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LEIGHTON
BUZZARD WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Martin Edwards
additional information by Patrick Gariepy and David Manning
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When
erected in 1920 the Leighton Buzzard War Memorial was the largest single
piece of undressed granite quarried in the United Kingdom weighing over
22 tons and standing 25 feet 4 inches high and 3 feet 3 inches square,
and was extracted by Shap Granite Quarries in about 1870
It
took 3 days to erect and a lead tube containing silver and copper coins
of the realm was placed in the bolt-hole at the base of the monolith
exactly beneath its centre. It was unveiled on 11th November 1920 by
Lord Ampthill.
(Information
taken from "Bedfordshire At War" by Nigel Lutt)
See
also the Leighton
Buzzard war memorial site.
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Erecting
the memorial |
The
memorial in the late 1920's |
The
pictures above are taken from "Bedfordshire At War" by
Nigel Lutt
available for purchase from the Bedford Record Office. |
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Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2002 |
"THIS
MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN
HONOURED MEMORY OF THE LEIGHTON BUZZARD MEN
WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY,
1914 - 1919."
| ABEL
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Henry
|
[Spelt
ABELL on SDGW & CWGC] Private 29180. 1st/6th Battalion, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 4th October 1917
in France & Flanders. Born Stanbridge, enlisted Luton, resident
Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 32142, Northumberland Regiment. Buried
in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
XIII. Row D. Grave 32. |
| ADAMS
|
Edward
George |
Private.
G/4869, 13th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died of wounds Wednesday 27th October 1915 in France & Flanders.
Born Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Willesden, Middlesex. Son of Frederick
and Edith Adams, of Leighton Buzzard; husband of Lily Louisa Adams,
of 117, Vandyke Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave
34. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| ADAMS
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Frederick
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Private,
No further information currently. |
| ADAMS
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James
|
Private
18481, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
4th February 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Billington, enlisted
Bedford, resident Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row
E. Grave 2. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| ADCOCK
|
Alfred
Herbert |
Private
204357, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action Friday
21st September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Syston, Leicestershire,
enlisted Bedford, resident Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 203736, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIALZonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 79 to 80 and 163A. |
| ANDREWS
|
Horace
Charles |
Private,
G/25462, 11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action Tuesday 1st October 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
18. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Luton. Son of Simeon
and Phoebe Andrews, of 63, Hockliffe Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Formerly
3092, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
14 to 17 and 162 to 162A. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| ARIS
|
Walter
George |
[Listed
as Walker ARIS on CWGC & SDGW] Private 42036, 2nd Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 21st August 1918 in France &
Flanders. Born Buckingham, enlisted Bedford. Formerly T.R./9/9723,
Training Reserve. Son of George Aris, 77 South Street, Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVALPas de
Calais, France. Grave III. A. 11. |
| ATKINS
|
R
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Private.
No further information currently. |
| AUGER
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John
William |
Private
61026, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 8th August 1918 in France & Falnders.
Born Walworth, enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Formerly
3470, 27th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. |
| AVERY
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Percy
William |
Air
Mechanic 1st Class, 246611, Royal Air Force. Died on Thursday 14th
November 1918. Age 27. Son of William J. and Alice M Avery, of 18,
Ashwell St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY,
Leighton Buzzard. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| BAKER
|
Stanley
W |
Private.
No further information currently. |
| BEAUMONT
|
Robert
James |
Sergeant
337777, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
24th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Norwich, Norfolk,
enlisted Bedford, resident Kempston.
Husband
of B. E. Newman (formerly Beaumont), of 3, Parker Rd., Grays. Buried
in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave II. R. 7. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| BIERTON
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Joseph
|
[Listed
on memorial as Private] Lance Corporal, F/3439, 4th Battalion, Duke
of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action Saturday
17th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 32. Born and resident
Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Son of David and Leah Bierton,
of Leighton Buzzard; husband of Alice Elizabeth Bierton, of 9, George
St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. M. 19. |
| BOLTON
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Albert
|
Private,
7729, 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds Monday
14th September 1914 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
| BOON
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[John]
Charles |
Private
45153, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action Thursday 16th
November 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Enlisted London.
Formerly 2887, London Regiment. Son of Henry and Margaret E Boon
of Mount Pleasant House, Aspley Guise. Buried in FRANKFURT TRENCH
BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMELSomme, France. Grave B. 14.
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| BOYCE,
MM |
Frederick
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Lance
Corporal, 9387, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Friday 11th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 28. Born,
resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of William and Minnie
Boyce, of 33, Friday St., Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. CWGC states
born at Heath and Reach. Awarded Military Medal. Buried in ST. SEVER
CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave B. 28. 2.
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| BRANDOM
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William
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Lance
Sergeant 9434, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 25th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and
resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 41. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| BRANSOM
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Henry
|
Private
115, Canadian Railway Service Guard. Died on Friday 11th May 1917.
Son of the late James and Mary Bransom, of Plantation Rd., Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY, British Columbia,
Canada. Grave 38-34. 2.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| BRASSINGTON
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Frederick
Thomas |
2nd
Lieutenant, 9 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Killed
in action Tuseday 9th October 1917. Observer with 9 Sqn. RFC. Killed
in RE.8 A3663, with pilot 2/Lt. Ian Ure McMurchy (from Campbelltown,
Argyll, aged 20 - also killed). Possibly shot down by Obltn. Bruno
Loerzer of Jasta 26, between Langemarck and Bixschoote. Both commemorated
on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. |
| BROWN
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Bertie
Frank |
Private
G/14503, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 9th September 1916 with British Expeditionary Force. Born
Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Dunstable. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C. See also
Beaudesert
School. |
| BROWN
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James
Frederick |
Private
M2/047095, 9th Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died Wednesday 6th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted London, resident West Ealing. Buried in MONT HUON
MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave III.
G. 10B. |
| BUTCHER
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John
Gilpin |
Gunner
147656, 166th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 16th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 35. Born
Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Tonbridge 1914. Son of JOhn and Anna
Maria (nee Turney) Butcher; husband of Sarah Annabella (nee Riddell)
Butcher, of 60 and 62, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, married in
October to December Quarter 1905 in Dover. Buried in THE HUTS CEMETERY,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row C. Grave 13. See
also Tunbridge Wells |
| BUTCHER
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R
P |
Sapper,
288438, Imperial Signal Company, Royal Engineers died on Tuesday
31st December 1918. Age 33. Son of George and Mary Butcher; husband
of Elizabeth Butcher, of 41, Billington Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Born
at Leighton Buzzard. Buried in DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY,
Tanzania. Grave VII. A. 3. See also Leighton
Buzzard Commercial (Post Office). |
| CHURCH
|
George
|
Private
3/6996, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
9th October 1917 in France & FLanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
| CLARE
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Joseph
Theodore |
Private
G/21122, 10th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action Thursday 20th September 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 21 Born Eggington, enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard.
Formerly 2666, Royal Fusiliers. Son of Mrs. Emma Clare, of May Cottage,
Regent St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIALZonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A.
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| CLARE
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William
Thomas |
Private
33610, 8th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Died of wounds Monday 17th September 1917 in France &
Falnders. Age 19. Born Eggington, enlisted Luton, resident Leighton
Buzzard. Son of Mrs. E. Clare, of May Cottage, Regent St., Leighton
Buzzard. Formerly 282976, Royal Army Service Corps. Buried in VOORMEZEELE
ENCLOSURES No.1 and No. 2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave
I. J. 5. |
| CLEAVER
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Frederick
William |
Private
198209, 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).
Died on Monday 7th May 1917. Born 23rd March 1885. Son of Alfred
and Elizabeth Cleaver, of 53, Lake St., Leighton Buzzard. Living
at 129 Cameron St, Fort William, Canada. Born Leighton Buzzard.
Lists his mother as next of kin, living at 37 Lake Street, Leighton
Buzzard. Working as waiter, single man. Previously served 6 months
in volunteer corps. Attestation papers signed 18 November 1915.
