KEMPSTON
CEMETERY - War Graves
World War 1 & 2 - Graves with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Martin Edwards
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The
block in front is mainly second world war, in the distance,
behind this group, are a group of graves covering the first world
war.
Photographs Copyright © Martin Edwards 2002
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Entrance
to the cemetery.
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There are many graves in Kempston Cemetery, this page
contains those found within the cemetery.
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World
War 1 |
| BARTLETT |
Harold
Lyle |
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Sapper
20470, 5th Division, Signal Company, Australian Engineers.
Died of pneumonia Thursday 4th April 1918. Aged 19 years 6
months. Enlisted Glenelg, South Australia. Engineer before
being called up. Attended Mallala School. Son of Herbert Edgar,
and Emily Annie Bartlett, of 2, Partridge Street, Glenelg,
South Australia. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave M. 70. Reference to be found in the Australian War Memorials
AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army. |
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| BECKETT |
Francis
Xavier |
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Pioneer
442857, Bedford "A" Signal Depot, Royal Engineers.
Died at Bedford Thursday 7th November 1918. Age 21. Born Dublin,
enlisted Manchester. Son of Charles and Mary Beckett, of 15,
Buxton St., West Gorton, Manchester. Formerly 300176, Manchester
Regiment. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave
M. 95. |
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| BICHENER |
Herbert |
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Sapper
21539, "G" Depot 103rd Field Company, Corps of Royal
Engineers. Died of wounds Wednesday 14th April 1915 at home.
Born Kempston, enlisted Bedford. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. Grave A. 93. |
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| BIRD |
Arthur
Sidney |
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Gunner
99493 "H" Bty., Royal Horse Artillery who died on
Saturday, 14th October 1916. Age 21. Son of Arthur and Agnes
Bird, of 274, Bedford Rd., Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. Grave A. 172. |
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| BOON |
John |
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Acting
Lance Sergeant 200401, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 3rd December 1917 in Palestine. Age
27. Enlisted Bedford, resident Kempston. Son of Samuel and
Emma Boon, of 17, Church Walk, Kempston, Bedfordshire. Buried in RAMLEH
WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Grave C. 25. Commemorated in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. |
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| BROOKS |
Samuel |
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Private
47248, 4th Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial
Force). Died at home Wednesday 5th December 1917. Age 43.
Born Nottingham, enlisted Bedford, resident Kempston. Husband
of A. J. Brooks, of 37, Woburn Rd., Kempston. Formerly 5377,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave A. 340. |
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| BRYAN |
Martin |
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Private
23562, Bedford Depot, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home
Tuesday 15th May 1917. Enlisted Bedford, resident Hemel Hempstead.
Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave M. 30. |
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| BUTLER |
Thomas
John |
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Private
22223, 5th Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers).
Died of wounds Friday 16th August 1916 at home. Age 20. Born
Bethnal Green, enlisted Bedford, resident Kempston. Son of
Mrs. Mary Pateman, of 19, Woburn Rd. Kempston; husband of
Laura Clara Butler, of 2A, Britannia Place, Britannia Rd.,
Bedford. Formerly 7353, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. |
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| CHERRY |
Herbert
Henry |
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Private
181158, Infantry Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Died at home
Wednesday 30th October 1918. Age 27. Born Willsden, enlisted
Bedford, resident Kempston. Son of Thomas William and Elizabeth
Jane Cherry, of Kempston; husband of Dorothy Cherry, of 52,
Thornton St., Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave O. 26. |
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| COAKER |
Alfred
Frank |
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Sapper
326067, Bedford "A" Signal Depot, Royal Engineers.
Died at home Monday 4th November 1918. Age 19. Son of Edwin
and Alice Coaker, of Avonwick, South Brent, Devon. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave M. 78. |
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| COWLEY |
Samuel
Jesse |
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Private
30231 Bedfordshire Yeomanry who died on Friday, 19th September
1919. Age 29. Son of Joseph James and Eliza Cowley. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave A. 295. |
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| CRAWFORD |
Martin |
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Private
36605, 64th Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps. Died
at Bedford Friday 12th April 1918. Enlisted and resident Battersea.
