| PARRIS |
Harold
William Fletcher |
|
Musician
5948233, Coldstream Guards. Died Monday 7th October 1946. Aged 30.
Son of Albert and Sarah Parris; husband of E. D. C. Parris, of Bedford.
Sec. N. Grave 95. |
| PASKELL |
Sidney
Clifford |
|
Private
14415414, 9th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Friday
24th September 1943. Aged 18. Son of Peter William and Clara Louisa
Paskell of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 339. |
| PEACOCK |
Ronald
William Ernston |
|
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1305916, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
11th June 1943. Aged 21. Son of James William and Isabella B. Peacock,
of Bedford. Sec. J. Grave 820 |
| POWELL,
DSO |
Donald |
|
Brigadier,
1st Punjab Regiment. Died on Saturday 8th August 1942. Age 44. Born
21st October 1896. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Sec.
F.7. Grave 210. |
| READ |
Thomas
William |
|
Private
230309, Royal Army Service Corps. Died Friday 14th March 1941. Aged
31. Son of Lucy Read; husband of Betty Marian Read, of Bedford.
Sec. R. Grave 316. |
| RIGLEY |
Henry
William |
|
Leading
Aircraftman 1206996, U/T Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died Friday 10th October 1941. Aged 28. Son of Henry and Kate Rigley;
husband of Norah Lilian Rigley, of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 1073. |
| ROBERTS |
Ernest
Arthur |
|
Sergeant
1831357, Royal Artillery. Died Saturday 6th October 1945. Sec. J.
Grave 461. |
| SALMOND |
Hugh
Austin Bentinck |
|
Flight
Lieutenant 80653, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died on Wednesday
20 October 1943 . Age 62. Son of Maj. Walter Salmond and Mrs. Salmond;
husband of Ellen Salmond, of Bedford. Also served as Lt.-Col. in
the Royal Corps of Signals. Captain of Great Britain Dewar Team
at Bisley, 1936. His son, Maj. John Patrick Salmond, M.C., also
died on service. Sec. G.7. Grave 247. |
| SALMOND,
MC |
John
Patrick |
Major
95244, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died on Monday 28 August 1944.
Age 24. Son of Lt.-Col. Hugh Austen Bentinck Salmond, and of Ellen
Salmond, of Bedford. His father Lt.-Col. Hugh Austen Bentinck Salmon
[Flt. Lieut., R.A.F. (V.R.)] died in the United Kingdom. Buried
in Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy. Grave II. A. 16. |
| SAUNDERS |
John
Henry |
|
Flight
Sergeant 964825, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Monday 23rd October 1944. Aged 30. Son of Frederick John and Ethel
Caroline Saunders. of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 340. |
| SCRAGG |
Alban
Frederick |
|
Flight
Sergeant 511845, 502 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed on active
service 30th November 1940. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 11. Commemorated on his brother's grave. (See below). |
| SCRAGG |
Martin
Francis |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 70612, Royal Air Force (RAFO). Died 19th September
1941. Aged 24. Section I. Grave 555. See also Bedford
Modern School.
|
| SLINGO |
Frank
Edward |
|
Private
5944178, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and hertfordshire Regiment.
Died as a prisoner of war in Thailand 19th February 1944. Aged
38. Son of Frederick George and Sarah Annie Slingo, of Bedford;
husband of Millicent Slingo, of Bedford. Commemorated on the family
grave in Bedford Cemetery. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY,
Thailand. Plot 4. Row E. Grave 22.
|
| SMITH |
Reginald
Thomas |
|
Leading
Aircraftman 1154861, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Sunday
25th April 1943. Aged 31. Son of George and Elizabeth Smith; husband
of Doris Ruth Smith, of Goldington, Bedford. Sec. R. Grave 740. |
| STEVENS |
William
James Thomas |
|
Corporal
949204, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Tuesday 5th November
1940. Aged 46. Son of William John and Minnie Alice Barnett Stevens,
of Bedford; husband of Charlotte Manken Stevens, of Bedford. Also
served in the 1914-18 War. Sec. J. Grave 839. |
| TANNER |
Ronald
William Henry |
|
Driver
2070173, 286 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died Sunday 25th August
1940. Aged 20. Son of Mary and Harry Tanner. Buried at BEDFORD CEMETERY,
BEDFORDSHIRE Thursday 29th August 1940. Cemetery/memorial reference:
Sec. M. Grave 35. |
| THEYS |
William
Leonard |
|
Pilot
Officer, Pilot, 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Wednesday 4th June 1941. Aged 30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. S. Theys;
husband of Margaret S. J. Theys, of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 295. |
| THOMPSON |
Philip
Roy |
Lance
Sergeant 2076395, 248 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died Thursday
13 May 1943. Aged 29. Son of Barnard Thompson & Amy E. Thompson
of Bedford. Buried in ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot
III. Row C. Grave 25. Commemorated on family grave in Bedford
Cemetery, Foster Hill Road, Bedford. Section I.4. Grave 135.
|
| VYSE |
Albert
Alfred |
|
Leading
Aircraftman 949200, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
31st May 1940. Son of Arthur Henry Vyse and of Dorcas Vyse, of Bedford.
Sec. C.10. Grave 185. |
| WATSON |
Russell |
|
Flight
Sergeant 530636, Pilot, 540 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died Thursday
29th July 1943. Aged 27. Son of Trevor and Harriet Elizabeth Watson;
husband of Nellie Kathleen Watson, of Bedford. Sec. J. Grave 864. |
| WHITE |
Kenneth
Thomas |
Pilot
Officer 121524, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died owing to
an accident Tuesday 21st July 1942 (as reported in the Bedfordshire
Times and Bedfordshire Standard Friday 24th July 1942). Resident
Phillpotts Avenue Bedford. Sec. E.5. Grave 112.
|
| WHITLEY |
David |
|
Pilot
Officer 42036, Pilot, 264 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday
28th August 1940. Aged 21. Son of David E. Whitley and Olivia Whitley,
of Kilburn, Middlesex. Sec. E. Grave 849. See also Bedford
St Peter's. |
| WILLIAMS |
Clarence
Neil |
Rifleman
14737348, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 30th September
1945. Aged 19. Son of John and Mona Williams, of Bedford. Section
M. Grave 1073. See also Bedford
Modern School
|
| WORRALL |
Raymond
Sydney |
|
Segeant
740944, Royal Artillery. Died Tuesday 5th December 1944. Aged 44.
Son of Sidney and Elizabeth Worrall, of Bedford; husband of Gertrude
Emma Worrall, of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 362. |
| WRIGHT |
Keith
Herbert |
|
Private
14964162, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died Saturday
30th November 1946. Aged 20. Sec. N Grave 163. |
