On Saturday 20th February 1920 it seems like most of the villagers managed to cram into the Club & Institute in Old Road for the presentation of souvenirs to the men of the village who had served in the war and survived. The souvenir took the form of a metal shield on an oak stand, inscribed “The Great War, 1914-1919. Presented to ————– with gratitude by the people of Armitage”, each name being inscribed on the shield, while at the base of each is the cap-badge of the man’s regiment. The pottery, E Johns & Co., had erected a staging for the exhibition and presentation of the shields – it stretched the full length of the room and rose in nine tiers, with 25 shields on each tier.
After singing of the National Anthem Mrs. Gardner presented each shield to the individual soldier. Shields were also presented to Mrs. E A Walker of the Voluntary Aid Detachment who had worked at Ravenhill Auxiliary Hospital, to the Rev. Father McNabb who received a composite shield on behalf of Hawkesyard Priory and to Miss Dorothy Gardner, M.B.E.
On the following day, Sunday 21st February, the memorial cross, paid for by public subscription, was unveiled and dedicated by Brigadier-General Stewart, C.M.G., D.S.O. Initially it was erected at the corner of Boat House Lane on a plot of land given for the purpose by Mr. Hiram Morecroft. Only 43 names were originally on the cross but a further 3 were later added.
After the pottery warehouse was erected down Boat House Lane in the late 1960s the surrounds of the memorial were occasionally damaged by lorries on what was a tight corner and the memorial was relocated to a more central spot donated by the pottery, Armitage Ware Ltd. It was re-dedicated on Sunday 18th May 1969.
Until 1939 this war had not been called the First World War of course and the people of the parish had no idea of the horrors to come. Roy Fallows has chronicled the lives of the 46 who died, as recorded on the War Memorial, in his book ‘Armitage with Handsacre Soldiers of the First World War’ (available from the Ridware History Society).
Appendix 1 of that book shows another 62 names of soldiers who survived the war. This number has now grown to nearly 300 – shown in the searchable table below – using a variety of sources:
- the 1918 electoral roll (which indicated if a voter was in the armed forces at the time of compiling the voting list)
- newspaper reports
- searches on the military record sections of websites such as Ancestry, Findmypast and The Genealogist
- a document at Stafford Record Office showing the prayer list from St. John the Baptist church
Included are eleven men connected with the Parish who died but are not shown on the War Memorial – they may however be shown on Memorials in other locations. I would be grateful for any more information on these or on any who should be added.
If the name in the table below is underlined then further information can be found by clicking on the name. At the moment the eleven men mentioned above have extra details as do the five men who could not be traced when Roy wrote his booklet.
| Surname | Forename(s) | Birthplace | Date of death | Regiment | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adkin | William Thomas | Cannock, 1884 | Royal Sussex | ||
| Alldritt | John | Handsacre, 1897 | 13th July 1917, Passchendaele | Gunner, D Battery, 104th Bgde, Royal Field Artillery | |
| Alldritt | Joseph | Armitage, 1893 | Private, 3rd Scot Guards | ||
| Arthan | Arthur | Burslem, 1885 | 30th Jul 1917, France | Not on Armitage War Memorial | |
| Ashley | Henry | ||||
| Ault | William | Burslem, 1886 | |||
| Bacon | Reginald Hy | Stoke-on-Trent, 1871 | 12th Nov 1917, Kent | Sgt, 606th Empl Co, Royal Fusiliers/Labour Corps | |
| Badiere | Emilio L L | Seine-et-Oise, France, 1891 | 9th Mar 1915, Marne | Adjutant,6th Company, French 8th Infantry | |
| Bailey | George | Armitage, 1898 | Private, 3rd Scot Guards | ||