Formerly 20872, 20th Battalion, London Regiment. Buried in
KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave M. 69. |
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| CUNNINGTON |
Cyril
Harry |
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Sapper
22422, Royal Engineers. Died at home 7th September 1919. Age
31. Son of John William and Caroline Cunnington, of 2, St.
John's Walk, Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave M. 119. |
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| DARNELL |
[J]
Ernest |
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Private
3/7509, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Friday 2nd July 1915 at home. Age 39. Born and resident Kempston,
enlisted Bedford. Son of John and Mary Jane Darnell, of 1,
Duncombe St., Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave A. 113. |
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| EVANS |
Griffith |
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Gunner
318 [CWGC] or 310555 [SDGW], Welsh [Carnarvonshire Battery]
RGA [Territorial], Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 26th May
1915. Aged 19. Born Llanleshid, Bethesda, Carnarvon. Son of
John Evans, of 5, Bryniau Terrace, Douglas Hill, Bethesda,
Carnarvonshire. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave B. 250. |
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| GILLETT |
Frederick
W |
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Guardsman
15918, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds Friday
20th May 1915 at home. Age 21. Born Kempston, enlisted Bedford.
Son of William and Emily Gillett, of 2, Church Walk, Kempston.
Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY. Grave A. 100. |
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| JENKINS |
Thomas |
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Driver
182786, Signal Depot Haynes Park, Royal Engineers. Died at
Bedford Monday 25th December 1916. Born Treherbert, Galmorganshire,
enlisted Pentre, Glamorganshire, resident Blaenrhondda, Glamorganshire.
Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY. Grave M. 20. |
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| KIMBER |
Arthur
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Pioneer
377023, Bedford "A" Signal Depot, Royal Engineers.
Died at Bedford Thursday 31st October 1918. Age 38. Born and
enlisted Southampton. Son of Harry and Sarah Kimber, of Southampton;
husband of Louise Alice Marie Kimber, of "Rosslyn,"
Warren Crescent, Shirley, Southampton. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY. Grave M. 76. |
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| LAMBERT |
William
James |
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Private
3776, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home Sunday
19th November 1916. Enlisted Bedford, resident Wootton. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY. Grave M. 18. |
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| LAST |
E |
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Private
4825, 2nd/1st Battalion, Pembrokeshire Yeomanry. Died 15th
November 1918. Age 29. Son of Robert and Ellen Last. Born
at Woolwich. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY. Grave M. 86. |
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| McCARTIE |
Francis
Joseph |
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Lance
Serjeant 7845, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards who died on
8th November 1918. Age 31. Husband of Jessie Sarah McCartie
of 2 King Street, Kempston. Buried in Kempston Cemetery, Kempston.
Grave A. 456. |
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| McCLEOD |
W |
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Private
SS/1328, 69th Field Bakery, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
at Bedford 3rd June 1917. Age 56. Next of kin Isaac and Mary
McLeod, of Holywood, Co. Down. Buried in Kempston Cemetery,
Kempston. Grave M. 32. |
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| PENWRIGHT |
L
G |
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Lance
Corporal WR/21405 307th Railway Construction Comapny, Royal
Engineers who died on Tuesday, 18th March 1919. Age 42. Son
of Charles Penwright; husband of Minnie Penwright, of 53,
Woburn Rd., Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave M. 580. |
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| PRENTICE |
D Frank |
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Wireman
2nd Class, M/19118, H.M.S. "Royal Sovereign.", Royal
Navy. Died on Thursday 17 October 1918. Age 27. Son of John
and Lena Prentice; husband of Nellie Prentice, of 3, Woburn
Rd., Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave A. 512. |
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| SHARP |
J
William |
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Private
18087, Bedford Depot, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at Bedford
Sunday 17th December 1916. Born Hatfield, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, resident Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave M. 19. |
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| SLATER |
Frederick
Charles |
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Corporal
12799 6th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 9th
March 1919. Age 27. Son of George and Sarah Slater, of Box
End, Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave C. 66. |
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| TAYLOR |
G |
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Private
28758, West Yorkshire Regiment Transferred to 184767, Labour
Corps. Died Sunday 3rd November 1918. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. Grave M. 77. |
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| WHITE |
Frederick
John |
