ASPLIN

Frank R V

Lance Sergeant, 10507, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action Wednesday 5th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Thurleigh, enlisted Bedford. Buried in Canada Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. B. 3.

Note: See below - The 3 medals are actually named to Asplin as a Corporal, but he would have held the rank of Lance Sergeant in the Regiment. The Regimental diary (WO95/1219) shows that the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, were bombed by aircraft whilst camped near the railway at Dewippe Cabaret on the 4th of September 1917, they suffered 40 casualties. Asplin died the next day.

JEFFERIES

George

Sergeant, 2814, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 26. Born Thurleigh, enlisted Bedford. Son of Mrs. Rebecca Barnes, of Church End, Thurleigh, Bedford. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 B and 6 C

PIGGOTT

H

Sergeant, Royal Horse Guards

DRAPER

Jabez William

Lance Corporal, 17782, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday 21st May 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 22. Born Wilden, enlisted Bedford, resident Thurleigh. Son of Fred and Elizabeth Draper, of Bridge End, Carlton, Bedford. Buried in Tank Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France near Grave A. 44.

COLEMAN

Charles Henry [Harry]

Private, 34880, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action Friday 18th May 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born Bletsoe, enlisted Bedford, resident Thurleigh. Brother of Mr. J. W. Coleman, of 3, Railway Cottage, Coffle End, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. Formerly 33178, Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

HOLLEY

Walter J

Private, 30965, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 15th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 22. Born and resident Thurleigh, enlisted Bedford. Son of Thomas and Annie Holley. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5.

LOVELL

Ernest W

Private, 40549, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 22nd March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Thurleigh, enlisted Bedford. Buried in Savy British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave I. O. II.

FLUTE

Albert Frederick

Private, 100470, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) who died on Monday 9th October 1916. Age 25. Son of Sarah Ann Flute, of Keysoe Rd., Thurleigh, Bedford, England, and the late Thomas Arthur Flute. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

HART

C William

Private, L/2800, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 22nd March 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born Thurleigh, enlisted Bedford. Son of William and Amy Hart, of Keysoe Rd., Thurleigh, Bedford. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. D. 51.

LOVELL

R P

Private, East Surrey Regiment

PHILPOT

Francis Edward

Private 2850, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 9 May 1915. Born 24 November 1891 in Jersey, Channel Islands, enlisted Bedford. Educate Bedford Modern School (1906-07). In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born St. Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands, resident with his parents George Edward and Jane Philpot at Mebtary Arsenal, St Mary, Jersey, Channel Islands. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born St Melades, Jersey Channel, Islands, an Insurance Agent, resident with his widowed mother (a publican), at Red Lion, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire. On 18 January 1914, aged 22, he married Eva Ida Andrews at Thurleigh. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34. See also Bedford Modern School

LOVELL

Arthur E

Private, 13263, 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action Saturday 21st August 1918 in Gallipoli. Born and resident Thurleigh, enlisted Derby. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 150 to 152

GAMMONS

Harold Sidney

Lance Serjeant, 2132478, 757 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on Saturday 24th November 1945. Age 25. Son of Edward and Elsie Eva Gammons; husband of Doris May Gammons, of Horning, Norfolk. Buried in Munster Heath War Cemetery, Telgte, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Grave 1. A. 20.

TRAPP

Andrew