WOBURN
PARISH CHURCH - Hospital Memorials
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Lynda Smith
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The
Woburn Military Hospital Memorial and Duchess of Bedford Window
IN
MEMORY
OF SIXTEEN NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & MEN WHO DIED IN
THE WOBURN MILITARY HOSPITAL
1914 – 1920
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY MARY, WIFE OF HERBRAND XI DUKE OF BEDFORD K.G.
| Private
T. WATSON |
Scottish
Rifles. |
1915 |
| Private
J. SMITH |
5th
Canadian Regiment |
1915 |
| GUNNER
P. O’DONOVAN |
Royal
Garrison Artillery |
1915 |
| Private
H. BROWN |
5th
Canadian Regiment |
1916 |
| L/CPL.
T. TURNBULL |
5th
Canadian Regiment |
1916 |
| Private
J. GREEN |
King’s
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
1916
|
| SGT.
E.F. PEACHY |
Suffolk
Regiment |
1916 |
| Private
W. MELLORS |
Lincolnshire
Regiment |
1916 |
| Private
A. PROSSER |
King’s
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
1916
|
| Private
T. CHANEY |
East
Lancashire Regiment |
1916 |
| Private
J. QUIRK |
Leinster
Regiment |
1916 |
| RIFLEMAN
T. BRAMALL |
King’s
Royal Rifle Corps |
1916 |
| Private
A. WRIGHT |
Sherwood
Foresters |
1917
|
| Private J. GOLD |
Gordon
Highlanders |
1917 |
| Private
W. WHITEHAND |
West
Yorkshire Regiment |
1918 |
| PTE
T. FLEW |
Devonshire
Regiment |
1919 |
ALSO
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHANNES ZACHERIAS TRUTER F.R.C.S. EDIN.
OF WELLINGTON, SOUTH AFRICA
ASSISTANT SURGEON TO THE HOSPITAL
WHO DIED AT WOBURN ABBEY
15 DECEMBER 1918
AND
TO THE MEMORY OF
CONSTANCE ANNIE DEAR
OF NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND
A MEMBER OF THE NURSING STAFF
WHO DIED AT WOBURN ABBEY
ON 4 DECEMBER 1918
BOTH
IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES
AND
YOU, TO WHOM IT WAS NOT GIVEN
TO DIE UPON THE FOUGHTON FIELD
YES, YOU FULL EQUALLY HAVE STRIVEN,
FOR YOU YOUR LIVES DID YIELD
AS NOBLY AS THE MEN WHO FELL,
THERE IN THE BLAZING MOUTH OF HELL.
NOT
IN THE WILD RUSH OF THE FIGHT
GOD SAW IT MEET FOR YOU TO DIE.
YET HE WHO KEEPS HIS ARMOUR BRIGHT
HIS LORD DOTH MAGNIFY.
YOU ANSWERED EQUALLY THE CALL,
AND HE WHO GIVES HIMSELF GIVES ALL.
ON
THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR IN AUGUST 1914, A
MILITARY HOSPITAL CONTAINING 102 BEDS WAS EQUIPPED AT
WOBURN ABBEY BY MARY, DUCHESS OF BEDFORD AND
MAINTAINED BY HER FOR SIX YEARS. IN 1917 THE HOSPITAL WAS
APPOINTED ONE OF THE SPECIAL SURGICAL MILITARY HOSPITALS.
CONVOYS OF THE WOUNDED WERE RECEIVED DIRECT FROM
FRANCE AND 2453 NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN PASSED
THROUGH THE HOSPITAL
TO
THE MEMORY OF
BRYDEN GLENDINING F.R.C.S.
SURGEON TO WOBURN ABBEY HOSPITAL
FROM 1914 TO THE END OF THE WAR
AND SUBSEQUENTLY SURGEON TO THE WOBURN HOSPITAL.
BORN MARCH 29TH 1880
DIED MAY 19TH 1927
WINDOW
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
IN
MEMORY OF MARY DUCHESS OF BEDFORD
WHOSE WORK WAS IN THE HOSPITALS
WHOSE DELIGHT WAS IN THE BIRDS
HOSPITAL
MEMORIAL
This
memorial has not been easy to research. There is obviously no local
link with the men commemorated here. Some with more unusual names
are almost certainly correct, others are as a result of elimination.
If anyone can make any corrections or add further to this research,
we will be very grateful.
| BRAMALL |
Thomas
Dawson |
Rifleman
R/7109. ‘A’ Company, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds Thursday
1 March 1917. Age 24. Born Stockton Heath, Warrington. Enlisted:
Warrington. Son of John and Hannah Bramall of 61 Dudley Street,
Warrington. Buried in Hill Cliffe Baptist Cemetery, Cheshire. Ref.
2nd Part.4.9.
Extract
from Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle 8 March 1917
page 8:
DEATH
AT HOSPITAL.—On Thursday the death occurred at the
Cottage Hospital of Rifleman Thos. Bramall of the King's Royal Riifles.
