Blackmore Area Local History

Herbert Charles Game

War Memorial: Place and inscription
Blackmore War Memorial: Pte. H. Game E. Surrey
Church Window: Herbert C Game
Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore) as H C Game [ERO A10815]

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
East Surrey Regiment. 9^th Battalion. Service No. 1040.  [CWGC]

Service Details:
Medal rolls: E Surrey R Pte 1040 K in A
Victory/British E 263 B p. 145
15 star E/1/4 B1 p. 5
First served [1] France 25/8/1915.  No contact address.

Personal and family information:
Charles, the father of Herbert Charles, was born Q3 1868 Cockfield [FreeBMD], and was living there in 1881 [census].  He married Martha Kate Campen Q1 1890 in Cosford RD, which includes Cockfield [FreeBMD].  Martha’s birth was also registered Q3 1871 Cosford.

The 1911 Census records:
Charles Games. Head. Married. [Age] 43. “Farm Labrour”. [Born] Suffolk Capfield.
Martha Kate Games. Wife. Married 21 [years]. [Age] 41. [Born] Suffolk. Capfield
Herbert Charles Games. Son. Single. [Age] 19.  Cow Boy.  [Born] Suffolk. Capfield
Robert Henry Games. Son. Single. [Age] 17.  Cow Boy.  [Born] Suffolk. Capfield
Jane May Games.  Daughter.  [Age] 12. School. [Born] Suffolk Capfield
Alfred Thomas Games.  Son. [Age] 8.  School.  [Born] Blackmore Essex
Ross Cocksedge. Nephew. Single.  [Age] 22.  Horseman.  [Born] Suffolk Shimpling
For Capfield read Cockfield, near Lavenham.

The 1910 Electoral Roll for Blackmore has Charles Games as a voter living at Swallows Cross.

Colin Game (a descendant) says that Jane May Games should read Iona May Game.

Herbert Game is a name occurring more than once. Another, Herbert Game (H C Game’s uncle), fell in the Essex Regiment. He was born Cockfield, in Suffolk; lived at Brentwood; and, enlisted at Warley. A/Sgt Game was killed in action in France, aged 38, on 15^th October 1916.  He was the son of Robert and Sarah Ann Game and husband of Alice Louisa Game of Farnborough in Kent [source: Essex Regiment Museum database].

Date of Death:
16^th August 1916

Age:
25

Where died:
Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme [CWGC]

Place of Burial or Commemoration:
Thiepval Memorial.  Pier and Face 6B. [CWGC]

List of Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Essex Regiment Museum, Free BMD, Colin Game a descendant of the person commemorated.