| Bailey | Joseph | Alrewas, 1885 | Private, Royal Army Service Corps | ||
| Bailey | Robert Deakin | Whittington, 1884 | |||
| Bamford | Leonard | ||||
| Banister | Arthur Cornelius | ||||
| Bannister | Isaac | Colton, 1890 | Cpl, Royal Engineers | ||
| Barnes | Frederick | Military Medal | |||
| Bartlett | Leonard Edward | Armitage, 1897 | North Staffs | ||
| Bartlett | Phillip E | Armitage, 1894 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||
| Bennett | Edward | 14th Mar 1917, France | 1/th Bn North Staffs | Not on Armitage War Memorial | |
| Betts | Frederick | Armitage, 1892 | 27th Sep 1916, Flanders | Gunner, North Midland (Staffordshire Heavy Battery) | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Bond | Charles Henry | Handsacre, 1898 | Machine Gun Corps | ||
| Bond | William Arthur | Abbots Bromley, 1890 | 10th July 1916, Somme | Private, 8th Bn, South Staffs | |
| Boycott | Thomas Harvey | Handsacre, 1876 | Northumberland Fusiliers | ||
| Brass | Albert Edward | Rugeley, 1896 | 27th May 1918, France | Private, 8th Bn Machine Gun Corps | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Briggs | Robert William | Sgt, Royal Army Service Corps | |||
| Briggs | William Henry | Longport, 1895 | Private, 17th Worcester | ||
| Brindley | William Henry | ||||
| Bromley | John | Longton, 1879 | |||
| Brown | Charles | Armitage, 1898 | |||
| Brown | Frank | Armitage, 1895 | 1st Bn, South Staffs | ||
| Brown | George | Armitage, 1891 | Mounted Military Police | ||
| Brown | Henry William | Rugeley, 1896 | 16th April 1918, Belgium | Private, 2/6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Burton | George | ||||
| Butler | William Henry | ||||
| Campbell | William Love | Hebburn, Durham, 1886 | |||
| Carthy | Alfred | Armitage, 1900 | |||
| Carthy | Cecil | Handsacre, 1900 | North Staffs | ||
| Carthy | Charles | Handsacre, 1896 | |||
| Carthy | Edwin Joseph | Armitage, 1896 | 29th Nov 1917, Belgium | Private, 4th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Carthy | Jack | Armitage, 1899 | |||
| Carthy | William H | Armitage, 1895 | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery | ||
| Chadwick | James | Hanley, 1883 | Horse keeper, Army Vet Corps | ||
| Chilton | John | Stowe, 1876 | Royal Berkshire | ||
| Christian | Frederick | Newton, Derbyshire, 1877 | |||
| Clark | Percy | Fritwell, Oxfordshire, 1894 | |||
| Clark | W | ||||
| Clarke | James Henry | Brereton, 1894 | 10th Aug 1915, Hill 60, Ypres | Private, 1st/6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Clarke | Reginald George | Brereton, 1897 | 13th Oct 1915, Loos | Private, 1st/6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Clewlow | George Thomas | Hanley, 1893 | 10th Aug 1915, Mesopotamia | Private, 7th Bn North Staffs | |
| Coles | A J | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | |||
| Collop | Frederick | Holywell cum Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, 1870 | |||
| Collop | Percy James | Holywell cum Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, 1886 | 2nd Bn, Suffolk | ||
| Conway | Albert | Handsacre, 1895 | |||
| Conway | Arthur George | Handsacre, 1885 | |||
| Conway | Cecil | Handsacre, 1900 | Private, 13th Kings Liverpool | ||
| Conway | Edwin William | Handsacre, 1895 | Military Police | ||
| Conway | Frederick | Handsacre, 1892 | Gunner, 79th Bn, Royal Garrison Artillery | ||
| Conway | John Thomas | Armitage, 1886 | Private, 1st Yorks & Lancs | ||
| Conway | Thomas | ||||
| Cook | Thomas | Armitage, 1898 | Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery | Military Medal | |
| Cooper | Harry | Armitage, 1898 | 17th July 1917, Somme | Pioneer, P Special Company, Royal Engineers | |
| Cope | Edward | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, 1892 | |||
| Cope | Joseph T | Armitage, 1900 | Private, RVA | ||
