Pryor, William George, - William was 5 years older than his brother Ernest Pryor, who died at Arras in 1916. They were the sons of James and Elizabeth Pryor, living in Mimram Road. William volunteered in December 1915 and served in the 1st/4th Essex Regiment. In July 1916 he was sent to Egypt and took part in the advance up into Palestine. He fought at the Battle of Gaza and returned home after the Armistice. He was demobilised in July 1919.
Ransome, John Thomas - John Ransome ws a 31 year gardener from School Lane when he enlisted in 1916 to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He served in France and was taken prisoner in March 1918. He was held in Munster until being repatriated in December 1918 and was demobilised in March 1919. He had married Isabel Titmus in 1906.
Rayment, Ernest John - Born in Hertingfordbury in 1892 Ernest Rayment was a Coach Builder by trade so may have been working for Welwyn coach builder John Lawrence. He served in 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment - The Buffs and in 1918 was a prisoner of war.
Reynolds, George William - George Reynolds was the illegitimate son of Alice Ada Reynolds, born in 1899. Alice’s brothers Harry, John, William, Sydney (below) all served and survived the war. In 1906 Alice married Cecil Mallet and moved away from Welwyn, although her son remained living with his grandparents. Alice was however soon widowed, in 1912. By 1916 she had returned to Welwyn and married Joseph Lyles. George Reynolds served in the 2/6th Sherwood Foresters.
Reynolds, Harry Frederick - Born in 1893 in Welwyn, Harry Reynolds was the son of John and Phoebe from Mimram Road. His brothers John, Sidney and William (below) all served and survived the war. Harry was a butcher by trade and served in the Royal Field Artillery, which he joined in 1915. He served firstly for three months in France before being transferred to Egypt. Whilst there he contracted malaria. He returned to England in July 1919 and was demobilised the following month.
Reynolds, John Arthur - In 1911 John Reynolds was a 29 year old Postman living in Mimram Road with his parents John and Phoebe. He enlisted into the Grenadier Guards in March 1916 initially in the 3rd Battalion, but in October he transferred to the 1st Battalion and went to the front in France. Early 1917 saw him being treated on three occasions for Trench Fever. He returned to England in June 1917 and October 1917 he married Rachel Bradbury in Hatfield. He was once more in France from 2nd November 1918 to 8th March 1919 when he returned home. He was demobilised in March 1920. He died in 1955. His brothers Harry (above), Sidney and William George (below) all served and survived the war.
Reynolds, Sidney Albert - Sidney Reynolds was the youngest of John and Pheobe Reynold’s sons, born in Welwyn in 1895. He worked as a Telegraph Messenger and served as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery. In 1924 he married Florence Manning of Wood End in 1924 and died in 1968. His brothers Harry and John (above), and William George (below) all served and survived the war.
Reynolds, William George - William George Reynolds was born in Welwyn in 1883. He lived with his parents John and Phoebe in Mill Lane until his marriage in Hackney, 1908 to Rose Crouch. By 1911 he was was again living in Welwyn, now in Mimram Road and working as a Coal Carman. William was remembered as a large man of 23 stone, with size 14 feet - a point which the local press noted in their report ‘The Welwyn Infant’. William served in the 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment. After the war he worked as a builders foreman and died in the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in 1947. His brothers Harry, Sidney and John (above) all also served and survived the war.
de la Rue, Sir Eveleyn Andros - Sir Eveleyn Andros de la Rue lived at Lockleys from 1913, after the death of George Dering until 1925. He was the 2nd Baronet de la Rue, the baronetcy having been created in 1879 for his father Sir Thomas Andros de la Rue. He was the great-grandson of the founder of the de la Rue printing company, still famous for security printing of banknotes and postage stamps. Sir Thomas was Chairman of the company, a position eventually taken over by his son. Sir Eveleyn de la Rue was born in 1879 in Marylebone and educated at Eton. In 1903 had married Mary Violet Francklin in Chelsea. He served initially in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry and served as a Captain with the Ministry of Munitions and in France, where he was mentioned in dispatches in May 1917. In May 1918 he transferred to the RAF as a Captain. He died in a Buckinghamshire nursing home in 1950.
