STEPPINGLEY
ST LAWRENCE WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Lynda Smith 2001 |
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The
brass memorial is on the wall of the St. Lawrence Church, Steppingley.
It takes the form of a brass plaque with a painted stone surround; the
stone surround is mounted above a cherubs head. It gives the name, date
of joining and date of death of the six men who gave their lives. The
names have been sorted into alphabetical order here.
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Photograph
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2001 |
1914
– 1919
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
| BATTAMS |
John
William |
Pte.
17710. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Joined
9 November 1914. Killed in action Saturday 25 September 1915.
Age 23. Born and lived Steppingley. Enlisted Bedford. Son of
Charles & Elizabeth Battams of 36 Dukes Cotts., Steppingley,
Bedfordshire. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref.
Panel 41. |
| BRIGHTMAN |
Herbert |
Pte
G/60786. 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, City of London
Regiment. Joined 11 May 1916. Killed in action Thursday 28 March
1918. Born Steppingley. Lived Ampthill. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated on
Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. I.A.9. |
| GIBBONS |
Harry |
Corporal
17743, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment formerly 76192, Duke
of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 27 September
1918. Aged 23. Born Maldon, Essex, resident Steppingley, Bedfordshire,
enlisted Bedford. Son of Jesse and Caroline Gibbons, of Steppingley,
Bedfordshire. Buried in MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France.
Plot VI. Row A. Grave 25. See also Maldon,
Essex |
| NORRIS |
Arthur
Frederick Owen |
Serjeant
25675. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Joined
26 January 1916. Killed in action Tuesday 30 October 1917. Age
24. Born Haynes, Bedfordshire. Lived Boreham Wood, Herts. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of David & Kate Norris of Flitwick Lodge, Flitwick, Bedfordshire.
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. Panel 48 to 50 & 162A. |
| ROGERS |
Tom
(Thomas) |
L/Cpl
17712. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Joined
9 November 1914. Died of wounds Wednesday 12 July 1916. Age 34.
Born Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Lived Ampthill. Enlisted Bedford.
Husband of Fanny Rogers of 24 Steppingley, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on
Dive Copse British Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. II.E.13. |
| WARNER |
Hector
Stanley |
Pte.
242223. 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
(Notts & Derbys Regiment). Joined 29 September 1916. Killed
in action Thursday 17 October 1918. Age 20. Born and lived Steppingley.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Mrs. H. Warner of 31 Rectory Road, Steppingley.
Commemorated on Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Ref. IV.A.12. |
KILLED
IN ACTION IN THE GREAT WAR
Last updated
4 December, 2018
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