| Cope | William | Handsacre, 1892 | 6th Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Courtney | James | 12th Oct 1918, France | Private, 12th Bn Manchester | ||
| Creed | John | Lieutenant, Royal Engineers | |||
| Creed | John Percy | Armitage, 1884 | Rigger RFC/RAF | ||
| Critchlow | Joseph Thomas | Private, 2nd Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |||
| Cyples | Arthur John | Burslem, 1888 | South Staffs | ||
| Daft | Frank | Longdon, 1894 | 11th Jan 1917, Somme | L Cpl, 1st Bn, South Staffs | |
| Davies | Hiram Morecroft | Armitage, 1887 | |||
| Davies | Joseph | Handsacre, 1894 | |||
| Davies | Thomas | ||||
| Davies | William John | ||||
| Davis | Frank | Rugeley, 1881 | |||
| Dawkin | William | Armitage, 1896 | |||
| Dawson | Albert | Armitage, 1899 | York & Lancs | ||
| Dawson | Arthur | Armitage, 1896 | Sgt 1st Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Dawson | George | Armitage, 1895 | |||
| Dawson | H | ||||
| Dawson | Lewis | Armitage, 1894 | |||
| Deakin | Harold Ridley | Hednesford, 1898 | 21st Mar 1918, Somme | Private , 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry | |
| Dent | George | Rushton, 1897 | Indian Expeditionary Force | ||
| Dent | Harry | Gratwich, 1896 | North Staffs | ||
| Dent | Robert | Mavesyn Ridware, 1892 | Royal Engineers | ||
| Dent | William | Hixon, 1893 | 20th Sep 1918, Greece | Gunner, 99th Battery, 30th Bgde, Royal Field Artillery | |
| Dobbs | Robert | Tunstall, 1884 | 25th Oct 1914, Ypres | Private, 2nd Bn, Royal Warwickshire | |
| Elsmore | Joseph | ||||
| Evans | Edgar | ||||
| Evans | Reginald | ||||
| Evans | William | ||||
| Farrell | Thomas | Fenton, 1899 | |||
| Farrington | George | ||||
| Faulkener | Walter | Colwich, 1889 | Royal Fusiliers | ||
| Fielding | Harry | Stone, 1887 | Private 7th Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Fitzgerald | Charles | ||||
| Flackett | James | Armitage, 1898 | Scots Guards | ||
| Flackett | John | ||||
| Flackett | William | ||||
| French | Oliver | ||||
| Gardner | Herbert Cecil | Kings Bromley, 1877 | |||
| Glennie | Walter | ||||
| Glover | John Thomas | Armitage, 1885 | |||
| Godwin | Arthur George | Armitage, 1880 | Cpl, Royal Army Service Corps | ||
| Godwin | Edwin | ||||
| Goodall | Albert | Armitage, 1897 | |||
| Greatrex | Robert | Armitage, 1898 | 17th April 1918, Kemmel Ridge | Private, 2/6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Green | Harold | Armitage, 1893 | |||
| Green | James | Armitage, 1885 | |||
| Grey | B | ||||
| Grimley | Walter | Armitage, 1896 | Scots Guards | ||
| Haines | Frederick | Rugeley, 1893 | |||
| Hall | Albert | ||||
| Hall | Douglas | Armitage, 1897 | |||
| Hall | Harold Percy | Sapper, R E | |||
| Hall | Herbert | ||||
| Hancock | Joseph | RAMC | Military Medal | ||
| Hancock | Thomas | ||||
| Healing | Robert H | ||||
| Heath | George | Private 1st Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |||
| Heatley | Ernest | Gnosall, 1884 | Baker, 65th Field Bakery | ||
| Hewitt | William Stanley | Armitage, 1900 | |||
| Hiley | Alfred (aka Frederick) | Armitage, 1895 | 22nd July 1916, Somme | Private, 2nd Bn, North Staffs | |
| Hiley | Harry | Armitage, 1899 | |||
| Hiley | James | Armitage, 1893 | 20th April 1916, Mesopotamia | Private, 7th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Hiley | Samuel | ||||
| Hiley | William | Handsacre, 1892 | 9th Sep 1917, Passchendaele | Private, 1/6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Hill | Edwin Salt | Hanley, 1889 | 25th Sep 1915, France | Private, 1st Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |
| Hill | James | ||||
| Hodgkinson | Horace | Rugeley, 1887 | Gloucesters | ||
| Hodgkiss | Richard John | Wall, 1885 | |||
| Holdcroft | Edward | ||||
| Holland | Frank | Swadlincote, 1900 | 16th Bn York & Lancaster | ||
| Holland | Sydney | Hanley, 1898 | RASC, Graves Reg Unit | ||