Complexion fair, eyes blue, hair black. Church of England.
Commemorated
on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Attestation Papers - Canadian
Archives Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1783
- 18. |
| COOK
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Albert
John |
Private
[Signaller] 12098, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
Monday 3rd July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Lowestoft. Son of Ann Cook, of 42, Ashwell St.,
Leighton Buzzard, and the late Charles James Cook. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| CORNISH
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Ernest
Edward |
Private
201158, "D" Company,4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action Tuesday 27th March 1917 in Palestine. Age 20. Born Bedfordshire,
enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Stephen Ernest
Cornish; husband of Catherine Annie Cornish, of 32, Baker St., Leighton
Buzzard. Formerly 20542, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel. Panels 33 to 39. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| COSBY
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G
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Private
probably George Albert COSBY,
Private 53402, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in
action Wednesday 18th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
Grays, Essex, enlisted Warley. Formerly 31711, Essex Regiment. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10.
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| DAWSON
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Alfred
John |
Private
32112, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday
29th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave II. G. 65. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| DAWSON
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William
James |
Private
3/6053, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
3rd December 1914 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 31 and 33. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| DAY
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Cyril
George |
Private
42235, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
5th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Luton. Son
of George and Emilie Louisa Day, of 27, Hockliffe Rd., Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 4. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| DEAN
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William
Edward |
Private
41486, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action Monday 19th
February 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 29. Born and enlisted
Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 25554, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dean; husband of Gertrude Dean,
of 89, Church St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D. |
| DIMMOCK
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Frank
|
Private
41318, 3rd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died Saturday
19th July 1919. Age 20. Son of Reuben and Alice Dimmock, of 46,
Mill Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Brother of Percy below. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE
CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Plot/Row/Section K. Grave 277. See also
Beaudesert
School. |
| DIMMOCK
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Percy
Harold |
 Corporal
SE/13778, 14th Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps. Died
on Sunday 16th February 1919. Age 24. Son of Reuben and Alice Dimmock,
of 46, Mill Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Brother of Frank above. Buried
in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot V.
Row F. Grave 41.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| DINHAM
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William
Arthur |
Driver
168889, Y/1th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action Wednesday 3rd April 1918. Born East Grinstead, Sussex,
enlisted Slough, Bucks. Husband of Mrs. A. Bessant (formerly Dinham),
of 17, Sumner St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH
CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave
29. |
| DUDLEY
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Albert
Joseph |
Private
98225, 2nd/2nd (North Midland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical
Corps. Died Tuesday 1st October 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
27. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Luton. Son
of Joseph Jabez and Frances Elizabeth Dudley, of Leighton Buzzard;
husband of Alice Mary Dudley, of 60, Springfield Rd., Linslade,
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Grave IV. E. 10. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| EGGLETON
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William
Thomas |
Lance
Sergeant 3/7041, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Sunday 30th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born,
resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son
of John and Sarah Eggleton, of 69 Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2 C. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| EVANS
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William
|
Private
205683, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
of wounds Friday 19th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age
25. Born Leighton Buzzard, resident and enlisted Luton. Son of Henry
and Annie Evans, of 102, Selbourne Rd., Luton, Bedfordshire. Born Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERYIeper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave I. E. 33. Formerly 3853, Yeoman Cyclists.
See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| FAULKNER
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Alec
Joseph |
Private
4327, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday
31st August 1915 in Gallipoli. Resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Commeorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 54 and 218. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| FOXON
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Ralph
Kenneth |
Private
14006, 7th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
Killed in action Monday 7th October 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 22. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Oxford. Son
of George Thomas and Mary Foxon, of 35, Beaudesert, Leighton Buzzard.
Formerly 14565, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Buried
in GUIZANCOURT FARM CEMETERY, GOUY, Aisne, France. Grave D. 29.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| FRIPP
|
John
Trude |
2nd
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Lincolsnhire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 13th October 1915. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34. |
| GALLOWAY
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Alfred
James |
Able
Seaman London Z/1917, Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died on Friday 26th October 1917. Age 20.
Son of William John and Minnie Galloway, of 19, Billington Rd.,
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-V., Belgium. Grave VII. C. 8. |
| GARNETT
|
George
|
Private
G/15861, 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action Monday 9th April 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 35. Born Aylesbury, Bucks, enlisted Peterborough, Hunts, resident
Leighton Buzzard. Husband of A. L. Garnett, of 46, Hockliffe St.,
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Grave F. 11. |
| GARNETT
|
Walter
|
Private
45501, 56th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
Thursday 28th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born
and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Youngest son of
William and Jane Garnett, of 27A, Plantation Rd., Leighton Buzzard.
Formerly G/15871, Royal West Kent Regiment. Buried in ORCHARD DUMP
CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IX. F.
34. |
| GASKIN
|
Ernest
John |
Gunner
65400, X/32nd Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died
of wounds Thursday 18th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
28. Born Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Hendon, Middlesex. Son
of John Hillier Gaskin and Sarah Gaskin, of 16, Vandyke Rd., Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Grave P. XI. L. 4B. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| GIBBS
|
Cyril
Frederick |
[Listed
as Frederick Cyril on CWGC and SDGW] Lance Corporal G/14800, 2nd
Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 28th
September 1916. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| GIDDINGS
|
Arthur
Thomas |
Private
291063, Suffolk Regiment. Died on Saturday 4th May 1918. Age 36.
Husband of Ada Louise Giddings, of 40, Ashwell St., Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave CC.
8A. |
| GINGER
|
Joseph
|
Sergeant
19820, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 30. Born, resident and
enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of Joseph and Rosina Ginger, of 31,
Dudley St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| GIRLING
|
L
|
Trooper.
No further information currently. |
| GOING
|
Frank
H |
Private
3/7032, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
27th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| GOING
|
Herbert
|
Private
50983, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Friday 20th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Stony
Stratford, Bucks, enlisted Bedford. Son of Mr. F. Going, of 29,
Mill Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Grave I. B. 6.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| GOING
|
William
J |
[Corporal
on memorial] Lance Corporal 8027, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Monday 31st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
Woburn, resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. A Labourer at Bletchley
Engineering Department, London and North Western Railway. Buried
in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Grave
II. E. 58. |
| GOODMAN
|
Ernest
John |
Private
65482, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds Monday 30th
September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Stanbridgeford, enlisted
and resident Bedford. Formerly 32990, East Surrey Regiment. BUried
in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERYIeper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave XIV. F. 2. |
| GREEN
|
Cecil
Henry |
2nd
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died of wounds Monday 9th October 1916. Age 29. Son of
William Sparrey Green and Anne Green, of 16, Grove Rd., Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France.
Grave I. J. 16. |
| GRIFFIN
|
George
|
Private
37214, "A" Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died on Friday 29 November 1918. Age 41. Husband of Phillis Griffin,
of 27, North St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA)
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave C. 280. |
| GRIFFITHS
|
Henry
Edward |
Gunner
147379, 116th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died Thursday
29th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 39. Born Epsom, Surrey,
enlisted Paris, resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Mary Griffiths,
of Grove Place, Leighton Buzzard. Buried in CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
BRITISH EXTENSION, Aisne, France. Grave 5. B. 2. |
| GROOM
|
Frederick
Charles |
Private
271609, 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, attached 234th Field
Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds Thursday 26th July 1917
in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born Stanbridge, Bedfordshire,
enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Joseph and Deborah
Groom, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Bandsmen/Songster in the Salvation
Army.
Buried
in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave I. H. 4.
See also Leighton Buzzard
Salvation Army. |
| HACK
|
John Henry |
[List
as Gunner on
memorial] Wheeler 5029, 19th Brigade, Ammunition Column, Royal Field
Artillery. Died on Saturday 27th April 1918. Age 25. Son of John
and Mary Ann Hack, of 89, Vandyke Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL, Nord, France.
