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OLD
WARDEN - St Leonard's Church - WW1 Memorial
World War 1- Detailed List of Men
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Lynda Smith
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Photograph
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2001
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WORLD
WAR 1 BRASS PLAQUE IN CHURCH
(This
gives the names of the men, their Regiment, date and place of death.
Some of the details do not completely correspond with the CWGC record.)
THESE
MEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
THEREFORE LET US NOT FORGET THEM. FOR GOD AND RIGHT THEY FOUGHT
AND DIED
MAY WE DO LIKEWISE.
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BRYANT
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Alfred
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1st
H.L.I. Killed 19, Dec.1914. At La Bassee, France. Born Biggleswade.
Enlisted London. Following is the entry from De Ruvigny’s Vol.
II. “ Private No. 11253. 1st Battn. (71st Foot) The
Highland Light Infantry. S. of William Bryant, of Warren Lodge,
Old Warden, Biggleswade; b. Biggleswade, co. Bedford. 30 Dec. 1887;
educ. There; enlisted 19 April, 1907; went to India with his battalion
the following Sept., and from there joined the Expeditionary Force
in France in Nov, 1914, the battalion being a unit of the Sirhind
Brigade of the Indian E.F.; killed in action at La Bassee 20 Dec.
1914. Buried at Festubert. The Highland Light Infantry Chronicle,
referring to the action in which he fell, said: “We are indeed
proud of the name the good old Highland Light Infantry have gained,
and proud of the lads who have fought so well and taken our places
so nobly. They have many, many times wiped out the memory of the
disaster that overtook us and those of our gallant comrades who
fell on the 19th and 20th of December”. Unm.”
Commemorated on Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Ref. VII.F.13.
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BRYANT
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Herbert
Henry
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Pte.
31993. 35th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Inf.). (Formerly
23194 Bedfordshire Regiment). Killed in action Friday 22 June 1917
as Arras. Age 22. Born Bedford. Lived Biggleswade. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of George & Martha Bryant of 47 Old Warden, Biggleswade,
Bedfordshire. Commemorated on Happy Valley British Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Ref. A.17.
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ELLIOT
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Bertram
John
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Pte.
64683. 1st/5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment.
(Formerly 30573 Bedfordshire Regiment). Died 12 July 1919 at 27th
General Hospital, Egypt. Born Meppershall. Enlisted Biggleswade.
Commemorated on Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. P.42.
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HARE
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Herbert
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Pte
20483. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Missing Friday
15 September 1916 in France. Born and lived Old Warden. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Ref. Pier
& Face 2C.
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HAYWARD
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Victor
Albert
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(Recorded
on CWGC as initials B.A.). Pte 10802. 5th Princess Charlotte
of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds Wednesday
27 October 1915 at Lillers. Born Ipswich. Lived Biggleswade. Enlisted
London. Commemorated on Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Ref. IV.D.23
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HAYWARD
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William
Arthur
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(Recorded
on CWGC as initials A.W.) Pte. 13434. 10th Battalion
Essex Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday 20 May 1917 at 55th
Field Ambulance, France. Born Ipswich. Lived Biggleswade. Enlisted
Chelmsford. Commemorated on Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel, Pas-de-Calais,
France ref. C.20.
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MARSTON
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Henry
William
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(recorded
as William on CWGC) L/Cpl. 23111. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action Monday 13 November 1916 at Beaumont Hamel,
France. Born and lived Old Warden. Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Ref. Pier & Face 2C.
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RADFORD
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George
Charles
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L/Cpl.
17472. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Missing 12 September
1916 in France. Age 22. (Died Sunday 10 September 1916 on CWGC)
Born Biggleswade. Enlisted Derby. Son of Charles & Ann Radford
of 19 Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Ref. Pier & Face 8D.
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THOMASON
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George
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Pte.
9252. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 5 November 1914 at Ypres, France (sic) (Died Saturday 31
October 1914 on CWGC). Born and lived Biggleswade. Enlisted Bedford.
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 31 & 33.
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VINTNER
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Charles
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Guardsman
Pte. 8064. 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (1st
Bn. on CWGC). Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, France. 12 March
1915. (Wednesday 10 March on CWGC; 10 – 13 March on CD). Born
Old Warden. Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. Panel 2.
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WEBB
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Francis
William
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L/Cpl.
48578. 1st/8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales Own). Missing Tuesday 9 October 1917 at Passchendaele,
France (sic). Age 29. Born Old Warden. Lived Leeds. Enlisted
Bradford. Husband of Nellie Webb of 45 Estcourt Avenue, Headingley,
Leeds. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. Panel 42 – 47 & 162.
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WHEATLEY
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James
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Pte.
33093. 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (Formerly
6475 Bedfordshire Regiment). Killed in action Friday 15 June 1917
at Croisilles, France. Born Sandy. Lived Old Warden. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated on Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Ref. I.E.II.
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YORK
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Frank
William
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L/Cpl.
1325. 17th Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade,
A.I.F. Died of wounds 23 November 1916 at 38th Casualty
Clearing Station, France. Mentioned on Australian Nom. Roll as
enlisted 19 February 1915. Son of George & Jane York of Old
Warden, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe,
Somme, France. Ref. VI.C.7.
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“YOUR
NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN.”
ST. LUKE x.20
24 July 2001
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