HOUGHTON
REGIS PARISH CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and
copyright © 2002 Lynda Smith
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The
War Memorial is located inside the Parish Church. There is a new War
Memorial on the Green, but this has no names engraved upon it.
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| Photograph
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2002 |
THE
GREAT WAR
1914
– 1919
ROLL
OF HONOUR
| ADAMS |
Frank
Ernest |
Lance
Serjeant 33923, 10th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Formerly
9966 A.C.C. Killed in action Saturday 28 April 1917. Born and lived
Houghton Regis. Enlisted Hounslow. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. See also Dunstable,
Waterlow & Sons War Memorial
Extract
from Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle - Thursday 24
May 1917, page 5:
Sergt.
F. E. Adams.
A
friend of Sergt. Adams wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, of Ferndale,
Houghton Regis, stating that it was with deep regret he had to
inform them their son was killed in action on April 26th or 27th,
he could not say which, but would find out more if possible. He
has since written to say the sergeant was hit in the chest by
an explosive bullet, and only lived just to take off his equipment,
then passed peacefully away. They much regretted the loss such
a fine brave lad. Sergt. Adams went through the Arras battle without
a scratch. He was 25 years of age last January. He joined the
A.C.C. October, 1915, and was in training at Hounslow, Salisbury,
and Chisledon. He was transferred to the Loyal North Lancashires
in November, 1916, and went France on December 12th. 1916. Previous
to his enlistment, he was a printer at Messrs. Waterlow and Sons,
Dunstable. Mr. Adams has since received official notice that Sergt.
Adams was killed action April 28th, 1917.
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| BALLARD |
Leonard |
Lance
Corporal 33006. 8th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly 4817
Bedfordshire. Regt. Killed in action Thursday 3 May 1917. Lived
Chorlton, Hants. Enlisted Dunstable. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD EAST
CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. II. E.
34. Note: Possibly place of residence should be Chalton, Bedfordshire. |
| BALLARD |
Harry |
Private
G/28110. 12th Bn., Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment. Killed
in action Tuesday 26 September 1916. Born Bidwell, Bedfordshire.
Lived Houghton Regis. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B |
| BLISS |
Thomas
William |
Private
57550. 2nd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
25 September 1918. Age 19. Son of Mrs. Minnie Bliss, of 35, High
St., Houghton Regis, Dunstable. Born Chalk Hill, Dunstable. Lived
Dunstable. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6 |
| BRIGHT |
Stanley
B. |
Private
42823. 7th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
23 March 1918. Age 19. Son of William and Sarah Ann Bright, of 87,
High St., Houghton Regis, Dunstable. Born Dunstable. Lived Houghton
Regis. Enlisted Luton. Buried in SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Ref. V. C. 1. |
| CHANDLER |
William |
Lance
Corporal 3/8191. 7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 1 July 1916. Born and lived Houghton Regis. Enlisted Bedford.
Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France.
Ref. VI. V. 5. |
| CHAPPELL |
Bertie |
Private
19077. 1st Bn., Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers. Formerly
146482 R.F.A. Killed in action Wednesday 11 July 1917. Born Houghton
Regis. Lived Dunstable. Enlisted Luton. Buried in CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH
CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. C. 2. |
| COOK |
Walter
J |
No
further information available at present |
| CREW |
Bertie
William |
Private
4668. 5th Reserve Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment transf. to (77251),
Labour Corps. Died Tuesday 1 July 1919 . Age 22 . Son of Fredrick
and Annie Crew, of 21, Council Houses, Bidwell Estate, Houghton
Regis. Buried in HOUGHTON REGIS BAPTIST CHAPELYARD, Bedfordshire,
United Kingdom. Near North-West Corner. |
| CUMBERLAND |
Percy
Frederick |
Private
T.F.204027, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment) formerly 150015, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
1 March 1917. Aged 30. Born Houghton, Beds, resident Dunstable,
Beds, enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth
Cumberland, of Houghton Regis, Dunstable; husband of Ada Cumberland,
of 11, Capron Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Buried at BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave
201. See also Luton
According
to the National Roll of the Great War - Section V
- Luton note the anomalies:
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| CUMBERLAND,
P. P., Private, Middlesex Regt. |
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He joined in May 1916, and in the following October was
drafted overseas. He served on the Western Front during
the Battles on the Somme and at Arras, where he was killed
in action on March 1st, £927. He was entitled to the
General Service and Victory Medals. |
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11 , Capron Road, Dunstable. |
122B. |
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| DUNCOMBE |
Francis
Charles |
Sapper
522803. Royal Engineers. Formerly 77th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Died Wednesday 14 November 1917. Born and lived Houghton Regis.