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Sapper
182014, Signal S.T.C. Royal Engineers (Bedford). Died at Bedford
Saturday 2nd November 1918. Age 51. Born Battersea, Surrey,
enlisted Romford, Essex, resident Cambridge. Son of Frederick
and Florence White, of 22, Park Rd., Wandsworth, London. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave M. 75. See also
Cambridge Post Office
and Cambridge Guildhall |
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World
War 2 |
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further details of the air crews listed here see Colin Mackenzies
AIRCREW
CASUALTY INFORMATION which details the events concerning the
death of these aircrew. |
| BELOE |
Charles
E |
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Flying
Officer 33533, Pilot, Royal Air Force. Died Friday 5th December
1941. Age 21. Son of Gerald Harry and Margaret Elizabeth Colston
Beloe, of Clifton, Bristol. Block J. Joint grave 52. |
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| BIHET |
Bernard
Joseph |
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Private
14914991, 7th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
Died Monday 21st May 1945. Son of Ernest Peter Bihet and of
Katharine Matilda Bihet (nee Harvey), of St. Martins, Jersey,
Channel Islands. Block J. Grave 18. |
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| BROWN |
Thomas
Lloyd |
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Sergeant
R.70880, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Died Wednesday 6th May 1942. Age 24. Son of John S.
Brown and Eliza J. Brown, of Wolseley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Block J. Grave 77. |
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| CASEY |
Leonard
James |
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Sergeant
414957, Pilot, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Died Saturday
28th November 1942. Age 21. Son of Joseph Michael Casey and
Frances Delia Casey (nee Kavanagh), of Herne Bay, Auckland,
New Zealand. Block J. Grave 114. |
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| CAMBERS |
Bernard
Thomas Charles |
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Sapper
2077830, 560 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died Thursday
17th October 1940. Age 19. Son of Thomas and Emily Cambers,
of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block
K. Grave 12. |
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| CLARKE |
Frank |
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Driver
210410, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died Wednesday
27th March 1946. Age 36. Married. Son of Frank and Amelia
Clarke; husband of Mary Clarke, of Hamble, Hampshire. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 91. |
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| CLIFT |
James
Joseph |
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Private
13003141, 30th Battalion, The Welch Regiment. Died Friday
4th September 1942. Block J. Grave 53. |
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| COUNSELL |
Peter
Gordon |
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Guardsman
2617294, King's Company, Grenadier Guards. Died Saturday 10th
May 1941. Age 21. Son of Cecil Frobisher Counsell, and of
Elizabeth Eleanor Counsell, of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block F. Grave 253. |
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| CUKE |
Mark
Radford |
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Sergeant
1383422, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday
17th November 1941. Age 23. Of Barbados. Son of the Hon. H.
Archibald Cuke, M.L.C., and Isabella M. Cuke, of St. Michael,
Barbados. Diploma, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.
Block T. Grave 40. |
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| FAIRLIE |
John
Cavanagh |
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Leading
Aircraftman 990379, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Thursday 21st June 1945. Age 24. Son of John and Teresa Fairlie;
husband of Doreen Deborah Fairlie, of Hornsey, Middlesex.
Block J. Grave 103. |
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| GATES |
Thomas
Russell |
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Aircraftman
1st Class 633735, Royal Air Force. Died 9th May 1941. Age
19. Son of Thomas Russell Gates and Sarah Gates, of Coatbridge,
Lanarkshire. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block
J. Grave 113. |
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| GILBERT |
Cyril
William |
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Gunner
14288211, formerly Royal Artillery, listed as civilian. Died
Friday 12th May 1944. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Grave 54. |
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| GILMOUR |
Ross
Mackenzie |
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Flight
Sergeant, R.79369, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died Wednesday
19th August 1942. Age 21. Son of William and Maggie Gilmour;
husband of Robina McNeill Gilmour, of Verdun, Province of
Quebec, Canada. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Grave 65. |
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| GREEN |
Alfred
Charles Michael |
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Leading
Aircraftman 1385664, Drogue Operator, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Friday 3rd March 1944. Age 21. Son of Bertie
Frederic and Anorah Mary Green; husband of Esther Atkinson
Green, of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Grave 66. |
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| GUNTON |
Benjamin
Herbert |
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Lance
Corporal 5769439, Pioneer Corps. Died Sunday 2nd August 1942.
