EGGENTON Samuel

  • First Name(s):
    Samuel 
  • Surname:
    EGGENTON
  • Service Number:
    7602270
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Ordnance Corps
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th August 1941
  • Age At Death:
    33
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Kidderminster Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, Block O.P. Grave 2710.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Samuel and Emma Eggenton; husband of Marion Iris Eggenton, of Kidderminster

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EGGENTON Samuel Is Named On These Memorials

Kidderminster Cemetery
Kidderminster War Memorial
Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge War Memorial, surname spelt Eggenton.
Wollaston St James’s Church, surname spelt Eggington.

Further Information About EGGENTON Samuel

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

1911 Census:
Wollaston, Worcestershire
Samuel Eggenton, head, age 32, Steel Fork Maker, born Cradley, Worcestershire
Emma Jane Eggenton, wife, age 31, married 11 years, 6 children, all still living, born Wollaston, Worcestershire
Ellen Eliza Eggenton, daughter, age 11, school, born Wollaston, Worcestershire
Caroline Eggenton, daughter, age 8, school, born Wollaston, Worcestershire
Sarah Ann Eggenton, daughter, age 6, school, born Wollaston, Worcestershire
Maggie Eggenton, daughter, age 4, born Wollaston, Worcestershire
Samuel Eggenton, son, age 2, born Wollaston, Worcestershire
Hilda Eggenton, daughter, age 8 months, born Wollaston, Worcestershire

A letter from H.J. Winnington, Honorary Secretary of PCC, St James Church, Wollaston, dated 17th December 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Samuel Eggington be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched and transcribed by The Black Country Society:
Samuel Eggenton lived at Stourbridge and by the outbreak of war he was married to Marion.  He enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, but either from wounds or sickness he returned home.  He died on the 13th August 1941 and was buried in Kidderminster Cemetery.

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