Captain. Buckinghamshire Battalion (Territorial), Oxfordhsire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 10th February 1916. Age 29. Son of Henry Backhouse, of "Yelland," 23, McKinley Rd., Bournemouth. Buried in HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 9.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3, page 12:

BACKHOUSE, JOHN WILLIAM, Capt., 1st Buckinghamshire (Territorial) Battn. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, eldest s. of Henry Backhonse, of Yelland, McKinley Road, Bournemouth, late of the County of Durham, by his wife, Georgina Mary, dau. of John Harrison Stanton ; b. Barnard Castle, co. Durham. 9 March, 1886; educ. Aysgarth Preparatory School, and Bedale's, Petersfield ; held a position under the Duke of Buccleuch, and was afterwards Land Agent to the late Capt. G. F. Higgins, of the Turvey House Estate, Bedford, and then to Major T. C. R. Higgins ; applied for a commission after the outbreak of the European war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1 Sept. 1914, being promoted Capt. 10 June. 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hebuterne, 9 Feb. 1916. Buried in the Military Cemetery there ; unm.

Private T.F. 1400, 1/10th (T.F.) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died at Naina Tal, 29th April 1916 in India. Age 21. Born Turvey, enlisted Battersea, Surrey. Son of George Edward and Francis Maud Hopkins, of 1 Burnham Rd., St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI, India. Face 20. Buried in Kala Khan Cemetery, Naini Tal.

Lieutenant, Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry who died of wounds aboard Hospital Ship "Devanha" on Sunday, 2nd May 1915, wounded the same day. Aged 18. Son of Henry Longuet Longuet-Higgins and Gertrude Mary Longuet-Higgins, of Vine Cottage, Turvey. Born at 7 Sandringham Drive, Liverpool, April 18th 1896, the youngest son of Henry Longuet-Higgins (Solicitor), of Turvey Abbey, Bedfordshire. Formerly Private 1289, 28th Battalion (Artists Rifles), London Regiment. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Liverpool, Lancashire, at school, resident with his parensts, Henry Longuet and Gertrude Mary Longuet-Higgins, at 75 Gunterstone Road West Kensington W, Fulham, London. Buried at sea off Ehodes. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 13.

[John E. on memorials] M.E., A.I.M.M. Lieutenant, 1st East Anglian Field Company, Royal Engineers. [Territorial] Killed in action 31st January 1915. Age 38. Son of the Rev. G. F. W. Munby, of Turvey Rectory, Turvey; husband of Emily L. A. Munby. Born May 19th 1875. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 7.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1, page 265-266:

MUNBY, ERNEST JOHN, 2nd Lieut., 1st East Anglian Field Company, R.E. (T.F.), 2nd s. of the late Rev. George Frederick Woodhouse Munby, Rector Turvey, Bedford (1869-1905), by his wife, Harriet Louisa. dau. of the Rev. Canon Linton ; b. Turvey Rectory, 19 May, 1875 ; educ. Rugby and Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A., where he took his degree as Mechanical and became M.Am, S.M.E. and A.I.M. and M. As a Mining Engineer, he worked in Colorado and Borneo, and was subsequently engaged with Lord Cowdray (then Sir Weetman Pearson) in constructing the tunnel under the Hudson River to New York. He was afterwards employed by the Gardner Electric Drill and Hammer Company, and had latterly been engaged at the St. John's Mine, Montezuma, Colorado. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and applied for a commission. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st East Anglian R.E.. 14 Sept. 1914; went to France at the end of Dec., and was killed in action near Bethune, 31 Jan. 1915, being buried at Le Touret. He m. at Croydon, 7 Nov. 1905, Emily Louisa Ann, widow of Capt. Herbert Turner Turner Emery, of Baddow Park, Essex, and dau. of Charles Henry Coxhead ; s.p.

