SUNDON
VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Lynda Smith
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The
War memorial stands by the side of the village main street at the junction
of Church Road and State Hall, 7, Church Road, Upper Sundon. The memorial
takes the form of a Portland stone obelisk mounted on a pedestal with
a bronze plate below it with painted letters; the whole stands on two
stone plinths and concrete base set in paved area enclosed in iron railings.
There are 21 names for World War 1 and one for World War 2.
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Copyright © Lynda Smith 2001 |
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| BILLINGTON |
Charles |
Pte.
25970. 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action Friday
10 August 1917. Age 19. Born Lower Sundon. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of Thomas & Ellen Billington of Sundon, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 34. |
| COX |
Albert
George |
Pte.
20172. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
19 April 1916. Born & lived Sundon. Enlisted Bedford. Buried
in Essex Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II.
Row P. Grave 14. |
| COX |
F |
No
further information available at present. |
| EAMES |
Arthur |
Pte.
18439. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
29 April 1917. Born & lived Sundon. Enlisted Bedford. No
known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Bay 5.
See
also Sundon Cement &
Lime Works Memorial (where his date of death is recorded
as 20/4/17) |
| FOSTER |
T |
No
further information available at present. |
| FINCH |
Francis |
Pte.
G/23860. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed
in action Saturday 13 October 1917. Age 19. Born Sundon. Lived
Lower Sundon. Enlisted Luton. Son of Mr. Mrs. J. Finch of Lower
Sundon. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 17. |
| HORNE |
Joseph |
Acting
Company Sergeant Major 6006. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Friday 12 March 1915. Born Sundon. Lived S. Tottenham,
Middlesex. Enlisted Ampthill. Son-in-law of Mrs. Anna M. Gray
of 55 Ivy Road, Luton. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 10 & 11. |
| HORSLER |
Arthur |
Pte.
44567. 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment (Formerly 25908 Bedfordshire
Regiment). Killed in action acting as a stretcher bearer Friday
4 October 1918. Born New Barnes, enlisted Luton. Son of George
and Ann Horsler; brother of Edward and George (below), actually
born in Sundon. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Sundon,
Beds, a Farm Labourer, son of George and Ann Horsler, resident Great
Bramingham, Streatley, Luton, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 9. |
| HORSLER |
Edward |
Pte.
20397. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Friday 15 September 1916. Born Sundon, resident Streatley, enlisted
Bedford. Son of George and Ann Horsler; brother of Arthur (above)
and George (below), actually born in Sundon. Married Alice Maud
Billington in the July to September Quarter 1904 in Luton Registration
District and they had five children; moved to Sharpenhoe. In the
1911 census he was aged 28, born new Barnes, Sundon, beds, a Horseman
on farm, married to Alice Horsler with three sons and one daughter,
resident Sharpenhoe Streatley, Bedfordshire. Buried in Guillemont
Road Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 8. |
| HORSLER |
George |
Cpl.
23647. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
30 October 1917. Born Sundon, resident great Bramingham, Bedfordshire,
enlisted Ampthill. Son of George and Ann Horsler; brother of Edward
and Arthur (above)), actually born in Sundon. In the 1911 census
he was aged 20, born Sundon, Beds, a Farm Labourer, son of George
and Ann Horsler, resident Great Bramingham, Streatley, Luton, Bedfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 – 50 & 162A. |
| HULL |
George |
Pte.
15287. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
12 April 1917. Born & lived Sundon. Enlisted Ampthill. Son
of Mrs. J. Hull of 12 Butlin Road, Luton. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 5. See
also Sundon Cement &
Lime Works Memorial (where his date of death is recorded
as 9/4/17)
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| HULL |
Horace
H. |
Pte.
23254. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Friday 23 August 1918. Born Toddington. Lived Sundon. Enlisted
Ampthill. Buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 2. |
| HULL |
J.
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No
further information available at present. |
| JELLIS |
John |
Pte.
23045. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
15 September 1916. Born Flitwick. Lived Upper Sundon. Enlisted
Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Pier & Face 2C. |
| MARLOW |
Frederick |
L/Sgt.
23068. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
29 April 1917. Age 21. Born & lived Sundon. Enlisted Ampthill.
Son of Frederick & Emma Marlow of 7 Council Cottages, Sundon,
Dunstable. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Bay 5. |
| MARLOW |
Frederick
Stanley |
Pte.
201426. 4th Battalion Essex Regiment (Formerly 5184 Bedfordshire
Regiment). Killed in action Monday 29 October 1917. Lived Sundon.
Enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. Panels 33 to 39. |
| RANDALL |
Samuel |
Pte.
20650. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
6 October 1917. Age 34. Born Lower Sundon. Lived Houghton Regis.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Henry Randall of Sundon, Luton; husband
of Elizabeth Randall of 32 High Street, Houghton Regis, Dunstable,
Bedfordshire. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 – 50 & 162A. |
| SUMMERFIELD |
Joseph |
Pte.
15366. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
17 June 1917. Age 27. Born Sundon. Lived Luton. Enlisted Flitwick.
Son of Elizabeth Summerfield of 17 Storey Street, Apsley, Hemel
Hempstead and the late William Summerfield. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 5. See
also Sundon
Cement & Lime Works Memorial
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| TITMUS |
Harry |
Pte.
18602. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
9 December 1917. Age 40. Born Lilley. Lived Sundon. Enlisted
Bedford. Son of Charles W. Titmus; husband of Mary Jane Titmus
of Sundon, Dunstable, beds. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
48 – 50 & 162A. See
also Sundon Cement
& Lime Works Memorial
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| TOMLINSON |
Albert
Joseph |
Private
41419, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly TR/9/6575, Training
Reserve. Killed in action 22 March 1918. Born 22 August 1898in Bromley,
Staffordshire, enlisted Luton. Son of Alfred Joseph and Harriett
Ann Tomlinson. Admitted to Sundon Board/Lower School 2 January 1908,
son of Alfred Joseph Tomlinson, of Upper Sundon, left for a time
through illness 22 January 1909, formerly educated at St. Mary's,
Hitchin. Admitted to Sundon Board/Lower School 9 August 1909, son
of Alfred Joseph Tomlinson, of Upper Sundon, left for a time through
illness. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, at school, born Abbots
Bromley, Staffordshire, son of Alfred Joseph and Harriet Tomlinson,
resident Sundon, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 4.
Gravestone
in Chalgrave churchyard, note the diference in dates:
In
Loving memory of
My
dear husband
Alfred
Joseph
Tomlinson
Died
2nd August 1939
Aged
68 years.
Also
of his wife
Harriett
Ann
Died
30th September 1940
Aged
72 years.
Also
of their son
Albert
Joseph
Killed
in action
In
France 21st March 1918 |
| WEEKES
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Reginald
Charles |
[WEEKS
on CWGC] L/Sgt.
23070. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
7 August 1918. Age 21. Born Salisbury, Salop. Lived Sundon.
Enlisted Ampthill. Son of Charles & Rose Weeks of Sundon, Dunstable,
Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Vignacourt
British Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row E.Grave 19. |
1939
– 1945 |
| LANE |
R |
Possibly
Ronald Ernest Lane. Sapper 14577224. 501 Field Company, Royal
engineers. Died Saturday 26 February 1944. Aged 20. Son of William
Frederick & Rose Lane of Luton, Beds; Husband of Ellen Lane
of Leagrave, Luton. Buried in Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.
Plot V. Row B. Grave 8. |
Last updated
8 May, 2020
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