Grave II. G. 11. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HALL
|
Charles
|
Private
13874, 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
Killed in action Tuesday 25th April 1916 in Mesopotamia. Formerly
14147, Oxfordhsire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in
AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Grave XX. D. 8. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HALL
|
Henry
George |
Private
44876, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusliers.
Killed in action Friday 26th October 1917 in France and Flanders.
Age 33. Born leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Son of Frederick
and Sarah Hall; husband of Henrietta Kate Hall, of 42, Hartington
St., Bedford. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIALZonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 19 to 23 and 162. Formerly 12127, Army Catering Corps.
See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| HALSEY
|
George
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 12974, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Saturday 8th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Bushey,
herts, resident and enlisted Watford. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| HARRIS
|
Charles
|
[Sergeant
on memorial] Lance Sergeant 33039, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action Thursday
3rd May 1917. Born Little Billington, enlisted London, resident
Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 19727, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. |
| HARRIS
|
Edward
James |
[Listed
as Gunner] Sergeant 260003, "D" Company, 10th Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed
in action Sunday 22nd September 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
35. Born and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 200012, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Son of James and Jane Harris, of Linslade, Leighton Buzzard;
husband of Catherine Harris, of 40, Stanbridge Rd., Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in GAUCHE WOOD CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN, Nord, France.
Grave 5. |
| HART
|
William
|
Private
17875, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday
15th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Bedford.
Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBESomme, France.
Grave III. C. 41. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HELEY
|
[Thomas]
John |
Lance
Corporal 15743, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Friday 29th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 33. Born
Leighton Buzzard, resident and enlisted Luton.
Husband of Elizabeth Heley, of 305, Hitchin Rd., Luton. Buried in
PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave III. D. 44.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HOLLAND
|
Sidney
|
[Listed
on memorial as Gunner] Corporal/Bombardier 40661, 1st Brigade, Canadian
Field Artillery. Died on Thursday 16th August 1917. Age 32. Son
of Thomas and Rebecca Holland, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in BULLY-GRENAY
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSIONPas de Calais, France. Plot
IV. Row E. Grave 13. Canadian Archives Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4441
- 44. |
| HOLMES,
MM |
Edward
T |
Private
200938, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Friday 2nd November 1917 in Palestine. Age 21. Enlisted Bedford,
resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Thomas and Lizzie Holmes, of 58,
Hockliffe St., Leighton Buzzard. Awarded Military Medal.
Buried
in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Grave XXX. B. 16. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HOLMES
|
William
George |
Private
8002, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday 11th
May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Islington, Middlesex, enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave LXII. C. 13.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HORN
|
Alfred
|
Private
787076, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.).
Died on Tuesday 24th April 1917. Age 24. Born 26th March 1895. Son
of Walter Horn, Mill road, Leighton Buzzard. Worked as a net maker.
Enlisted 28th December 1915, Perth, Ontario. Height 5ft 6½ins.
Waist 34½ins. Complexion Fair. Eyes Blue. Hair Brown. Scar
on chin. Church of England. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. I. 10. Candian Archives Acession
Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4498
- 33. |
| HORNE
|
John
|
[Spelt
HORN on memorial and HORNE on SDGW & CWGC] Private 3/6920, 1st
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday 27th
September 1916. Age 24. Born, resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Buried
in CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France. Grave
V. A. II. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HUMBLES
|
George
|
Driver
522214, 483rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action Monday
11th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of William Humbles, of 5, Barrow Path, Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated
in NEUVILLE-BOURJONVAL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Special Memorial. 2. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HUMBLES
|
William
|
Driver
T4/263014, 580th Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died Monday
8th July 1918 at home. Age 24. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard,
enlisted Luton. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard.
Grave CC. 275. |
| HYDE
|
Richard
James |
Private
4878, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died Saturday 9th January
1915 at home. Age 21. Resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son
of Benjamin and Ellen Hyde, of 28, Vandyke Rd., Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave A.
215. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| HYDE
|
Thomas
|
Private
P.W. 6452, 1st/8th (T.F.) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action Friday 8th November 1918 in France &
Flanders. Age 27. Born and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son of William and Mary Hyde, of Leighton Buzzard; husband of Margaret
L. Hyde, of 28, East St., Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Buried near the
North-West corner of BLAUGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Dour, Hainaut,
Belgium. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| JAKEMAN
|
Frederick
George |
Private
200487, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
23rd October 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Resident and
enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son
of Dan and Jane Jakeman, of 66, North Place, Plantation Rd., Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU, Nord, France. Grave
II. B. 7.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| JANES
|
Claud
|
Private
265935, 5th Battalion, Oxford. and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action Thursday 3rd May 1917. Age 20. Enlisted Aylesbury, Bucks,
resident Linslade. Son of Edward Foll Janes and Rose Janes, of Southcourt
Avenue, Linslade. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 6 and 7.
See also Beaudesert
School and Linslade.
|
| JANES
|
George
Alma |
Lance
Sergeant 15875, 20th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Son of Mr and
Mrs Janes of Lake Street Leighton Buzzard. Husband of A. Janes,
of 4, Haverstock St., Chalk Farm, London. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH
CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. G. 34
|
| JANES
|
Henry
|
Private
33051, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
17th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Leighton
Buzzard. Formerly 3406, Bedfordshire Regiment. Private
in the Salvation Army. Buried
in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave III. L. 6.
See also Leighton Buzzard
Salvation Army. |
| JOHNSON
|
Charles
Rowland |
Private
26961, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died Wednesday 17th
October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 32. Born Islington, Middlesex,
enlisted Bedford, resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Charles and
Annie Johnson, of London; husband of Jessie Frances Johnson, of
14, High St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave VIII. I. 60. |
| JOHNSON
|
Martin
Leslie |
Private
43949, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action Monday 4th
November 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Hoxton, Middlesex,
enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Charles and Ann
Johnson, of 12, Powerscroft Rd., Clapton, London. Formerly 50188,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in PREUX-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERYNord,
France. Grave A. 29. |
| JORDAN
|
Joseph
George |
[Memorial
as Corporal] Private 32938, 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Killed in action Tuesday 9th October 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 26. Born Wing, Bucks, ennlisted Aylesbury, Bucks, resident Leighton
Buzzard. Son of Joseph and Mary Jordan, of Wing, Leighton Buzzard;
husband of Daisy Jordan, of 89, Vandyke Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Formerly
29748, Hussars. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. |
| KEEN
|
George
|
Private
12033, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
4th May 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Linslade, Bucks, enlisted
Watford, Herts, resident Leighton Buzzard.
A Cleaner for London and North Western Railway in the Locomotive
Department at Watford. Buried in ST.
AMAND BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. A. 3.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| KEMBER
|
A
|
Private
201296, 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment transferred to (361818)
800th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. Died on Thursday 27th
March 1919. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Grave C. 211. |
| KEMPSTER
|
Thomas
George |
Private
3/7428, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
30th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born and resident
Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. Kempster. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
| KING
|
Francis
John |
Private
18993, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
27th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born, resident
and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of John King, of 24, St. Andrew's
St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIALSomme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| KING
|
Geroge
Arthur |
Able
Seaman J/16898, H.M.S. "Defence", Royal Navy. Killed or
died as a direct result of enemy action on Wednesday 31st May 1916
at the Battle of Jutland. Born 19 June 1895 at Plymouth, Devon.
Nephew of Henry John King, of 14, Grove Road, Leighton Buzzard,
Bedfordshire. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 12.
Note:
HMS Defence was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the
Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. She was the last armoured cruiser
built for the Royal Navy. She was stationed in the Mediterranean
when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit
of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau.
Defence was transferred to the Grand Fleet in January 1915 and
remained there for the rest of her career.
Defence
was sunk on 31 May 1916 during the Battle of Jutland, the largest
naval battle of the war. Escorting the main body of the Grand
Fleet, the ship was fired upon by one German battlecruiser and
four dreadnoughts as she attempted to engage a disabled German
light cruiser. She was struck by two salvoes from the German ships
that detonated her rear magazine. The fire from that explosion
spread to the ship's secondary magazines, which exploded in turn.