| Hollins | Benjamin | Rugeley, 1886 | 12th Nov 1915, Paington, Devon | L Cpl, 6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Hudson | William | Handsacre, 1883 | 18th Jan 198, Cambrai | Rifleman , London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) | |
| Johnson | David | Lichfield, 1897 | Sgt, 1st Bn, Notts & Derby | ||
| Johnson | Frederick | Burslem, 1896 | April 1917, Arras | Private, 8th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry | |
| Johnson | George | Armitage, 1898 | |||
| Johnson | John | Lichfield, 1895 | Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery | Distinguished Conduct Medal | |
| Jolly | George | Shropshire Light Infantry | |||
| Jones | George | Rugeley, 1884 | |||
| Jones | William | 20th May 1915, Flanders | Private, 1/6th Bn, N Staffs | Not on Armitage War Memorial | |
| Jones | William Alfred | Handsacre, 1891 | 11th (Service) Bn, Rifle Brigade | ||
| Keeling | Edward | Silverdale, Lancashire, 1889 | |||
| Kitson | Arthur | Bloxwich, 1892 | 27th Aug 1916, Somme | L Cpl, 1st Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |
| Lakin | Harry Price | Rugeley, 1889 | 21st Jun 1916, France | Coldstream Guards | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Lawrence | John Henry | Mavesyn Ridware, 1898 | Cpl 1/6th, North Staffs | ||
| Lawrence | Leslie Edward | Calne, Wiltshire, 1898 | 31st Jul, 1917, Ypres | Private, 2nd Bn, Wiltshire | |
| Leader | James | ||||
| Lear | Arthur | ||||
| Leigh | Albert | Handsacre, 1898 | |||
| Leigh | George | ||||
| Leigh | John | Hamstall Ridware, 1895 | Cpl, 1st Bn, Kings Royal Rifle Corps | ||
| Leigh | Samuel | Armitage, 1868 | 16th Mar 1915, Handsacre | Private, Army Veterinary Corps | |
| Leigh | Walter | Armitage, 1874 | Private, Army Veterinary Corps | ||
| Leigh | William John | Armitage, 1873 | |||
| Lewis | Harold | Tunstall, 1896 | |||
| Lewis | John | Tunstall, 1894 | |||
| Lewis | S | North Staffs | |||
| Lewis | Thomas Alexis | Shrewsbury, 1867 | |||
| Leigh | Thomas Horatio Alfred | Armitage, 1886 | 14th Sep 1914, Soupir, France | Private, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards | |
| Lloyd | William | ||||
| Lockett | Ernest | Armitage, 1901 | Pilot RAF | ||
| Lucas | Samuel Crew | Smallthorne, 1883 | L Cpl, 9 Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Lyons | Horace | Kings Bromley, 1890 | |||
| Marklew | Frank | Mavesyn Ridware, 1890 | |||
| Marklew | William | Armitage, 1885 | 30th June 1917, France | Gunner, 294th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery | |
| Martin | Ernest George | Handsacre, 1894 | 4th Nov 1918, Picardy | Lance Bombardier, 37th Div Amm Column, Royal Horse Artillery | |
| Martin | Frederick | Longdon, 1874 | |||
| Martin | William | Armitage, 1897 | |||
| Matthews | Arthur Hollis | Newtown, Handsacre, 1885 | Staff Sgt, Royal Army Service Corps | ||
| Matthews | Edward Francis George | ||||
| Matthews | John | ||||
| Matthews | Stephen | St. Georges, Shropshire, 1901 | |||
| Mellor | Arthur | Armitage, 1889 | |||
| Miller | Rev E L | Army Chaplain | |||
| Monk | Walter | ||||
| Morecroft | Harry | Armitage, 1893 | Private, Royal Engineers/RASC | ||
| Morecroft | Reginald | Armitage, 1896 | 5th April 1918, France | L Cpl, 8th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry | |
| Morecroft | William | Handsacre, 1885 | 6th May 1918, France | Gunner , 191st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery | |
| Mottram | William | Bishton, 1895 | |||
| Neville | George Henry | ||||
| Newbrooks | George H | Burslem, 1892 | Private, Sherwood Foresters/Tank Corps | ||
| Newbrooks | Arthur | Burslem, 1889 | |||
| Newbrooks | John | ||||
| Ottey | Thomas William | Pimlico, 1868 | 3rd December 1918 | Major Army Ordnance Corps | |
| Pearson | John Sidney | ||||
| Pedley | Henry | Stoke-on-Trent, 1887 | L Cpl, Royal Army Service Corps | ||
| Pedley | William | Private, Royal North Lancs | |||
| Plant | Arthur | Cpl, Sherwood Foresters | |||