Enlisted Luton. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Ref. P. III. R. 6A. |
| FRANKLIN |
Reginald
Thomas |
Gunner
209249. 62nd Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Died Monday 20
January 1919. Age 22. Son of Thomas and Annie Franklin, of Chantry
Farm, Houghton Regis, Dunstable. Buried in ST. ANDRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Ref. I. B. 6. |
| HACK |
Harry |
Lance
Corporal 9564. 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Friday 8 January 1915. Born Houghton Regis. Lived Dunstable. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33 |
| HICKINGBOTTOM |
Charles
George |
Private
G/29673. 10th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed
in action Wednesday 23 October 1918. Age 19. Born Houghton Regis.
Enlisted Bedford. Buried in HEESTERT MILITARY CEMETERY, Zwevegem,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. D. 5. |
| HOLLIMAN |
Frederick
Walter |
Private
3/7394. 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
3 August 1916. Age 20. Son of Ernest and Matilda Holliman, of 19,
Capron Rd., Dunstable. Born Leighton Buzzard. Lived Dunstable. Enlisted
Luton. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Ref. B. 33. 9. |
| HOLLIMAN |
Jack |
Probably:
Bombardier 64751, 49th Bty. 40th Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action Saturday 4 May 1918. Husband of Mrs. L. M. Holliman, of
70, Maidenburgh St., Colchester, Essex. Born Leighton Buzzard. Enlisted
Bedford. Buried in SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL, Pas de
Calais, France. Ref. I. E. 8. |
| HOLLIMAN |
Percy
|
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Private
3237. 1st/5th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday
26 September 1915. Son of Mr. E. Holliman, of 300, High St.,
Dunstable. Born Dunstable. Lived Houghton Regis. Enlisted
Dunstable. Commemorated on EMBARKATION PIER CEMETERY, Turkey.
Sp. Mem. B. 71. |
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| HORSLER |
Gilbert |
Lance
Corporal 3916. 5th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home Wednesday
3 May 1916. Age 21. Son of Henry Thomas and Jane Elizabeth Horsler,
of Houghton Regis. Born and lived Houghton Regis. Enlisted Luton.
Buried in HOUGHTON REGIS BAPTIST CHAPELYARD, Bedfordshire, United
Kingdom. Near North-West Corner. |
| KING |
Henry |
Probably:
Henry John King Private 13035. 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Wednesday 5 May 1915. Age 30. Son of Alfred and Sarah
King, of Tilsworth, Leighton Buzzard, Beds; husband of Ethel Emily
Kesteven (formerly King), of 12, Periwinkle Lane, Dunstable. Born
Tilsworth, Bedfordshire. Lived Dunstable. Enlisted Luton. Buried
in BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
Enclosure No.4 XI. D. 7. |
| KING |
Thomas
Joseph |
Private
16837. 1st/4th Bn., Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds at home Friday
9 July 1915. Age 20. Son of William and Leah King, of Ivy Cottage,
Sewell, Dunstable. Born Houghton Regis. Enlisted Bedford. Buried
in HOUGHTON REGIS BAPTIST CHAPELYARD, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
Near North-West Corner. |
| MOBLEY |
William |
No
further information available at present |
| PEACH |
Arthur
|
Private
3/7176. 6th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Friday 27
April 1917. Age 28. Son of George and Elizabeth Peach, of Houghton
Regis, Dunstable. Born Charlton, Bedfordshire. Lived Houghton Regis.
Enlisted Luton. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de
Calais, France. Ref. II. M. 1. |
| PEACH |
Alfred
|
Private
3/7395. 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday
4 September 1916. Age 22. Son of Elizabeth Peach, of 18, Cumberland
St., Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire., and the late George Peach. Born
and lived Houghton Regis. Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C |
| PARKINS |
Frederick |
Private
23067. 8th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
19 April 1917. Age 34. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Parkins, of 66, Houghton
Rd., Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Born Houghton Regis. Lived Dunstable.
Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 41 |
| PARKINS |
Frank
|
Private
23065. 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 23
August 1918. Born Houghton Regis. Lived Dunstable. Enlisted Ampthill.
Buried ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. IV. S. 2. |
| RANDALL |
Edwin
H |
No
further information available at present |
| SMITH |
Francis
Edward |
 |
Private
4277. 1st/5th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Monday 16 August 1915. Lived Houghton Regis. Enlisted Luton.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 54 and 218 |
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| TAVENER |
Thomas |
Possibly:
Private 202503. 2nd/4th Bn., Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal
Berkshire Regiment. Formerly 4813 Bedfordshire. Regt. Killed in
action Thursday 13 July 1916. Enlisted Dunstable. Commemorated on
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 93 to 95 |
| THOMPSON |
John |
Private
18713. 2nd Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Friday 22
March 1918. Born Havershall, Bedfordshire. Lived Houghton Regis.
Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated on HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE,
Somme, France. Sp. Mem. B. 5. |
| TURNER |
Bertie |
Possibly:
Private 18645. 2nd Bn., Royal Irish Regiment. Formerly 8055 London
Regt & 43851 R.I. Fusiliers. Killed in action Wednesday 21 August
1918. Born and lived Oakwell, Bedfordshire. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 5 |
| WELFORD |
Cyril
Cecil |
Private
18583. 2nd Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
25 September 1915. Born Aylesbury. Lived Bidwell. Enlisted Bedford.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 41 |
| WILSON |
William
Joseph |
(Joseph
William on memorial) Private
235409. 1st/5th Bn., (Territorial) Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly
290868 Suffolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 9 October 1918. Born Houghton
Regis. Enlisted Bedford. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Kassel,
Hessen, Germany II. Ref. D. 18. |
| From
the Order of Remembrance Day Service |
| 1939
– 1945 |
| ALLEN |
William |
No
further information available at present |
| ASHDOWN |
Cecil
Joseph |
Private
5832442. 5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment. Died Friday 23 July 1943 . Age
29. Lived 18 High Street, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Worked for
Home Counties Newspapers Ltd., Luton. Died as a prisoner of the
Japanese while working on the Burma-Siam Railway. Commemorated on
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column 54. |
| CRAWLEY |
Alan
|
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(Allan
on CWGC) Gunner
917297. 512 Bty. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt.,
Royal Artillery. Died Tuesday 12 September 1944 . Age 24 .
Son of Wallace and Nora Crawley, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column 37. |
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| DAY |
Hedley |
No
further information available at present |
| DENTON |
Reginald |
No
further information available at present |
| GOSBELL |
James
Cecil |
Gunner
900681. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt., Royal Artillery.
Died Saturday 3 May 1941 . Age 21 . Foster-son of Arthur Gosbell
and Beatrice Gosbell, of Houghton Regis; husband of Thelma Lavinia
Doris Gosbell. Buried in HOUGHTON REGIS (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD,
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Grave 203. 900681 GUNNER J.C. GOSBELL
148 BEDFS. YEOMANRY FIELD REGIMENT R.A. 3 MAY 1941 AGE 21 THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE AND THEY ARE IN PEACE. See also Dunstable,
Waterlow and Son Ltd |
| READ |
Frederick
George |
Gunner
900693. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt., Royal Artillery.
Died Friday 8 December 1944. Age 24 . Son of Frederick John and
Elizebeth Read, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Buried in KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Ref. Coll. grave 5. A. 1-47. |
| RICHARDS |
Paul
Henry |
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX 181949. H.M.S. Galatea, Royal Navy. Died Monday 15 December
1941 . Age 17 . Son of Charles Ernest and Ella Richards, of Houghton
Regis, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent,
United Kingdom. Ref. 45, 1. |
| STEPHENSON |
William |
Private
5949103. 1st Bn. The Hertfordshire Regt., Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regt. Died Monday 1 May 1944 . Age 24 . Son of Percy and Mabel Stephenson,
of Houghton Regis, Dunstable. Bedfordshire. Buried in GAUHATI WAR
CEMETERY, India. Ref. 1.H.11. |
| WARNER |
Raymond
Arthur |
Gunner
870976. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt., Royal Artillery.
Died Monday 27 August 1945. Age 25 . Son of Arthur William and Eva
Rose Warner, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Buried in SAI WAN
WAR CEMETERY, China, (including Hong Kong). Ref. V. K. 6. |
| WOOLLEY |
Jack |
No
further information available at present |
| Graveyard
(not on the memorial) |
| BERTLIN |
Hugh
Anthony |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Died 12th July 1915. Age 24. Son of
Anthony and Alice Margaret Bertlin, of 56, Esmond Rd., Bedford Park,
London. Buried HOUGHTON REGIS (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire,
United Kingdom. North-West of Church.
Funeral of 2nd Lieutenant Bertlin 14th July 1915
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| HIPPERSON,
MSM
|
Charles
Francis |
Company
Serjeant Major 10951. Signal Depot, Royal Engineers. Died Saturday
18 January 1919. Age 38 . Son of the late Henry and M. Hipperson;
husband of Mary Hipperson, of 5, Queen St., Houghton Regis. Proceeded
to France August, 1914. Buried in HOUGHTON REGIS (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD,
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. North-West of Church. 10951 C. Serjt.
Major C.F. HIPPERSON ROYAL ENGINEERS 18 JANUARY 1919 AGE 38 PEACE
PERFECT PEACE |
17 January
2003 |