Age 32. Son of James Robert and Harriet Gunton; husband of
Phyllis Maud Gunton, of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 17. |
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| HALLIDAY |
Walter
Frederick George |
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Private
6024329, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died
Thursday 14th November 1940. Age 25. Son of Walter and Lucy
Haliday; husband of Elsie Haliday, of Barnes, Surrey. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 16. |
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| HANCOCK |
John Patrick |
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Flight
Sergeant R.76975, Observer, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died
Wednesday 6th May 1942. Age 20. Son of Charles F. Hancock
and Esther A. Hancock, of Strome, Alberta, Canada. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 101. |
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| HINTON |
Allan
Thompson |
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Pilot
Officer J/23231, Pilot, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 4th
June 1943. Age 21. Son of Allan Thompson Hinton, and of Martena
Hinton, of East Orange, New Jersey, USA. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 78. |
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| JOHNSTON |
Arthur
Gerald |
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Sergeant
591395, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force. Died
Friday 5th December 1941. Age 20. Son of William and Anne
Johnston, of St. John'S, Woking, Surrey. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Joint grave 64. |
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| LOADER |
Herbert
Samuel |
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Sergeant
1377212, Observer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
Friday 5th December 1941. Age 20. Son of George Herbert and
Hannah Rebecca Loader, of Plaistow, Essex. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Joint grave 52. |
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| MARCUS |
Derek
Julius |
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Sergeant
1360363, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve . Died 5th December 1941. Age 25. Son of Rudolph Benjamin
Marcus and of Lottie May Marcus (nee Miller); husband of Regina
Amelia Marcus (nee Fooks), of Maida Vale, London. Buried in
KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Joint grave 76. |
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MANNING |
Albert
John |
Flying
Officer (Bomb Aimer) 126960, 427 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action over the Rhur 23rd June
1943. Age 27. Son of John Francis and Edith Ellen Manning; husband
of Joan Manning, of Kempston, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on family
grave but buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Plot
30. Row F. Grave 1.
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| MATTINGLY |
James
Henry |
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Sergeant
1057674, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Friday 5th December 1941. Age 21. Son of John
Henry and Kathleen Mattingly, of Hackney, London. Buried in
KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Joint grave 76A. |
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| MAXWELL |
Arnold
Grant |
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Flight
Sergeant R/95390, Pilot, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died Wednesday
6th May 1942. Age 20. Son of Thomas Edward and Mary Irene
Maxwell, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. Buried in
KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 100. |
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| MILLER |
Gordon
Christopher Noesgaard |
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Sergeant
416521, Pilot, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Died Thursday
6th May 1943. Age 22. Son of Leonard Henry Miller, and of
Thora Miller, of Auckland City, New Zealand. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 90. |
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| NESBITT |
Thomas
Alexander |
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Sergeant
1074968, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
5th December 1941. Age 30. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Joint grave 76. |
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| O'BRIEN |
Donald
Kempton |
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Flight
Sergeant R.76409, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Died Wednesday 6th May 1942. Age 32. Son of Edward
Kempton O'Brien and Elizabeth Marie O'Brien, of Pictou, Nova
Scotia, Canada. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Grave 89. |
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| OWEN |
Wilfred
Adris |
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Sub-Lieutenant
(A) H.M.S. Macaw., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who died
on Sunday, 27th May 1945. Age 19. Son of Idris and Mary Louisa
Owen, of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block T. Grave 6. |
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| PARROTT |
Sydney
George |
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Sergeant
976645, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Friday 5th December 1941. Age 21. Buried in
KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Joint grave 64. |
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| PAYNE |
Leonard
Victor |
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Sapper
2076383 248 Field Company, Royal Engineers who died on Saturday,
6th July 1940. Age 20. Son of Henry and Emma Elizabeth Payne,
of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY. Block J. Grave 4. |
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| PEARSON |
Randal
George |
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Sergeant
1339699, Radio Operator/Observer, Royal Air Force. Died Wednesday
23rd December 1942. Age 20. Son of Randal and Florence Pearson,
of Fulwood, Sheffield. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Grave 102. |
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| PHITIDIS |
George
Platon |
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Sergeant
1317492, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Sunday
12th October 1941. Son of Constantine Haralambou Phitidis
and Alexandra Gabriel Phitidis, of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block
J. Grave 28. |
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| SCHOFIELD |
Henry
James |
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Sergeant
1871678, 14 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers. Died Sunday
14th May 1944. Age 31. Son of George and Elizabeth Schofield;
husband of Minnie Frances Schofield, of Coulsden, Surrey.
Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave
42. |
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| SMITH |
Peter
Francis |
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Flying
Officer, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Sunday
25th October 1942. Son of Frederick and Ida Kathleen Smith,
of Northwood, Middlesex. His brother, Derek Christopher Horace,
also died on service. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Block J. Grave 41. See also Ruislip
War Memorial, Middlesex |
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| TOMPKINS |
Douglas
George |
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Sub-Lieutenant (A) H.M.S. Daedalus, Royal Naval Reserve. Killed
in a flying accident in a Miles Master Mk III at Shrewton, Wiltshire
when he crashed in a forced landing due to engine failure during
night circuit practice 14 January 1942. Age 23. Son of Arthur
James Tompkins and Hilda Elizabeth Tompkins; husband of Margaret
Joyce Tompkins. Born 4 October 1919 High St. South, Dunstable.
His parents had a fruit & veg shop on 135 High St. South,
Dunstable. In 1932, on the death of his mother, he went to live
with his elder brother, Sgt. Leslie Tompkins, Bedfordshire Constabulary,
at Box End Police Station, Kempston. Pupil at Bedford Modern
School. In 1935 indentured as Merchant Marine Sea Apprentice
on MV Erodore, London and in 1940 Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Reserve,
on Atlantic Convoy duty. In December 1941 married Margaret Sandell
at Bedford. At the time of his death he was a pupil at No. 1
SFTS, RAF Station Netheravon, Wiltshire. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Ref. Block J. Grave
124.
See also Bedford
Modern School and Dunstable
For details relating to Douglas George TOMPKINS
see - Aircraft
& Aircrew Casualty Information Archive Bedfordshire &
NE Scotland.
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| TORY |
Freda |
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Aircraftwoman
2nd Class 450985, Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Died Friday
13th February 1942. Age 21. Daughter of B. R. Tory and of
Ethel Tory, of St. Mary Cray, Kent. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. Block J. Grave 5. |
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| WHITBREAD |
Dennis
Lawson |
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Sergeant
1624919 Flt. Engr. 433 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve who died on Saturday, 5th August 1944. Age 22. Son
of Arthur Charles and Daisy Beatrice Whitbread; husband of
Lilian May Whitbread, of Kempston. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY.
Block J. Grave 30. See also Skipton-on-Swale
RCAF Memorial |
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| WRIGHT |
Harry |
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Sergeant
1380378, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday
5th December 1941. Age 30. Son of John Charles Wilson Wright
and Evelyn Wright; nephew of Esther A. Wright, of Brighton,
Sussex. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Block J.
Joint grave 76A. |
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| CLARKE |
W
A H (M.M.) |
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Regimental
Sergeant Major, 43rd/52nd Oxfordjsire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Born Wantage, Oxfordhsire, 31st October 1892,
died 25th May 1964. Awarded Military Medal. Husband of Pauline
Marie Therese Clarke (nee Blandruel) who was buried January
1949 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. Buried in KEMPSTON
CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. |
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| COLLINSON |
R
G |
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Sergeant
5616849, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died
17th September 1951. Age 38. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY,
Bedfordshire. |
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| CONSTABLE |
A
E |
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Sergeant
5947086, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died
12th February 1954. Age 53. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
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| MARSHALL |
F |
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Bombardier
14450898, Royal Artillery. Died 30th April 1951. Age 26. Buried
in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. |
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| NIEPOKOLCZYCKI |
W |
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Pchor,
DTWO. SAP. 3 D.S.K., Polish Forces. Died 30th August 1946.
Age 20. Buried in KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. |
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