| Plant | Harry | ||||
| Poole | Albert | Handsacre, 1898 | |||
| Poole | Alfred | Handsacre, 1891 | |||
| Poole | William Henry | Handsacre, 1896 | |||
| Powell | Robert | ||||
| Pratt | William | Hammerwich, 1899 | |||
| Quimby | George | Armitage, 1880 | West Yorks | ||
| Ratcliffe | Edward Thomas | Hanley, 1892 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | Military Medal | |
| Ratcliffe | George | Hanley, 1895 | |||
| Ratcliffe | Jack | ||||
| Ratcliffe | William | Hanley, 1896 | 24th Oct 1916, Somme | Cpl, 2nd Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |
| Reeves | John Charles | Sgt, 2nd Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |||
| Richards | Ellis Rowland | Newtown, Montgomery, 1894 | 22nd Sep 1917, Ypres | Private, Sherwood Foresters | |
| Richards | Henry | Brereton, 1887 | |||
| Richardson | John | ||||
| Richardson | Wilfred | ||||
| Ridley | Frederick | Hill Ridware, 1896 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers then RAF | ||
| Ridley | Jack | Armitage, 1899 | |||
| Ridley | Charles Leslie | Armitage, 1894 | Private, Manchester Regt | ||
| Ridley | Thomas | Armitage, 1895 | Private, 4th Bn, Yorkshire Light Infantry | ||
| Ridley | William Henry | Armitage, 1887 | |||
| Riley | Ernest | ||||
| Riley | George | Armitage, 1889 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | ||
| Rochelle | William | ||||
| Rogers | George | Silverdale, Lancashire, 1873 | |||
| Rosson | Arthur | Bucknall, 1873 | |||
| Rowe | William | Bedworth, Warwickshire, 1898 | Private 1/5th, South Staffs | ||
| Rowley | Edward | Armitage, 1894 | Private 1/6th, North Staffs | ||
| Rowley | William | Armitage, 1893 | |||
| Ruscoe | Edward Beecher | Fenton, 1899 | Private, Leicester & Essex Regts | ||
| Ruscoe | William | Hanley, 1894 | RASC | ||
| Rushden | J | ||||
| Rushton | Arthur William | Rugeley, 1897 | 25th Apr 1918, Italy | L Cpl, 1st Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |
| Rushton | Elijah | Handsacre, 1883 | |||
| Salt | Arthur | Armitage, 1900 | Private, 14th Bn, Leicstershire | ||
| Salt | Charles | Armitage, 1894 | Cpl 1st Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Salt | George | Armitage, 1890 | 9th April 1916, Mesopotamia | Private, 9th Bn, Royal Warwickshire | |
| Salt | William Thomas | Handsacre, 1885 | 16th July 1916, Mesopotamia | Private, 9th Bn, Royal Warwickshire | |
| Samson | Arthur Legge | Paddington, 1892 | 25th Sep 1915, Loos | Capt, 2nd Bn (23rd Foot), Royal Welsh Fusiliers | Military Cross |
| Saunders | Walter | ||||
| Sawyer | Frederick | Hanley, 1880 | |||
| Scott | William | Stoke-on-Trent, 1892 | 10th Jul 1919 | Private, 7th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Sedgwick | H J | ||||
| Shelly | F | ||||
| Simpson | Albert | Hanley, 1880 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||
| Simpson | Joseph | Rugeley, 1890 | 9th Mar 1918, Hampshire | Private, 1st Bn, North Staffs | |
| Smith | Alfred | Rugeley, 1896 | 14th Mar 1917, France | Private, 1st Bn, North Staffs | |
| Smith | Albert Henry | Armitage, 1890 | 18th Nov 1917, Flanders | Private, 1st Bn, North Staffs | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Smith | Charles | Alrewas, 1891 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||
| Smith | William Ernest | Handsacre, 1901 | |||
| Smith | Samuel | St. Helens, Lancashire, 1891 | Private, 7th Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Smith | William George | ||||
| Smytheman | Richard Edon | ||||
| Southern | George Arthur | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 1888 | Cpl, RAPC | ||
| Steele | Albert Victor | Church Gresley, Derbyshire, 1886 | 27th Nov 1916, Thiepval | Private, 7th Bn, South Staffs | |
| Tatlow | William John | ||||
| Taylor | Joseph | Burton-on-Trent, 1877 | RASC | ||
| Taylor | William | ||||
| Tennant | Albert Edward | Sgt, Army Vet Corps | |||
| Thornhill | Charles | Milton, 1889 | |||