There were no survivors.
|
| KING
|
Joseph
|
Private
30612, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
21st March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 28 and 29. |
| KITELEY
|
Thomas
William |
Private
98039, 69th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
Sunday 22nd July 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born and
resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Luton. Son of John Henry and
Emily Kiteley, of "Wayside," Grovebury Rd., Leighton Buzzard.
Formerly G/52281, Royal Fusiliers.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 56. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| LANCASTER
|
Arthur
Henry |
Private
200832, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday 29th November 1917 in Palestine. Age 20. Resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Son of Harry and Florence Lancaster, of 42, Clifford
St., Watford, Herts. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Grave
C. 10. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| LAWSON
|
John
|
Private
3/6054, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
21st April 1915 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIALIeper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| LEE
|
John
Alfred |
Second
Lieutenant, 55th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died on Sunday 25th
August 1918. Age 18. Son of John and Laura Lee, of 76, High St.,
Kempston, Bedford. Native of Leighton Buzzard. Observer with 55
Sqn. RAF. Killed by AA fire in DH.4 A2131, during bombing raid to
Luxemburg. Buried in CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY, ESSEGNEY, Vosges,
France. Grave I. A. 18. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| LUCK
|
Edward
Lewis |
|
| LUCK
|
Hayward
James |
[Listed
on memorial as Corporal] Private 426521, 3rd Battalion, Canadian
Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died on Thursday 7th September
1916. Age 30. Son of Thomas James and Harriet Luck, of The Poplars,
106, Sunningsfield Rd., Hendon, London. Born at Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON, Somme, France. Grave
I. C. 9. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5782
- 18. |
| LUCK
|
Sidney
James |
Private
475292, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario
Regiment). Died on 9 April 1917. Age 27. Son of John and Anne Luck,
of 89, Dingwall Avenue, Toronto. Born at Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
D. 23. National
Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5782
- 29. |
| MAJOR
|
John
|
Private
3/6845. "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 25th September 1915 in France & Flanders.
Age
22. Born, resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of George
Major, of 32, Bedford St., Leighton Buzzard, and Beatrice Florence
Major (stepmother). Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 41. |
| MARKS
|
Percy
William |
Private
[Signaller] 11019, 6th Battlion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of
wounds Sunday 23rd September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Luton.
Bandsmen/Songster
in the Salvation Army. Buried
in ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave II. B. 5.
See also Beaudesert
School and Leighton
Buzzard Salvation Army. |
| MASON
|
Arthur
Thomas |
Private
33125, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died Tuesday 4th
June 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Burslem, Staffs, enlisted
Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 6299, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Buried in BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Grave II.
C. 5. |
| MATTHEWS,
MM |
Ernest
R |
Company
Sergeant Major 8030, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
Wednesday 2nd October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Stanbridge,
enlisted Bedford. Awarded Military Medal. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave XV. E. II. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| McCUBBIN
|
Alexander
|
Private
511, 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died
on Sunday 25th April 1915. Age 21. Son of Harriette McCubbin, of
Lake St., Leighton Buzzard, and the late James George McCubbin.
Commemorated on LONE PINE MEMORIALTurkey. Panel 32. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| MEAD
|
Frank
|
Private
26196, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action Saturday 28th April 1917 in France & Flanders.
Born Littlecole, Bucks, enlisted Aylesbury, bucks, resident Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 6 and 7. |
| MEAD
|
Frederick
Charles |
Gunner
315376, Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery [RGA - TF], Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died of wounds Sunday 6th May 1917. Age 23. Born Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Waterend. Son
of William and Fanny Mead, of 54, Dallow Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried
in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave VI. K. 7. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| MEAD
|
James
Joseph |
Private
8348, "C" Company, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 2nd August 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 26. Born Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford.
Son
of Mary Ann Mead, of 68, North St., Leighton Buzzard, and the late
James Joseph Mead. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| MILES
|
Reginald
|
[Listed
as Trooper
on memorial]. Private 28283, 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
Killed in action Monday 15th October 1917. Born Wicken, Northamptonshire,
enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 2566, Bedfordshire Yeomanry.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 41 to 42 and 163A. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| MOORE
|
Leonard
|
Private
40651, 2nd Battalion., Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds on
Sunday 4th August 1918. Age 23. Born Bedford, enlisted Luton, resident
Leighton Buzzard. Son of Mr. A. J. Moore, of 40, Regent St., Leighton
Buzzard. Formerly 2687, Suffolk Yeomanry. Buried in TINCOURT NEW
BRITISH CEMETERYSomme, France. Grave IX. E. 15. |
| NASH
|
William
|
Private
7269, 3rd/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home Tuesday
22nd August 1916. Born Stewkley, Bucks, enlisted Luton, resident
Leighton Buzzard. Husband of A L Nash of 52 Hockliffe Road, Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard.
Grave DD. 12A. |
| NEWBURY
|
Joseph
G |
Private
TR10/43048, 51st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died on Sunday
21st July 1918. Age 34. Son of Joseph and Emily Newbury, of Leighton
Buzzard; husband of A. E. Heeley (formerly Newbury), of 99, Bath
St., Rugby. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, LEighton Buzzard.
Grave CC. 277. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| O'DELL
|
Ernest
Frank |
[Listed
on memorial as Private] Pioneer 341418, Base Signal Depot, Royal
Engineers. Died on Sunday 24th November 1918. Age 20. Only son of
Charles and Annie Odell, of 47, Dudley St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Division
62. Grave IV. D. 8.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PAGE
|
William
Albert Charles |
[Listed
on memorial as Private].
Lance Corporal 33071, 6th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
on Wednesday 16th May 1917. Age 19. Enlisted and resident Bedford.
Son of Albert and Annie Page, of 73, High St., Newport Pagnell,
Bucks. Born at Leighton Buzzard. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERYPas
de Calais, France. Grave XVIII. N. 19.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PANTLING
|
Horace
James |
[Spelt
Horice on SDGW & CWGC] Private 35888, 10th Battalion, Loyal
North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 28th April
1917 in France & Flanders. Age 24. Born and resident Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Son of Arthur and Mary J. Pantling, of
48, Plantation Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 2669, Royal Fusiliers.
Private in the Salvation Army.
Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
See also Beaudesert
School and Leighton
Buzzard Salvation Army. |
| PANTLING
|
Leonard
|
Sapper
67628,
126th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action Wednesday
12th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Leighton Buzzard,
enlisted Sheperd's Bush, Middlesex, resident Harlesden, Middlesex.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
8 A and 8 D. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PANTLING
|
Sidney
J |
|
| PARKER
|
James
H |
Acting
Sergeant 52388, 7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment
(Royal Canadians). Killed in action Friday 2nd February 1917 in
France & Flanders. Age 25. Born and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son of John Alfred and Louisa Ann Parker, of 105, Prospect Place,
Heath Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 14841, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Buried in POND FARM CEMETERYHeuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave J. 17. |
| PARSONS
|
William
|
Private
43202, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
Friday 5th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 26800, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 54 to 56. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PAYNE
|
Archibald
James |
Stoker
2nd Class, K/39110, H.M.S. "Pembroke", Royal Navy. Died
from disease on Saturday 10th February 1917. Born 22 July 1865 at
Liehgton Buzzard. Son of H G Payne off 54 North Street, Leighton
Buzzard; husband of Ada, of 21 Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard,
Bedfordshire.. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave
B. 52. |
| PAYNE
|
Leslie
|
Private
43798, Samoan Relief Force. Died on Sunday 17th November 1918. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Payne, of Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated
on WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL MEMORIAL, Wellington City, New Zealand.
|
| PEARSON
|
Arthur
Albert |
Trooper
No. 325 “B” Squadron, Original, 10th Australian Light
Horse Regiment, A.I.F. Trooper Pearson was the son of William and
Emma Pearson of 12, Dudley Street, Leighton Buzzard. On October
23, 1914, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in Perth, Western Australia.
