Wesley Methodist Church WWI Honour Rolls

HAMILTON’S WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH

The Wesley Methodist Church opened in Lonsdale Street, Hamilton, in October 1913. Within a year, members of the congregation were farewelled as they headed off to war. Now Hamilton Uniting Church, there are two Honour Rolls, on which 52 men and one woman were named. Twelve would not return.

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BARTLETT, Frederick John

BATES, Eric William (M.M.)

BAULCH, James Gordon (M.M.)

BAULCH, Leith Silas †

BOWMAN, Robert

BOWMAN, William

BRIANT, Reginald Stuart †

BUTLER, John

CATTERSON, Robert Henry †

COLLYER, Arthur Lloyd

DONNES, Alice

EADON, Hubert Thaddons †

EDWARDS, Morris Llewellyn

ELSTON, William Charles

FOSTER, Thomas Benjamin

GRAHAM, Harold Seymour

GRAY, Bertram

HAMOND, Henry Albert

HAYWARD, Herbert James* †

HICKS, Richard Ernest* †

HICKS, George Leslie

HOCKING, Henry

HOCKING, James

HUGGINS, Ernest Frederick

JACKSON, Edward William

JACKSON, Walter Henry †

KRANZ, H.*


LEARMONTH, Basil Law

LEARMONTH, Edgar

LEARMONTH, Keith Allen

LEARMONTH, Russell Pearson*

LEARMONTH, Eric Pearson

LEWIS, William Charles*

LOATS, John William

MASTIN, William Albert (M.M.)

MILLARD, Arthur Richard

MILES, William Reginald

NIDDRIE, Stanley Roy †

PERRIN, Charles Spurgeon

POLKINGHORNE, Lexford Vivian

PRICE, Leslie Gordon

REYNOLDS, S. G.*

REYNOLDS, F. A.*

STAGOLL, Robert Leslie †

TAYLOR, James

TERRILL, Charles Edward

TERRILL, G. E.*

TOLEMAN, Kenneth †

WALTER, Albert Ellis

WALTER, Allan

WALTER, John Andrew

WESTGARTH, Horace Leonard †

WILLIAMS, Lancelot Hamilton †

NOTES:

*HAYWARD, Herbert James-listed as Haywood, H. J.

HICKS, Richard Ernest-listed as Hicks, H. E.

KRANZ, Herbert-There was a Herbert Kranz of Hamilton born in 1890. There is no record of enlistment or of any men by the name of Kranz from Victoria.

LEARMONTH, Russell Pearson-listed as Learmonth, K. P.

LEWIS, William Charles-listed as Lewis, W. G.

REYNOLDS, S. G.-Articles from the Hamilton Spectator mention the enlistment of S. G. Reynolds, a member of the Hamilton YMCA. However, there is no record of a man with those initials enlisting.

REYNOLDS, F. A.-F. Reynolds competed in a YMCA swimming competition, as did an A. Reynolds. There is no record of a F. A. Reynolds enlisting. Frank Reynolds is named on the 1919 Electoral Roll for Hamilton.

TERRILL, G. E.– This is likely George Hicks Terrill, a brother of Charles Edward Terrill