| Timmis | Edward | Hill Ridware, 1897 | Private, 1st Bn, North Staffs | ||
| Timmis | George | Mavesyn Ridware, 1895 | Guardsman, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards | Military Medal | |
| Timmis | John | Hednesford, 1886 | Private, 22nd Bn, West Yorks | ||
| Tolley | Robert Cecil | Armitage, 1898 | 21st Oct 1918 | Corporal, 1st Bn. East Surrey | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Tregay | Harry | ||||
| Tretheway | Leonard James | Hanley, 1879 | Staff Sgt, Army Service Corps | ||
| Tunnicliffe | Charles | Armitage, 1888 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | ||
| Tunnicliffe | Harry | Armitage, 1894 | |||
| Tunnicliffe | Samuel | Armitage, 1892 | |||
| Tunnicliffe | William | Armitage, 1890 | |||
| Vernon | Horace | Brereton, 1895 | May 1917, Cambrai | Cpl, 2/6th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Walker | Harry | ||||
| Walker | John | ||||
| Waltho | Albert Jnr | Armitage, 1884 | 30th May 1918, Soissons | Private, 8th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Waltho | Albert Snr | Mavesyn Ridware, 1895 | 6th Aug 1917, Somme | Cpl, 13th Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |
| Waltho | Alfred | Handsacre, 1890 | Cpl, Machine Gun Corps | ||
| Waltho | Arthur | Handsacre, 1898 | Private, 2/6th North Staffs | ||
| Waltho | Frederick | Handsacre, 1890 | Gunner, Royal Artillery | ||
| Waltho | Horace George | Handsacre, 1894 | 17th Sep 1917, Belgium | Private, 1st Bn, Coldstream Guards | On Stafford memorial |
| Waltho | Oliver Heath | Handsacre, 1897 | Sapper, Royal Engineers | ||
| Waltho | Samuel | ||||
| Waltho | William | Uttoxeter, 1882 | Sapper, Royal Engineers | ||
| Wardle | Frederick | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | |||
| Wardle | Joseph Thomas | Bloxwich, 1891 | Gunner, 154 Siege Battery | ||
| Warner | Joseph Alfred | Armitage, 1895 | 20th April 1916, Mesopotamia | Private, 7th Bn, North Staffs | |
| Warner | Frederick | Rugeley, 1890 | 1st Life Guards | ||
| Warner | William Charles | ||||
| Warrilow | George | ||||
| Webster | Arthur | Handsacre, 1900 | |||
| Wheatley | Alick | ||||
| Whetton | Hugh | Colwich, 1883 | |||
| Whieldon | James | ||||
| Whitehouse | John William | Armitage, 1896 | Bombardier, Royal Artillery | Military Medal | |
| Whitfield | George Edwin | Armitage, 1892 | 12th Oct 1917, Flanders | Private, 8th (Service) Bn, South Staffs | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Whitwell | J | Private, Royal Army Service Corps | |||
| Wilkes | John | Staford, 1891 | 1st Nov 1914, Boulogne | Cpl, 1st Bn North Staffs | |
| Williamson | James | Armitage, 1876 | 20th Sep 1917, Flanders | Private, 13th Bn, Durham Light Infantry | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Wood | Edward | ||||
| Wood | Edwin | ||||
| Wood | William | Private 2nd Bn, Royal Scots | |||
| Wooding | Harry | Armitage, 1896 | 13th Jul 1916, Flanders | L Cpl, 6th Bn, Wiltshire | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Woolley | Charles | Armitage, 1890 | |||
| Woolley | George | Armitage, 1895 | |||
| Woolley | John Thomas | Guardsman Irish Guards | |||
| Woolley | Reginald Enoch | Armitage, 1898 | Sgt, Durham Light Infantry | ||
| Wright | Harry | Armitage, 1896 | |||
| Wright | Richard | Armitage, 1898 | |||
| Yardley | William John | CQMS, RASC | |||
| Blood | Alfred | 13th April 1918, Flanders | Northumberland Fusiliers | ||
| Hiden | Robert | Handsacre, 1892 | 25th January, 1917. Mespotamia. | Private, 7th Bn, North Staffs | Not on Armitage War Memorial |
| Bartlett | Kate | August 1915 | Ravenhill Hospital, VAD | ||
| Fowler-Butler | Caroline | August 1916 | Ravenhill Hospital, VAD | ||
| Godwin | Ada | August 1915 | Ravenhill Hospital, general help and cooking | ||
| Godwin | Althea | August 1915 | Ravenhill, VAD | ||
| Walker | Evelyn | August 1915 | Ravenhill, nursing & general housework |