Killed in action in the assault on The Nek, Anzac, on August 7,
1915, aged 25 years. Buried Ari Burnu Cemetery, Anzac. Reference
to be found in the Australian War Memorials AWM145 Roll of Honour
cards, 1914-1918 War, Army. |
| PEASE
|
William
G |
Private
5957 [or 5057 on SDGW], 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford. and Bucks Light
Infantry. Killed in actionMonday 14th August 1916. Age 31. Born
Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Oxford, resident Wing, Buckinghamshire.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Pease, of Church St., Wing, Leighton Buzzard.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
10 A and 10 D. |
| PERRY
|
Frederick
Ernest |
Private
2846, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
15th August 1915 in Gallipoli. Age 21. Born Newton Longville, Bucks,
resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of David Perry, of 11,
Queen St., Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.No known grave. Commemorated on
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 54 and 218. |
| PHILIPS
|
Frank
Charles |
[This
memorial has his surname as PHILLIPS]
Guardsman 8249, Scots Guards. Killed in action 28th October 1914
in France & Flanders. Born Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Leeds,
Yorkshire.
Son of David Perry, of 11, Queen St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 54 and 218. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PHILLIPS
|
R
E |
Private.
No further information currently. |
| PLUMMER
|
Alfred
George |
Rifleman
323790, 2nd/6th Battalion, London Regt (City of London Rifles).
Killed in action Monday 21st May 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 40. Born Leighton Buzzard, enlisted London, resident Fulham.
Son of John and Ann Plummer. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIALPas de
Calais, France. Bay 9-10. |
| POUCHOT,
DCM |
Jack
Auguste |
[Spelt
POUCHET on memorial, listed there as John A] Lieutenant, 56th Squadron,
Royal Air Force. Died on Saturday 5th October 1918. Age 20. Foster
son of Mrs. Edith Hawksford, of "Tanjore," Canbury Gardens,
Kingston-on-Thames. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal. Buried
in MARCOING BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave I. C. 20.
See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| PRATT
|
George
|
Private
3/7286, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
8th November 1914 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 4.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PROCTER
|
John
Albert |
[Spelt
PROCTOR on CWGC, not listed SDGW] Private 45599, Suffolk Regiment.
Died on Wednesday 7th November 1917. Age 19. Son of John Albert
and Elizabeth Proctor, of 13, Mill Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave A. 106.
|
| PURYER
|
Ernest
George |
Private
G/5044, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died of wounds Saturday 6th October 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 24. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Mill Hill,
Middlesex. Son of Mr. G. W. and Mrs. E. Puryer, of 1, South St.,
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
(NORD)Nord, France. Grave III. E. 123.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| QUICK
|
Francis
John |
Private
T.F. 293689, 3rd/10th (T.F.) Battalion attd. 11th Entrenching Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds Friday
22nd March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Born and enlisted
Leighton Buzzard.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W Quick, of 92, Bassett Rd., Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave VI. E. 34. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| QUICK
|
Harold
Arthur |
 Private
4735, "A" Company, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Monday 6th September 1915 in Gallipoli. Age 19. Enlisted
and resident Leighton Buzzard. Son of Alfred James and Clara Quick,
of 70, Hockliffe Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey. Panel 54 and 218. See also Leighton
Buzzard and
Leighton Buzzard Salvation
Army. |
| RAYNER
|
John
|
Private
33874, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
12th January 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Barton Bendish,
Norfolk, enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Buried in FIFTEEN
RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH, Nord, France. Grave IV.
A. 20. |
| REDDING
|
Thomas
Edmund |
[List
as Lance Corporal] Private 29512, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Friday 20th April 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 33. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Luton.
Son
of Jabez and Emma Redding; husband of Lizzie Kate Redding, of 24,
Church St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 41. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| REEVE
|
William
Benjamin |
Pioneer
365900, Tyne Elec. Engineers, Royal Engineers. Died at home on Saturday
6th July 1918. Born Willsden, Middlesex, resident Harlesden, Middlesex.
Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave K.
159. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| RICHMOND
|
Frederick
Robert |
2nd
Lieutenant, 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
Tuesday 13th March 1917. Son of Robert and Fanny Richmond, of Heathwood,
Leighton Buzzard. Brother of Harold (below). Buried in DELVILLE
WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Grave XXVI. R. 3.
|
| RICHMOND
|
Harold
Stedman |
Captain
(Temporary), 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in
action Thursday 24th August 1916. Son of Robert and Fanny Richmond,
of Heathwood, Leighton Buzzard. Brother of Frederick (above). Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.
|
| ROBERTS
|
Sidney
|
Private,
22011, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday
23rd April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born and resident
Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford. Son of George and Alice Roberts,
of 4, Bedford St., Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
| ROSE
|
George
Thomas |
Trooper,
No. 889 Fourth Reinforcements, 10th Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F.
Born January 1892 in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England,
the son of Mrs. A.H. Rose (later Mrs. Bates) of 46, Union Street,
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. He was unmarried and on November
22, 1912, he emigrated to Australia. On January 7, 1915, he enlisted
in the A.I.F. in Perth, Western Australia. Killed in action in the
assault on Hill 60, Anzac, on August 29, 1915. Bandsmen/
Songster in the Salvation Army. Name
commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Reference to be found in the Australian War Memorials AWM145 Roll
of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army. See also Leighton
Buzzard Salvation Army. |
| ROWE
|
George
Walter |
Private
22271, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
9th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 34. Born Bedford,
enlisted Derby, resident Lower Hartshay, Derbyshire. Son of George
and Emma Rowe, of 10, Back Lane, Leighton Buzzard; husband of Emily
Rowe, of 15, Summer St., Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48
to 50 and 162A.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| RUFFHEAD
|
Frederick
Charles |
Corporal
16998, "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 1st July 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 32. Born resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son of Thomas Harry and Eliza Ruffhead, of Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. See also
Beaudesert
School. |
| SAMUEL
|
Albert
|
Private
79930, 27th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died at home Wednesday
27th March 1918. Age 42. Enlisted Sheffield. Husband of Alice Rose
Samuel, of 33, Vandyke Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Formerly 45298, King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY,
Leighton Buzzard. Grave CC. 360. |
| SANFORD
|
Ralph
|
Sapper
563264, B.B. Cable Section, Royal Engineers. Died on Monday 10th
March 1919. Age 29. Son of Robert and Matilda Sanford, of 19, Dudley
St., Leighton Buzzard. Formerly (2500), Middlesex Regiment. Buried
in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave CC. 96. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| SHACKLETON
|
H
|
Private
possibly Frederick Harry SHACKLETON,
Corporal 25435, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Sunday 25th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 23.
Enlisted and resident Luton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Reeves
Shackleton, of "Athelstan," 27, Clarendon Rd., Luton.
Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
4 and 5. |
| SHACKLETON
(aka WISE) |
Joseph
Benjamin |
Private
9219, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
5th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 28. (Served as
WISE). Born Fenny Stratford, resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son of John W. and Sophia Shackleton, of 16, Friday St., Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C |
| SHEPHERD
|
Sidney
|
Private
20072, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire. Killed in action Friday 28th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard,
enlisted Dunstable.
Buried in POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERYIeper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave C. 23. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| SMITH
|
Arthur
James |
Private
266439, 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxfordhsire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Thursday 16th August 1917 in France
& Flanders. Born Linslade, Bucks, enlisted Aylesbury, Bucks,
resident Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
| SMITH
|
Harry
|
Private
possibly Harry SMITH,
Private 3123, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), Killed in action Monday
2nd April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Formerly 10945,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Alice Smith, of London
Rd., Bulbrook, Bracknell, Berks. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| SMITH
|
James
|
Private
13550, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
8th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born, resident
and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son of Wm. and Agnes Smith, of St. Andrew's St., Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A.
