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals, his qualifying date being 6 November 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, John’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
