The Fallen Saints

FREDERICK ALFRED DAY

Died: 16^thJune 1915 – Givenchy, France. Age: 25

Address: Welclose Street, St Albans

Regiment: 2^ndBattalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

Rank: Private

Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, France

WILLIAM GEORGE FIGG

Died: 31^stOctober 1918 – France. Age: 27

Address: Upper Culver Road, St Albans

Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps, Motor Transport

Rank: Private

Commemorated: Vichte Military Cemetery, Anzegem, Belgium

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – 3. 2^ndXI - 3

ARTHUR GATHARD

Died: 31^stJanuary 1916 – Chatham Military Hospital. Age: 25

Address: Thorpe Road, St Albans

Regiment: 8^thBattalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

Rank: Lance-Corporal

Buried: St Albans Cemetery

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – Nil. 2^ndXI – 35

St Albans City Goals: 1^stXI – Nil. 2^ndXI – 2

JACK HILLIER

Died: 22^ndOctober 1918 – Kantara, Egypt. Age: 25

Address: Queen Street, St Albans

Regiment: Royal Army Veterinary Corp, 60^thLondon Division

Rank: Corporal

Mentioned in Despatches

Commemorated: Kantara War Memorial, Egypt

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – 14. 2^ndXI – 47

St Albans City Goals: 1^stXI – 1. 2^ndXI – Nil

JOHN (JACK) RAINSDEN

Died: 27^thJuly 1916 – France. Age: 32

Address: Blacksmith’s Lane, St Michaels, St Albans

Regiment: 1^stBattalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

Rank: Lance-Corporal

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – 6. 2^ndXI – 32

St Albans City Goals: 1^stXI – 1. 2^ndXI – 1

OLIVER SUMMERS D.C.M.

Died: 1^stJuly 1916 - The Somme, France. Age: 25

Address: Littlewood Green, Strudley, Warwickshire

Regiment: 8^thBattalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Rank; Sergeant

Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal 3^rdJune 1916

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – 6. 2^ndXI – 18

St Albans City Goals: 1^stXI – 2. 2^ndXI – 9

Arthur Wiggs

Died: 27^thApril 1917 – France. Age: 24

Address: Lower Dagnall Street, St Albans

Regiment: 6^thBattalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

Rank: Corporal

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – 60. 2^ndXI – 28

St Albans City Goals: 1^stXI – 11. 2^ndXI – 5

CHARLES ERNEST BUNCE

Died: 25^thJune 1943- Thai Camp, Malaya. Age: 30

Address: Watford, Hertfordshire

Regiment: 1^stBattalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment

Rank: Lance-Corporal

Commemorated: Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery, Singapore

St Albans City Appearances: 1^stXI – 174. 2^ndXI – 8

St Albans City Goals: 1^stXI – 148. 2^ndXI – 3

EDWARD ALEXANDER CUNNINGTON

Died: 12^thAugust 1944 – North West Europe. Age: 21

Address: Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

1^stBattalion, The Dorset Regiment

Rank: Private

Commemorated: St Manvieu Cemetery, Cheux, France

St Albans City Wartime Appearances: 8

St Albans City Wartime Goals: 1