| ASKEW
|
George
|
Probably.
Lance Corporal 12395. 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards.
Died of wounds Monday 15 March 1915. Born Steppingley, Bedfordshire.
Enlisted Ampthill. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Red. IV.A.68. |
| BOLTON
|
Christopher
|
Lance
Corporal 512922. 14th Battalion London Regiment (London
Scottish). Killed in action Wednesday 21 August 1918. Age 21. Lived
Aspley Guise. Enlisted London. Son of John & Elizabeth Bolton
of 87 High Street, Ridgmont. Buried in Locre No. 1 Cemetery, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. B.9. |
| CARTWRIGHT
|
Tom
|
No
further information available at present. |
| COOK
|
Oliver
|
Private
18076. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Friday 3 May 1918. Age 33. Born Husborne Crawley. Lived Ridgmont.
Enlisted Bedford. Husband of Lilly Cook of 29 Church Street, Ridgmont,
Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. Buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XI.B.10. |
| COOPER
|
Charles
|
Private
9820. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Saturday 28 November 1914. Age 22. Born & lived Ridgmont. Enlisted
Ampthill. Son of Mrs. Ann Cooper of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Ref. Panel 4. |
| COTCHIN
|
Joseph
|
2nd
Lieutenant. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Tuesday 9 October 1917. Age 31. Son of Joseph and Emma
Cotchin of 79 Station Road, Ridgmont. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
Panel 48 – 50 & 162A. |
| GARNER
|
Arthur
William |
Private
7923. 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Sunday 16 May 1915. Born &
lived Ridgmount (sic), Bedfordshire. Enlisted Woolwich, Kent. No
known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Ref. Panel 26. |
| LAWRENCE
|
Edward
"Teddy" George |
Private
23603. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
in a French hospital Monday 25 March 1918. Age 20. Born & lived
Ridgmont. Enlisted Ampthill. Son of Harry & Eliza Lawrence of
63 Evershott (probably Eversholt) Road, Ridgmont, Aspley Guise,
Bedfordshire. Buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery, Frevent, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. V.F.3. |
| LAWSON
|
Arthur
|
Either:
Arthur W. Private 5089. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday 5 September 1915. Lived Eversholt.
Enlisted Bedford. Buried in Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey. Ref.
Sp. Mem. C.45. See also Eversholt Memorial.
Or:
Arthur Charles Lance Corporal 20686. 1st Battalion
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
29 September 1918. Born Eversholt. Lived Harlesdon, Middx. Enlisted
Mill Hill. Buried in Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain,
Nord, France. Ref. I.A.15. |
| NICHOLLS
|
Arthur
|
Probably:
Arthur Benjamin Private
26683. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
30 July 1916. Age 20. Born Simpson, Bucks. Lived & enlisted
Ampthill. Son of Harry Samuel & Anne Nicholls of Bury Ware,
Lidlington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Buried in Serre Road Cemetery
No. 2, Somme, France. Ref. XXXI.F.2. |
| NICHOLLS
|
Harry
|
Probably:
Private 23248. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 28 June 1917. Age 19. Born Simpson, Bucks.
Lived & enlisted Ampthill. Son of Harry Samuel & Anne Nicholls
of Bury Ware, Lidlington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. Bay
5. |
| PEPPER
|
Arthur
Charles |
Sgt.
14308. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Tuesday 30 October 1917. Age 26. Born Ridgmont. Lived Oakley,
Bedfordshire. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Phoebe Pepper of 79 High
Street, Ridgmont, and the late John Pepper. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
Panel 48 – 50 & 162A. See also Oakley
Memorial. |
| ROGERS
|
Morris
(William) |
Private
M/301176. 52nd M.T. Company Royal Army Service Corps.
Died at home Thursday 10 May 1917. Born Kentish Town. Lived Ridgmont.
Enlisted Acton. Buried in Ridgmont (All Saints) Old Churchyard,
Bedfordshire. West of Church. |
| SMITH
|
Christopher
Francis |
Private
29452. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Monday 25 September 1916. Born Aspley Guise. Lived Ridgmont.
Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Ref. Pier & Face 2C. |
| WILLIAMSON
|
John
|
[Wilkinson
on SDGW CD]. Private 8137. 1st/2nd City of
London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers. (Formerly 4863 5th
Bedfordshire Regiment). Killed in action Monday 2 October 1916.
Lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Ref. Pier & Face 9D &
16B. |
| WOODS
|
Sidney
|
Private
19523. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Friday 3 November 1916. Born Ridgmont. Lived Bulbourne, Herts. Enlisted
Watford, Herts. Buried in St. Severs Cemetery Extension, Rouen,
Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. O.I.B.5. |
| WOODING
|
Arthur
George |
Private
23357. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Monday 23 April 1917. Born and lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Ampthill.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Ref. Bay 5. |
MEN
1939
– 1945 |
| BUNKER
|
(Arthur)
Thomas |
Private
5951430. 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Died
Sunday 30 January 1944. Age 27. Son of Arthur & Ethel Bunker
of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire. Buried in Minturno War Cemetery, Italy.
Ref. V.C.1. |
| COOK
|
Arthur
|
No
further information available at present. |
| LARGE
|
George
Edward |
Private
5950136. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Regiment. Died Monday 9 August 1943. Age 23. Son of Ada Large of
Ridgmont, Bedfordshire. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
Ref. 2.Q.32. |
| PLEDGER
|
Stephen
|
Probably:
Private 5954359. 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died Monday 20 November 1944. Age 28. Son of Sidney & Eva Pledger;
husband of Edith Kathleen Pledger of Gt. Gransden, Bedfordshire.
Buried in Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Ref. VIII.B.5.
|
| ROSE
|
Bernard
|
Acting
Corporal 5832782, B Company, 11 Platoon, 1st Suffolk
Regiment. Killed while fighting to take the Chateau De La Londe
in Normandy on Wednesday 28 June 1944. Age 31. Husband of Florence
Elizabeth Rose of Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in Hermanville War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. Ref. 5.A.2. |
| SPENDILOW
|
William
|
Probably:
William Spendelow Private 5833363. 2nd Battalion
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment. Died Wednesday 25 October
1944. Age 31. Son of Amos & Emily Spendelow; husband of Alice
Spendelow of Cambridge. Buried in Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Ref.
I.A.5. |
| WELLS
|
Robert
George |
Gunner
1715457. 209 Bty. 70 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Monday
12 June 1944. Age 34. Son f Richard & Ada Wells; husband of
Mabel Olive Wells of Ridgmont. Buried in Ridgmont (All Saints) Old
Churchyard, Bedfordshire. Row 12. Grave 22. |