His foot had to be amputated, but his recovered sufficiently to
be able to get out again. Septic poisoning set in, however, and
he passed away as stated. He was a Warrington man, and his parents
wore at his bedside for nearly three weeks until end, and were the
recipients of expressions sympathy from the Duke and Duchess of
Bed ford.
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| BROWN |
Harry
[Allen] |
Private
A/40110, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment). Died Saturday 15 July 1916. Buried Darley Abbey (St.
Matthew) Churchyard, Derbyshire. |
| CHANEY |
Thomas |
Private
6563. 2nd Battalion East Lancs. Regiment. Died Friday
4 August 1916. Age 38. Born St. Pancras. Enlisted London N.
Son of Mr. T. Chaney of 132 Arlington Road, Camden Town, London.
Served in the South African Campaign. Buried in St. Pancras Cemetery,
Middlesex. Ref. 7.V.356. |
| FLEW |
T |
No
further information available at present |
| GOLD |
James |
Private
S/6770. 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Died 9 October
1917. Born and lived Glasgow. Enlisted Liverpool. Buried in Glasgow
(Sandymount) Cemetery, Glasgow. Ref. O.358. |
| GREEN |
Joseph |
Private
5794. 1st/5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry. Died of wounds Tuesday 12 July 1916. age 16. Son
of the late Michael and Mary Green. Buried in Leeds Roman Catholic
Cemetery. Ref. D.145. |
| MELLORS |
W |
Probably
W. Mellors (Mellor on CWGC) Private 12749. 1st (7th
on CWGC) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Died Tuesday 18 July
1916. age 25. Born and enlisted Nottingham. Lived Ilkeston. Buried in Ilkeston (Park) Cemetery, Derbyshire. Ref. 1621. |
| O’DONOVAN |
Patrick |
Gunner
12656. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds at home. Tuesday
20 July 1915. Born St. Paul’s Hartlepool. Enlisted West Hartlepool. Buried in Hartlepool North Cemetery, Durham. Ref. CO.317.RC. (A/C
Screen Wall). |
| PEACHEY |
Ernest
Frederick |
Sergeant
14858. 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died Thursday
13 July 1916. Age 20. Born Reach, Cambs. Enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk.
Son of Henry & Annie Peachey of Edwardstone. Buried in Edwardstone
(St. Mary) Churchyard, Suffolk. |
| PROSSER |
Albert |
Private
3183. 1st/5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry. Died Thursday 3 August 1916. Age 28. Enlisted
Doncaster. Husband of Charlotte Holmes (formerly Prosser) of 15
Ridge Balk Lane, Woodlands, Doncaster. Buried in Brierley (Grimethorpe)
Cemetery, Yorkshire. Ref. 573. |
| QUIRK |
John |
Private
2495. Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
Died of wounds Friday 27 October 1916. Age 19. Born Belfast. Son
of William and Mary Quirk of 19 Colinward St., Belfast. Buried in Belfast (Milltown) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Co. Antrim. Ref.
LB.26. |
| SMITH |
J |
No
further information available at present |
| TURNBULL |
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 424053, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment). Admitted to Canadian Generalm Hospital, Etaples, with
multiple shell wounds, transferred 10 June to Woburn Military Hospital,
died of those wounds Monday 12 June 1916. Born 6 March 1894 in
Eccles, Berwickshire Scotland. Son of Thomas Turnbull, resident
Kirkton, Hawick. Cousin of Mrs Jane Stewart, of Kairnflat,Kelso,
Roxburghshire. Farmer by trade. Single. Attested 12 February 1915
in Portage la Parairie, Manitoba, Canada, aged 20 years 1 month,
height 5 feet 9 inches, chest 37-40 inches, medium complexion, blue
eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Buried in S.W.
Part of Woburn St. Mary Churchyard. National Archives of Canada
Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9828 - 18 |
| WATSON |
T |
No
further information available at present |
| WHITEHAND |
W. |
Possibly:
Harry Whitehand. Private 306968. 2nd Battalion Depot,
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Died Thursday
11 April 1918. Age 38. Born Isleham Cambs. Lived and enlisted
Leeds. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Ann Whitehand of 20 Trinity
Street, Rhostyllen, Wrexham. Buried in Esclusham (Holy Trinity)
Churchyard, Denbighshire. Ref. S.E. 1.9. |
| WRIGHT |
Arthur |
Private
242383. 2nd/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
(Notts & Derbys Regiment). Died Tuesday 24 April 1917. Aged
27. Born Beeston, Notts. Enlisted Nottingham. Lived Chilwell,
Notts. Raised and lived in Chilwell Nottinghamshire. Son of Edward
and Martha Wright of Chilwell; husband of the late Ida Wright.
Warehouseman in one of the lace factories in Beeston Nottingham. Buried in Attenborough (St. Mary) Churchyard, Notts. |
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6 August, 2021
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