Grave 28. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| SMITH
|
Joseph
|
Private
13553, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home of wounds
Tuesday 20th July 1915. Age 25. Born, resident and enlisted Leighton
Buzzard.
Son of David and Mary Ann Smith, of II, Regent St., Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave B.
588. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| SMITH
|
Robert
|
Private
39039, 35th Labour Battalion, Royal Fusiliers transferred to (6638)
103rd Labour Company, Labour Corps. Died on Tuesday 3 December 1918.
Age 23. Son of William and Agnes Smith, of 70, St. Andrews St.,
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton
Buzzard. Grave E. 7. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| SMITH
|
William
Arthur |
Private
G/13302, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action Thursday 28th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Leighton
Buzzard, resident and enlisted Luton.
Buried in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Grave
III. H. 31. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| STEADMAN
|
John
Noel |
Private
871056, 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Killed
in action on Vimy Ridge Monday 9th April 1917. Age 21. Born 27th
December 1894. Fourth son of Frances Steadman, of 53, Dudley St.,
Leighton Buzzard, and the late Rev. W. Steadman. Brother of William
Niven Steadman below.Living at 6 Mesnage Blk, 3 Alneau Street, St
Boniface, Canada. Born Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. Mother Mrs
Francis Steadman of Leighton Buzzard. Employed as farm labourer.
Unmarried. Enlisted 4th February 1916 at Winnipeg. Height 5ft 6ins.
Waist 36ins. Complexion Fair. Eyes Blue. Hair Fair. Church of England.
Commemorated
on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada
Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9249
- 51. |
| STEADMAN
|
William
Niven |
Private
904468, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Died
on Tuesday 30th October 1917. Age 27. Born 22nd January 1890. Second
son of the Rev. W. and Mrs. F. S. A. Steadman, of 53, Dudley St.,
Leighton Buzzard. Borther of Noel above. Living at Battle Beud,
Alberta. Born Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. Mother Mrs Steadman,
53, Dudley Street, Leighton Buzzard. Working as farmer. Unmarried.
Enlisted 6th March 1916 in Edmonton. Height 5ft 6¼ins. Waist
34ins. Complexion clean. Eyes Blue. Hair Brown. Church of England.
Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 24 - 28 - 30. National Archives of Canda Accession Reference:
Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9250
- 3. |
| STEVENS
|
Samuel
Walter |
[Listed
as W S Stevens on memorial] Sapper 522217, 157th Field Company,
Royal Engineers. Died on Wednesday 13th November 1918. Age 28. Husband
of Elizabeth Stevens, of 12, Plantation Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in DON COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ANNOEULLIN, Nord, France. Grave I. B.
35. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| STEVENS
|
Henry
George |
Private
28659, 6th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action Thursday 21st March 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Coventry. Formerly 35213, Wiltshire
Regiment.
Buried in ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave I. H.
35. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| STEVENS
|
Thomas
James |
Corporal
28435, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Died on Monday 2nd June 1919.
Son of James and K Stevens. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY,
Leighton Buzzard. Grave B. 571A. |
| STEVENS
|
William
|
Private
235092, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment). Killed in action Sunday 5th August 1917 in France &
Flanders. Age 19. Born and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of Emily
Watts (formerly Stevens), of 66 Church St., Leighton Buzzard, and
the late Samuel Stevens. Formerly 3215, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 37. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| STEVENS
|
William
|
Private
20014, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
23rd August 1918 in France & Flanders. Born heath and Reach,
enlisted Ampthill, resident Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Grave IV. P. 11. |
| TEW
|
Edward
John |
Private
8109, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
28th October 1914 in France & Flanders. Age 30. Born Liddington,
Beds, enlisted Bedford, resident Little Billington. Son of Emma
Tew of Billington Crossing, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire., and the late
Henry Tew. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10 and 11. |
| THOMPSON
|
Amos
|
Sapper
158742, 4th Provisional Company, Royal Engineers. Died at home Wednesday
10th May 1916. Age 27. Born and resident Heath and Reach, enlisted
Luton. Husband of Mabel Florance Thompson, of Lanes End, Heath.
Buried in HEATH AND REACH CEMETERY, Heath and Reach. Grave B. 47.
|
| TILBROOK
|
Archibald
James |
Rifleman
R/26323, 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
Tuesday 5th November 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 33. Born
Maidstone, Kent, enlisted Luton, resident Leighton Buzzard. Son
of James Tilbrook, of 47, Melville Rd., Maidstone, Kent; husband
of Lilian N. Tilbrook, of 25, Dudley St, Leighton Buzzard. Formerly
TR/13/26165, 19th Battalion, Training Reserve. Buried in FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave D. 16. |
| TOE,
MM |
Walter
Dennis |
[Listed
as Company Sergeant Major on memorial.] Sergeant 43254, 6th Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10th November 1917 in
France & Flanders. Born Kensington, Middlesex, enlisted Leighton
Buzzard. Formerly 3/7407, Bedfordshire Regiment. Son of Annie Toe,
of 16, Regent St., Leighton Buzzard, and the late Frank Toe. Born
at Leighton Buzzard. [Note two entries state SDGW born Kensington,
CWGC born Leighton Buzzard] Awarded Military Medal. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE
CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Grave CC. 101. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| TOMS
|
William
|
Private
32269, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
11th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 34. Resident and
enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Husband of S. J. Cowley (formerly Toms),
of 88, North St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave XXV. M. 13. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| TOOLEY
|
Harold
Augustus Rupert |
Lieutenant,
[Channel Island Militia (Guernsey)] 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey
Light Infantry, attached to 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
Died at DCLI Sunday 20th December 1914. Age 35. Son of Alfred William
and Caroline Tooley, of Leighton Buzzard; husband of Zelie Laine
Tooley (nee Hocart), of 1, George Place, Guernsey. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 47. |
| TOWERS
|
G
L |
Corporal.
No further information currently. |
| TURNEY
|
Bert
|
either
[Henry] Bert TURNEY, Private 9021, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal
Lancaster Regiment). Died of wounds Wednesday 14th October 1914
in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born and enlisted Leighton Buzzard.
Son of Robert and Ellen Turney, of 16, Soulbury, Leighton Buzzard.
Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIALComines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
Panel 2.
or Bertram TURNEY Private 11282, Surrey (QMR) Yeomanry.
Killed in action Wednesday 25th September 1918 in Salonika. Enlisted
Bedford, resident Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL,
Greece. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| UNDERWOOD
|
Thomas
|
Private
13852, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
21st April 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 26. Born, resident
and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of David and Mary Underwood;
husband of Ethel Povey (formerly Underwood), of 18, Lawn Rd., Northfleet,
Gravesend, Kent. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| WARD
|
Frederick
|
probably
Sapper 160508, 79th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
Saturday 13th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 26. Born
Catford, Kent, enlisted Chelsea, Middlesex, resident Lewisham, Kent.
Son of William and Mary A. Ward, of 100, Brookdale Rd., Catford,
London. Said to be married and to have lived at 1 Stanbridge Road,
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Grave P. VII. M. 3B. |
| WERNHAM
|
James
|
Lance
Corporal 21034, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action
Sunday 24th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Newbury,
Berkshire, enlisted Bedford. Formerly 7146, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Buried in TANCREZ FARM CEMETERY, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
Grave I. J. 25. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| WEST
|
Frederick
John |
Private
31255, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
30th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Heath and Reach,
enlisted Bedford, resident Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50
and 162A |
| WHITBREAD
|
Leonard
George |
Private
16389, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
28th December 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Stantonbury, Bucks,
resident and enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL. Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| WHITMAN
|
Bernard
Frank |
Lance
Corporal 19267, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died of wounds Saturday 5th May 1917 in France & Flanders. Age
27. Born Kildare, Ireland, enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of Emily
Wilson, of 207, Bertha St., Kenilworth, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais,
France. Grave IX. G. 10. |
| WHYBROW
|
William
Samuel |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal on memorial]. Private 13585, "C" Company,
1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died on Friday 7th February
1919. Age 24. Son of Joseph and Millicent Jane Whybrow, of 36, East
St., Leighton Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton
Buzzard. Grave E. 8. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| Not
on Memorial |
| BUNKER
|
Henry
Charles Eliott |
Private
13317, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
11th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Luton. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| CORNISH
|
Reginald
Alfred |
Rifleman
1810, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles).
Killed in action Saturday 1st July 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Westminster. Son of
Herbert Stockbridge Cornish and Ellen Eliza Cornish, of 6, Wing
Rd. Terrace, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 C.
See also Beaudesert
School and Linslade.
|
| GROVES
|
Frederick
|
Private
G/63272, 19th London Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action Sunday 1st September 1918 in France
& Flanders. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Bedford.
Formerly 21665, Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 8-9. |
| HOLMES
|
Joseph
|
Private
9345, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
11th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Dunstable. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| POLLARD
|
Ernest
|
Farrier
Sergeant, 1st/1st, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Died of wounds
Saturday 25th August 1917 in Egypt. Age 24. Born and resident Leighton
Buzzard, enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Joseph Andrew and Elizabeth
Pollard, of High St., Wing, Bucks. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave B. 124. |
| WHITE
|
Edwin
|
Company
Sergeant Major L/7619, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Killed in action Tuesday 28th September 1915 in France & Flanders.
Age 33. Born and resident Leighton Buzzard, enlisted Woolwich, Kent.
Son of Edwin and Bessie White, of 24, Wing Rd., Linslade, Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIALPas de Calais, France. Panel
15 to 19. See also Linslade.
|
| 1939-1945
|
| BADCOCK
|
Frederick
G |
Sapper
2130621, 87 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers. Died on Sunday 17th
September 1944. Age 35. Son of Albert Arthur and Eliza Mary Badcock;
husband of Mary Catherine Badcock, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in
CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave 3. B. 1. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| BAINES
|
Henry
Richard |
Private
5344466, 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died on Wednesday
7 April 1943. Age 27. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar.
Face 15. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| BASTIN
|
Rudolph
Gastin |
Photograph
Copyright
© Richard E hinkle 2002
|
Gunner
930000, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died on Saturday 10th March 1945. Age 24. Son
of Gastin and May Bastin; nephew of Mrs. E. Pratt, of Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY, China, (including
Hong Kong). Grave V. E. 3.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
|
| BILLINGHAM
|
Henry
George |
Private
5954501, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died on Tuesday 19th
December 1944. Husband of Rhoda M. Billingham, of Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 18. E. 9.
|
| BRAY
|
Stanley
|
Gunner
1616906, Royal Artillery. Died on Monday 21st October 1946. Age
32. Son of Adam and Elizabeth Bray; husband of Peggy Irene Bray,
of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton
Buzzard. Plot H.H. Grave 63. See
also Leighton Buzzard
Salvation Army. |
| BUTLER
|
Richard
William |
Captain
330715, attached 9th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died on Monday
9th April 1945. Age 30. Son of William and Margaret Lucy Butler,
of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Grave
20. H. 18. |
| CLARK
|
Albert
James |
Private
11419377, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on Tuesday
16th May 1944. Age 24. Son of Harry and Ethel Clark, of Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave XII. G. 19.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| CLAYTON
|
Herbert
Thomas |
Gunner
1633497, 241 Battery, 77 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
on Sunday 18th July 1943. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Grave 8. E. 35. |
| COOPER
|
Alfred
J |
Gunner
904032, 68 A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on Sunday 2nd June
1940. Age 18. Son of Mrs. H. G. Major and stepson of Mr. H. G. Major,
of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton
Buzzard. Sec. O. Grave 318. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| CRIGHTON
|
A
V |
[Spelt
CREIGHTON on CWGC] Able Seaman C/J 101244, H.M.S. Mercury, Royal
Navy. Died on Sunday 7th July 1940. Buried in Church of England
portion of PORTLAND ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Dorset. Collective grave
671. |
| DAVIS
|
Percy
James |
[Seplt
DAVIES elsewhere] Stoker 1st Class, P/KX 97430, H.M.S. Hood, Royal
Navy. Died on Saturday 24th May 1941. Age 26. Son of William James
and Amy Davis, of Watford, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 55, Column 1. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| DELL
|
William
Joseph |
Corporal
EX. 3192, No. 42 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines. Died on Wednesday
31st January 1945. Age 25. Son of Walter and Bithiah Rose Dell,
of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Grave
11. D. 4.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| DENNISON
|
Ronald
Henry |
Lance
Serjeant, 871353, 512 Battery, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field
Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on Tuesday 12th September 1944.
Age 24. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column 36.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| EGGLETON
|
Charles
Dennis George |
 |
Able
Seaman, D/JX 444764, H.M.S. Albatross, Royal Navy. Died
on Friday 11th August 1944 . Age 20. Son of Charles and
Edith Eggleton; husband of Hilda Winifred Gertrude Eggleton,
of Princethorpe, Warwickshire. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 86, Column 2. See also Beaudesert
School. |
|
| FITSELL
|
Richard
Louis |
Sergeant,
1164381, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
Friday 12th September 1941. Age 21. Son of Henry Louis Fitsell,
and of Lucy Mary Fitsell, of Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 43. See also Beaudesert
School and Cedars
School Memorial. |
| FLEMMING
|
Sydney
Cyril |
Photograph
Copyright
© Richard E hinkle 2002
|
Lance
Serjeant, 5945090, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment. Died on Wednesday 7th February 1945. Age 42. Son
of Thomas and Emma Flemming; husband of Hilda Rose Flemming,
of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY, China,
(including Hong Kong). Grave VII. F. 12.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
|
| FOSTER
|
Frederick
John |
Lance
Serjeant, 1553022, 67 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on
Friday 2nd February 1945. Age 28. Son of William and Sarah Anne
Foster; husband of Dorothy May Foster, of Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
Buried in BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY, Limburg, Netherlands. Grave VI.
307. See also Beaudesert
School and Cedars
School Memorial. |
| GARNER
|
William
George |
Aircraftman
2nd Class, 951796, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Wednesday
2nd October 1940. Son of George Garner and of Elizabeth Emily Garner,
of Leighton Buzzard; husband of B. Garner, of Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard. Section
O. Grave 39. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| GASKIN
|
Ernest
R |
Adjutant,
Salvation Army. Died on Monday 9th April 1945. Age 35. Son of Thomas
and Mary Elizabeth Gaskin, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in BARI WAR
CEMETERY, Italy. Grave IX. D. 9. See also Beaudesert
School and Leighton
Buzzard Salvation Army. |
| GILBERT
|
Kenneth
Harold |
[Listed
as Harold Kenneth GASKIN on CWGC] Bombadier, 900696, 419 Battery,
148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died on Sunday 1st August 1943. Age 24. Son of Harold James Gilbert,
and of Maude Gilbert, of Leighton Buzzard. Prisoner of war. Buried
in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Grave 8. G. 37. See also
Beaudesert
School.
Rare
photo taken with Japanese solders after Singapore fell.
Third
from left back row, Albert Cavalier, Front first right Harold
Gilbert
Harold
Gilbert on the left and Donald Horne on the right.
|
| GILL
|
Ernest
Hector |
Corporal
1258560, 15076 Air Ministry Experimental Station (A.M.E.S.), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action at sea in transit in the landing ship LST 305 which
was torpedoed by the U-Boat U-230 off Anzio, Italy, 20 February
1944. Aged 37. Native of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Son of
Ernest and Polly Gill, of Prees, Shropshire; husband of Gwendoline
Olive Gill, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on MALTA
MEMORIAL, Malta. Panel 15, Column 2. See also Malta
Memorial |
| GRIFFIN
|
Arthur
Charles |
Flight
Lieutenant
62311, Pilot, 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
on Sunday 22nd August 1943. Age 27. Son of Charles Henry and Emma
Griffin, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in IRVINESTOWN CHURCH OF IRELAND
CHURCHYARD, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Plot 1. Grave 12.
See also Beaudesert
School and Cedars
School Memorial. |
| GROVES
|
F
|
Private.
No further information currently. |
| HEWITT
|
George
Edward |
Private
5957832, 1/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment.
Died Tuesday 10th November 1942 in the Middle East. Age 31. Born
and resident Bedfordshire. Son of William and Caroline Hewitt. Buried
in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave 4. B.
18. |
| HYDE
|
Sydney
Thomas John |
Private
5950866, 2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on Monday 29th May 1944. Age 24.
Son of Thomas and Florence Elizabeth Hyde, of Leighton Buzzard.
Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave I. E. 4. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| JARDINE
|
William
Patterson |
Craftsman
5959076, 539 Workshop Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Died on Wednesday 14th November 1945. Age 30. Son of William Patterson
Jardine and Jeanie Meek Jardine; husband of Grace Jardine, of Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt.
Panel 6. O. 5. |
| JORDAN
|
Lionel
John |
Captain
EC/2895, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died on Tuesday
8th August 1944. Buried in AREZZO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave I.
A. 21. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| KING
|
Francis
John |
Private
5953391, 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on Saturday 22nd November 1941.
Age 29. Son of George and Lottie King, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Grave 8.A. 10. |
| KING
|
William
James |
Aircraftman
1st Class, 1164131, 67 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on Tuesday 23rd December 1941. Age 21. Son of George and Nellie
Mary King, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in RANGOON WAR CEMETERY,
Myanmar. Grave 3. B. 13. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| LANCASTER
|
John
William |
Trooper
5947238, 4th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Died on Monday
31st July 1944. Age 33. Son of John and Jane Lancaster, of Leighton
Buzzard; husband of Alice Mary Lancaster, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried
in AREZZO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave III. D. 27. |
| LAW
|
Harold
John |
Lance
Sergeant 913912, 419 Battery, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field
Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on Tuesday 12th September 1944.
Age 28. Son of George Frederick and Mary Law; husband of Dorothy
Lilian Law, of Luton. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.
Column 36. See also Cedars
School Memorial and Beaudesert
School. |
| LEE
|
William
Henry |
Private
1553045, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died on Sunday 4th
February 1945 in Burma. Age 29. Son of Albert Thomas Lee and Minnie
Lee; husband of Lilian May Lee, of Dunstable. Born and resident
Bedfordshire. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY,Myanmar. Grave 10.
D. 4. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| LINNEY
|
Frederick
|
Lance
Corporal, 5954936, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots. Died on Saturday
18th November 1944. Age 24. Son of Samuel and Alice Linney, of Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in FAENZA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave VI. C. 16.
See also Beaudesert
School. |
| MARKS
|
Percy
Clifford |
Private
5505188, 5th Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died
on Friday 30th October 1942 in the Middle East. Age 26. Son of Florence
Marks, and stepson of William Alfred Quick; husband of Ethel May
Marks, of Sandown, Isle of Wight. Born Bedfordshire, resident Kent.
Buried in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave XVII. D. 25. See
also Beaudesert
School. |
| MORRIS
|
Alan
Henry |
Private
14695179, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died on Wednesday
12th July 1944. Age 19. Son of Charles and Nellie Morris, of Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in SECQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN WAR CEMETERY, Calvados,
France. Grave II. A. 14. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| MORSE
|
Charles
John |
Petty
Officer Stoker, D/K 65312, H.M.S. Tamar (lost in S.S. Lisbon Maru),
Royal Navy. Died on Friday 2nd October 1942. Age 36. Husband of
Winifred Morse, of Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 69, Column 2. |
| OLNEY
|
Kenneth
Walter |
Lance
Bombardier 791518, 131 Battery, 47 Light. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died on Thursday 2nd December 1943. Age 21. Son of William and Ethel
Olney, of Leighton Buzzard. Buried in BARI WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Grave XIV. B. 34. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| PRATT
|
Stanley
Walter |
 |
Surgeon
Lieutenant (M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S.), H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died on Sunday 5th April 1942.
Age 29. Son of Walter and Annie Rosa Pratt, of Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.
L.R.C.P. Panel 76, Column 3. See also Cedars
School Memorial. |
|
| PRUDENT
|
Vivian
Jack |
Marine
EX/5309, R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O.1., Royal Marines. Died on Sunday
1st June 1941. Age 19. Son of Jack and Annie Prudent; grandson of
Mrs. A. Burchell, of Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 103. Column 2. See also Cedars
School Memorial. |
| ROWE
|
Geoffrey
Aveline |
2nd
Lieutenant, 76124, 1st Bucks. Bn., Oxford. and Bucks Light Infantry.
Died on Monday 27th May 1940. Age 34. Son of Ernest and Annie Jane
Rowe. Commemorated on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France. Column 93.
|
| SIFLEET
|
Ernest
George |
Marine
CH/X 1970, H.M.S. Cornwall, Royal Marines. Died on Sunday 5th April
1942. Age 22. Son of Sydney Thomas and Mary Louisa Sifleet, of Leighton
Buzzard. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Reference
65, 2. |
| SIMS
|
Henry
Percy |
Corporal
T/188356, 308 Res. M.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
on Saturday 26th April 1941. Age 25. Son of Arthur and Alice Sims;
husband of Kathleen Sims, of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated
ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 8. |
| SMITH
|
Kenneth
Ernest D |
Private
5954692, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on Thursday
5th December 1940. Age 25. Son of Henry and Florence Smith, of Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in LEIGHTON-LINSLADE CEMETERY, Leighton Buzzard.
Section O. Grave 325. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| STANNARD
|
Leslie
Frank |
Flying
Officer 151143, Nav. 138 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on Monday 8th May 1944. Age 33. Son of Frank and Ethel Stannard,
of Chandler's Ford, Hampshire. Buried in KVIBERG CEMETERY, Sweden.
Grave 3. B. 3. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| STEVENS
|
Cyril
Ernest |
 |
Marine
CH/X 108711, No. 48 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines. Died on
Tuesday 6th June 1944. Age 21. Son of Nora L. R. Read, of
Leighton Buzzard. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados,
France. Grave XV. B. 3. See also Beaudesert
School. |
|
| WARD
|
William
Charles |
Sergeant
5948112, 1st Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on Sunday 23rd November 1941. Age
27. Husband of Letitia Ward, of Salford, Lancashire. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE
WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Grave 11. H. 10. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| WASHINGTON
|
[George]
Reginald |
Private
6019999, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died on Tuesday 23rd November
1943. Age 26. Son of Albert and Ada Alice Washington, of Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave XVII.
D. 11. See also Beaudesert
School. |
| WEST
|
Cyril
James |
Driver
T/5957728, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on Saturday 29th September
1945. Age 30. Son of Harry and Kate West; husband of Gladys Mary
West, of Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 17. Column 2. |
| WHITMAN
|
William
John |
Lance
Bombadier 1808716, 239 Battery, 77 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died on Monday 29th November 1943. Age 29. Son of William Henry
and Lottie Whitman; husband of Kathleen Emily Whitman, of Linslade,
Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.
Column 11. See also Cedars
School Memorial and Beaudesert
School. |
| WOODLAND
|
Reginald
William Joseph |
Gunner
1063511, 76 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on Sunday 15th
October 1944. Age 37. Son of Alfred and Lily Woodland, of Radstock,
Somerset. Buried in OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Grave II. A. 13. |
| WRAY
|
Phillip
William |
Fusilier
14655895, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died on Friday 28th July 1944. Age 19. Son of Frederick Thomas Wray
and Violet Rose Wray, of Paddington, London. Buried in FLORENCE
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave X. C. 6. |
Last updated
30 July, 2012 |
