BOLNHUSRT,
ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Brenda Asplin
with additional information by Lynda Smith
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Copyright © Brenda Asplin 2001
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ERECTED
BY PARISHIONERS
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
| HARPER |
William
Henry |
Lance
Corporal B/200451, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort’s Own). Formerly 30177 Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Friday 23 August 1918. Age 32. Born Bolnhurst. Lived Wilden.
Enlisted Bedford. Son of Peter & Ellen Harper of Bolnhurst.
St. Neots, Hunts. Husband of Elizabeth Arm (sic) Harper of 3 Red
Brick Cottages, Wilden, Bedfordshire. Buried
in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 6. See also Wilden. |
| HARVEY |
Ronald
Marmaduke Dawnay |
 Second
Lieutenant 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
(attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment).
Killed in action Tuesday 20 April 1915. Buried
in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row C. Grave 13.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice, Officers Died in the Great War,
Volume 2, page 207-208:
2nd
LIEUTENANT RONALD MARMADUKE DAWNAY HARVEY, 4th BATTN. (EXTRA RESERVE)
PRINCE OF WALES'S (NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT.) attd. 1st BATTN.
BEDFORDSHIRE REGT., son of the late Rev. Frederick Mortimer
Harvey, Rector of Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire, and of his late wife,
Katherine Dorothea, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Edward J.
Parker-Jervis, of The Pyrehill, Stone, Staffordshire, w a s born
on the 16th May, 1887, at Buckingham Palace Hotel, London, S.W.
He was educated at Haileybury, where he was prominent in the Gymnasium.
After leaving school he went with his parents to Australia, in
1905, with the intention of farming, but instead he entered the
theatrical profession, and, having trained for it, appeared in
many parts. In 1909 he returned to England, and, having joined
the F. R. Benson Shakespearean Company (South), went on tour to
South Africa, in 1911, with the "Herbert Company." Soon
after returning to England, in 1912, he was with the "Julia
Neilson and Fred Terry Company" for about a year. After that
he settled down with a friend in Somersetshire to run a garage,
which he gave up—just when it was becoming successful—in
August, 1914, feeling that "in a time like this everybody
must do what they can for the country." His friend, a Haileyburian
too, like 2nd Lieutenant Harvey, joined the Army as 2nd Lieutenant
in the 4th North Staffordshire Regiment.
The subject
of this memoir received his commission on the 15th August, 1914,
and having gone to the front in March, 1915, was attached to the
1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. He was wounded in the thigh,
on the 20th April, while throwing hand-grenades during the attack
on Hill 60, and early on the morning of the 21st was killed outright
by shell. He was buried, with others of the regiment, just behind
Hill 60.
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| HAWKINS |
Harold
Jabez |
Private
G/41338, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action Wednesday 1 August 1917. Age 23. Born
Bolnhurst. Lived St. Neots. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Josiah &
Annie E. Hawkins of Bolnhurst, St. Neots, Hunts. No known grave.
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 49 & 51. |
HAWKINS |
Walter |
Private
A20947 [420947 on CWGC], 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba
Regiment). Died of pneumonia 22 May 1915. Aged 30 at the General
Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Samuel and Louisa
Hawkins of Ackerman Street, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambridgeshire;
Canadian records give their address as Wood End Cottage, Bolnhurst,
nr. St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. Unmarried. Admitted to Bolnhurst
Board County Primary School 18 March 1890. In the 1891 census he
was aged 6, a scholar, born Bedfordshire, son of Samuel and Louisa
Hawkins, resident St Neots Road, Bolnhurst. In the 1901 census he
was aged 16, born Bolnhurst, a Farmer's Son, son of Samuel and Louisa
Hawkins, resident Wickey Farm, Little Staughton. Buried in Winnipeg
(Elmwood) Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada. Grave referenceL.400. S.13.
G.6. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4169
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JOHNSON |
Arthur |
Possibly
Private 16283. 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Saturday 1 July 1916. Age 24. Born, lived and enlisted
Bedford. Brother of Mrs. J. Cunnington of Brookend, Keysoe, St.
Neots, Hunts. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier & Face 2C. |
JOHNSON |
James |
Possibly
James Johnson, Air Mechanic 2nd Class 44839, No. 27 Kite Balloon
Section (Macedonia), Royal Flying Corps. Died 30th March 1918. Buried
in Sarigol, Greece. Plot D. Grave 639. |
| PARROTT |
Charles
F |
Private
4146, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home
26 September 1916. Born and enlisted Bedford. Lived Bolnhurst. Son
of Mr. F.G. Parrott of Keysoe Row, St. Neots, Hunts. Buried
in Bolnhurst Churchyard, Bedfordshire. |
STEWARD |
Cecil
Norman |
[Listed
as Norman C STEWARD on memorial] Gunner 769, 46th (North Midland)
Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died at home
18 July 1917. Aged 21. Son of Frederick & Lucy Steward of Bolnhurst.
Buried in Bolnhurst Churchyard, Bedfordshire. |
| WHITMORE |
Alec
A. |
Private
43287, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly
26936 Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of Wounds 26 February 1917. Born
Bolnhurst. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Andrew & Louise Whitmore
of Bolnhurst, St. Neots. Buried
in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Plot V. Row D. Grave 5. |
Last updated
20 November, 2018
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