LOWER
GRAVENHURST - War Memorial
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Lynda Smith
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ST.
MARY’S REDUNDANT CHURCH
WINDOW
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EVELYN ERNEST ARNOLD COLLISSON
2ND
LIEUTENANT 2ND BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
FEBRUARY 23RD 1916.
THE ONLY SON OF REVD. THOMAS COLLISSON
(DURING WHOSE INCUMBENCY (1896 – 1916) THE CHURCHES OF
UPPER AND LOWER GRAVENHURST WERE RESTORED)
AND FLORENCE HIS WIFE.
THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW OFFICERS AND MANY FRIENDS.
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COLLISSON
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Evelyn Ernest Arnold
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Second Lieutenant "A" Company, 2nd
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday 23 February
1916. Age 22. Son of the Rev, Thomas Collisson, Rector of Gravenhurst,
Bedfordshire., and Florence Collisson. Buried in Cerisy-Gailley Military Cemetery,
Somme, France. Ref, II.G.22.
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The
churchyard serves as the cemetery for Upper Gravenhurst Church.
Buried
in the graveyard are
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SMITH
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George
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Pte. 31553. 3rd Battalion
Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home 22 July 1917. Born & lived
Gravenhurst. Enlisted Ampthill.
31553 PTE.
G. SMITH
BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT
22ND JULY 1917
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GREVETT
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Charles Edward
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Sergeant 1868476 U/T Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday 2 April 1945. Age 19. Son of Albert
and Kate Grevett of Gravenhurst.
1868476 SGT.
C.E. GREVETT
U/T AIR GUNNER
R.A.F.
2ND APRIL 1945. AGE 19
TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
CAME A SUDDEN END
HE DIED AS HE LIVED
EVERYONE’S FRIEND.
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1 February 2003
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