Lieut. Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (1st/1st, South Nottinghamshire Hussars). Died on active service in Cairo, Egypt, 19th February 1919. Age 34. Son of Hannah I. P. Sharpins (formerly Oldrey), of the Laws House, Turvey, Bedfordshire, and the late Robert B. Oldrey. Born at Harpole Hall, Northants. Brother of below. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave P. 98.

Captain. 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. Killed in action at Neuve Cahpelle 29th October 1914. Age 31. Son of Robert Blatchford Oldrey, and of Hannah Jane Powell Oldrey (now Sharpin), of The Laws House, Turvey. Brother of above. Buried in CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2, NEUVILLE - ST. VAAST, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 12.H. 16.

Extracted details from from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1, Part 1 , Page 274:

OLDREY, Robert John Blatchford, Captain, 4th ( Royal Irish ) Dragoon Guards. Eldest son of the late Robert Blatchford Oldrey, of Harpole Hall co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah Jane Powell, of the Laws House, Turvey co. Beds, dau of the late Richard John James.

Born Northampton 18-6-1883, educated Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut 4th Dragoon Guards from the Militia 26-3-1902; promoted Lieutenant 27-2-1905, and Captain 21-1-1911; was adjutant from jan to 27-10-1914; served in India and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders , from 15-8-1914. Took part in the retreat from Mons, and the severe fighting during Sept and Oct, and was killed in action while in command of a squadron at Richebourg, Neuve Chapelle 29-10-1914. Unmarried, was a keen polo player, and represented his Regiment in the Inter- Regimental tournaments, and as a horseman had made his name famous in cavalry circles, being chosen to represent England in the jumping at Olympia, before King Edward and Queen Alexandria at the first Olympian shows.

He was also a prominent figure in the hunting world, being an ardent follower of the Oakley and Beaumont hunt and a winner of many point to point races.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, Volume 1, Part 1 , Page 290:

CAPTAIN ROBERT JOHN BLATCHFORD OLDREY, ADJUTANT 4th (ROYAL IRISH) DRAGOON GUARDS, who was killed in action on the 29th October, 1914, was the eldest son of the late Robert B. Oldrey, of Harpole Hall, Northants, and of Mrs. H. P. Sharpin, of Turvey, Bedfordshire.

He was born on the 18th June, 1883, educated at Uppingham, and joined the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards from the Militia in March, 1902, being gazetted towards the end of the South African War, when he joined his regiment in India, afterwards being stationed in South Africa. He became Lieutenant in February, 1905, and Captain in January, 1911, and was appointed Adjutant of his regiment in January, 1914.

Captain Oldrey was a member of the Cavalry Club and of Ranelagh and Roehampton. He was a keen polo player, and played for his regiment in the Inter-regimental Tournaments. He was an ardent supporter of fox hunting, and rode in a number of point-to-point races. He was chosen to represent England in the jumping at Olympia, in 1908, before King Edward and Queen Alexandra, being presented by the King with a gold cigarette case as a memento of the occasion.

Captain Oldrey left for France with the Expeditionary Force, and was in the retirement from Mons. He was killed at Neuve Chapelle while leading his squadron to relieve the Indians.

Private 18576, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th April 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 18. Born Lavendon, Bucks, enlisted Bedford, resident Turvey. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George William Sargent, of Sharpenhoe, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II. Q. 22.

Lieutenant Colonel, 41180, 25 Field Regt., Royal Artillery who died on Wednesday, 2nd August 1944. Age 35. Son of Robert and Rebecca St. John Manser; husband of Florence Delaplaine Manser, of Turvey. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Grave II. F. 14.

Leading Aircraftman, 1196674, 5003 Airfield Sqdn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on Monday, 22nd May 1944. Age 36. Husband of Lillie Truphet (nee Woolston), of Turvey. Buried in All Saints Cemetery, Turvey. Grave 720A. 1196674 Aircraftsman George Jennings Truphet, aged 36, was serving with the 5003 Airfield Construction Squadron when he died and the Operations Record Book (ORB) for this unit, now held at the Public Records Office at Kew, gives the following details for that day: