EATON
BRAY WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Martin Edwards
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The
memorial stands in the grounds of St Mary the Virign parish church
next to the main road. The war memorial was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant
Mr. S. Howard Whitbread, on 31 July 1921. The cross is built mainly
of red and grey Scottish granite and syone from the Forest of Dean.
It is in the form of a plinth with at tapering cross that bears a
cross. The original cost was £300. There are thirty-three men
commeorated who died during World War 1 and ten that died during World
War 2.
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The
unveling ceremony 31st July 1921
The
pictures above are taken from "Bedfordshire At War"
by Nigel Lutt
available for purchase from the Bedford Record Office. |

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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
1939-1945
1914-1918
BAKER
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Arthur
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Private
G/17193, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 5th
November 1918 with the British Expeditionary Force. Age
21. Born
Eaton Bray, enlisted Luton. Son
of Mr. J. G. and Mrs. M. A. Baker, of High St., Eaton Bray, Dunstable.
Buried in Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave II. A.
21. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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CHANNINGS
[CHANIN] |
Charles
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[Spelt
CHANNINGS on SDGW & CWGC] Private 10141, 16th Lancers (The Queen's).
Killed in action Saturday 23rd March 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 22. Born Canada, enlisted Bedford, resident Eaton Bray. Son
of William George and Emma Channings, of Eaton Bray. cOMMEMORATED
ON POZIERES MEMORIALSomme, France. Panel 5. |
COSTIN
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Fred
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Private
31786, "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 28th April 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 23. Born and residen Eaton Bray, enlisted Bedford. Son of John
and Emma Costin; husband of Mary Costin, of Sparrow Hall, Edlesborough,
Dunstable. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 5. |
DEELEY
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John
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Private
18772, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age
19. Born
Totternhoe, enlisted BEdford, resident Eaton Bray. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Deeley, of High St., Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2 C. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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EMERSON
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Ezra
Samuel Francis |
[Spelt
EMMERSON on SDGW] Private 239103, 43rd Garrison Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died Sunday 3rd November 1918
in France & Flanders. Age 24. Born and resident Eaton Bray,
enlisted Bedford. Formerly 2927, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion.
Son of Ann Emerson, of 17, Church St., Dunstable, and the late John
Emerson. Native of Eaton Bray. Buried in LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY,
SANGATTE, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VI. C. 6A. |
FARNHAM
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George
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Private
G Farnham, from a privately published book by Edmund Rimmer.
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Private
5037, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
16th August 1915 in Gallipoli. Age
20. Enlisted
Bedford, resident Eaton Bray. Son
of John and Fanny Farnham, of 103, Edward St., Dunstable.
No known grave. Commemorated
on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 54 and 218 See
also Eaton
Bray Wesleyan. |
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FOUNTAIN
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Ernest
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Private
T.F.241638, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 11th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Vorn
and resident Eaton Bray, enlisted Bedford. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
113 to 115. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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GADSDEN
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William
Joseph |
Corporal
25205, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
6th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Shoreditch, Middlesex,
enlisted Bedford, resident Eaton Bray. Buried in LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY,
Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. B. 24. |
GROOM
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Edward
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Private
G/37096, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died
22nd March 1917 in France & Fanders. Age
31. Born
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, enlisted Luton, resident Eaton Bray.
Son
of Charles and Emily Groom, of Water End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts;
husband of Alice Groom, of Church Lane, Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France. Grave B. 93.
See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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GROOM
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William
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Private
33801, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
20th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Enlisted Dunstable,
resident Eaton Bray. Son of Mrs. Avis Groom, of 16, Bower Lane,
Eaton Bray. Buried in RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Grave I. B. 8. |
HARDY
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Frederick
James |
Gunner
33526, 129th Brigade, H.Q., Royal Field Artillery. Died on Friday
22nd September 1916 at Salonika. Age 34. Born Luton, enlisted Dunstable.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hardy, of St. Peter's Rd., Dunstable; husband
of Florence Hardy, of 12, Bower Lane, Eaton Bray. Buried in SALONIKA
(LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 444. |
JACKSON
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Arthur
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Private
13119, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Eaton Bray,
enlisted Bedford. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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JANES
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Arthur
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Private,
20744, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who killed in action
on Friday, 15th September 1916. Born Edlesborough, Dunstable, enlisted
Bedford, born Hemel Hempstead. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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LUGSDEN
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Albert
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Private
19265, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 2nd
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age
29. Born
and resident Eaton Bray, enlisted Bedford. Husband
of Ada Lugsden, of St. Giles Yard, Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2 C. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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LUGSDEN
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Amos
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Private,
17048, 2nd/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
who was killed in action on Saturday, 20th July 1918. Enlisted Luton.
Buried in Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France. Grave VII. A.
7. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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LUGSDEN
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Arthur
Joseph |
Private
41148, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 18th September
1918 in France & Falnders. Born Eaton Bray, enlisted Luton.
Son
of Mr. D. Lugsden, of "Bray Side", High St., Eaton Bray,
Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Buried in TREFCON BRITISH CEMETERY, CAULAINCOURT,
Aisne, France. Grave B. 41. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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LUGSDEN
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Fred[erick]
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Private
201140, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 27th March
1917 in Palestine. Born and resident Eaton Bray, enlisted Dunstable.
Formerly 7460, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated
on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. Panels 33 to 39. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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MEAKINS
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Cyril
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Private
3/7465, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday
20th April 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Born and resident
Eaton Bray, enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of Mrs. Emma Pratt, of
Bower Lane, Eaton Bray. Buried in POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II. M. 43. |
PADDOCK
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William
Francis 'Frank' |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds in The Harp series of trenches Arras 9th April 1917.
Aged 22. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Paddock (School
Master in Easton Bray) born at the School House, Wing, Leighton
Buzzard. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 2. |
PRATT
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John
Theodore |
Private
18773, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Tuseday
8th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Age
22. Born
and resident Eaton Bray, enlisted Bedford. Son
of Frederick George and Bethia Pratt, of Ley Farm, Eaton Bray, Dunstable,
Bedfordshire. Buried
in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave VI. K. 12.See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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ROBERTS
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William
James |
Private
G/60052, 3rd/4th
or 2nd/4th
Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds
16th
or 18th
January 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Eaton Bray,
enlisted Luton. Buried
in Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave IV. E. 35.
See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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ROLLINGS
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Albert
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Private
33078, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday,
21st
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
33. Born
and resident Eaton Bray, enlisted Bedford. Formerly 6402, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Son
of Mrs. Ann Rollings, of 10, Bower Lane, Eaton Bray, Dunstable,
Bedfordshire. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 29 and 30. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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ROLLINGS
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Mark
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Private
33076, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Monday,
28th
May 1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Bedford, resident Eaton
Bray. Son
of Jane Rollings, of 14, Victoria Terrace, Bower Lane, Eaton Bray,
Dunstable. Buried
in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
IV. M. 26. See also Eaton
Bray Wesleyan. |
ROSE
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Stephen
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Corporal
56249, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds
on Tuesday 17th September 1918. Age 27. Born chippenham, Wiltshire,
enlisted Shirehampton, Gloucestershire. Son of James and Emma Rose,
of Prospect House, Chippenham, Wilts; husband of Agnes E. Rose,
of Moor End Lane, Eaton Bray. Formerly 066258, Royal Army Service
Corps. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Section R. Plot III. Row L. Grave 22. See also Chippenham,
Wiltshire |
RUFFETT
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Frederick
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Private
201515, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday,
24th
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Northall, Bucks, enlisted
Luton, resident Eaton Bray. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 28 and 29.
See also Eaton
Bray Wesleyan. |
SMALLBONES
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Harold
J |
Private
G/37164, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West
Surrey Regiment). Killed in action Wednesday,
26th
September 1917 in France & Flanders. Age
29. Born
Northall, Bucks, enlisted Luton, resident Eaton Bray. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Smallbones, of 17, Northall, Dunstable; husband
of Mrs. L. Turner (formerly Smallbones), of 58, Dallow Rd., Luton,
Bedfordshire.
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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SUTTON
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Geoffrey
A |
Lance
Corporal 11686, No 1 Company, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Killed
in action Tuesday 27th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Age
23. Born Eaton Bray, enlisted Whitehall, Middlesex, resident Woodbridge,
Suffolk. Son of the Rev. Edwin and Annie Hill Sutton, of Grundisburg
Rectory, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Born at Eaton Bray. Buried in ONTARIO
CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION, Nord, France. Grave IV. A. 15.
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TIMMS
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Harold
P |
Corporal
M2/134079, M.T., Royal Army Service Corps attached "F"
Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died on Thursday 23
January 1919. Buried in DUNSTABLE CEMETERY, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Grave B. 58. |
WEEDON
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Ernest
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Private
10866, 4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 5th
October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Eaton Bray, enlisted
Luton. Formerly 25591, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried
in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave
III. E. 16. See also Eaton
Bray Wesleyan. |
WEEDON
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Frederick
William |
[Lance]
Corporal 32181, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
13th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Bedford, resident
Eaton Bray.
Son
of William Weedon, of Prentice Lane, Eaton Bray, Dunstable. Buried
in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
III. J. 3. See
also Eaton Bray Wesleyan.
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WILDMAN
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Alfred
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Private
330931, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
20th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born Eaton
Bray, enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Son of David and Sarah Wildman,
of High St., Eaton Bray. Commemorated in RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Special Memorial A. 9. |
WOODCRAFT
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Ernest
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In
the 1901 census he was aged 4, son of John and Elizabeth Woodward,
born Eaton Bray, resident Bower Lane, Eaton Bray. There is a medal
card for Ernest J Woodcraft who served as Private G25952, The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment). Formerly Private G/79340, The Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment). *** Have no further information on this man's
Military Service or his death. *** |
WOODCRAFT
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Harry
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Private,
G/44026, 17th or 19th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment who was killed
in action on Friday, 16th February 1917. Age 27. Son of John Woodcraft,
of Bower Lane, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire. Born Eaton Bray, enlisted Bedford.
Buried in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave I.
E. 7.
See also Eaton Bray
Wesleyan. |
1939-1945 |
COOK
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Edward
John |
Sergeant
649052, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died on Tuesday 8th April
1941. Age 19. Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Cook, of Eaton Bray. KNIGHTSBRIDGE
WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Grave 11. D. 22. |
DAY
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Reginald
Victor |
Gunner
1793795, 253 Battery, 81 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
on Thursday 28 October 1943. Age 22. Son of James Frederick and
Ethel Day, of Eaton Bray; husband of Alice Day, of Bournemouth,
Hampshire. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 3.
Column 1. |
GRAY
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Richard
Ernest |
Flight
Sergeant 1332583, Navigator/Wireless Operator, 141 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Monday 29th May 1944. Age 23.
Son of Jesse Henry and Ellen Gray, of Eaton Bray. Buried in ST MARY
CHURCHYARD, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire. |
HARDY
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Aubrey
Frederick Robert |
Private
5954560, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died
on Wednesday 10th June 1942. Age 26. Son of Frederick James Hardy
and Florence Hardy; nephew of Mr. J. Payne, of Eaton Bray. Buried
in IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. Collective grave 3. 3. 2. See
also Dunstable, Waterlow
and Sons
Extract
from Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle - Thursday
23 July 1942, page 8:
Killed
In Malta
—Brother Missing
It
is officially announced that Pte. Aubrey Hardy, youngest son
of the late Mr. and Mrs.F. Hardy, of 27, Bower-lane, Eaton Bray,
has been killed by enemy action while serving in Malta.
Formerly
employed by Waterlow and Sons, Ltd., Dunstable, he joined the
Bedfs and Herts Regt. in April, 1940, and was later transferred
to the Buffs. He went abroad the following November.
His
only brother is missing since the fall of Singapore.
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MAUNDERS
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Maurice
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Private
5952111, 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died on Wednesday
29th May 1940. Age 21. Buried in KORTRIJK (ST.-JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row BB. Grave 5. |
MAUNDERS
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Owen
Percy |
Driver
T/187195, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on Tuesday 24th November
1942. Age 29. Son of Walter and Cissie Maunders; husband of Dorothy
Margaret Maunders, of Ayr. Buried in AYR CEMETERY, Ayrshire. Sec.
S. 1931 Div. Grave 3110. |
MEAD
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Donald
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Fusilier
5957712, 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died on Thursday
7th September 1944. Age 28. Buried in DEERLIJK COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Deerlijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave 2. |
MORDECAI
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James
Robert |
Private
6013715, 2/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died on Wednesday 8th
September 1943. Age 26. Son of Pte. Herbert Hermon Mordecai, The
East Yorkshire Regt. (Killed in action in France, 10th September,
1918), and of E. Mordecai, of Eaton Bray; husband of I. J. Mordecai.
Commemorated on CASSINO MEMORIAL, Italy. Panel 8. |
ROLLINGS
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[Kenneth]
George |
Private
5957929, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on Monday
5th April 1943. Age 23. Son of Eva Rollings, and stepson of Charles
Cook; husband of Iris Joyce Rollings, of Dunstable. Buried in DUNSTABLE
CEMETERY, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Section K. Grave 547.
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WEEDON
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Reginald
Francis |
Flying
Officer 139700, Navigator, 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on Tuesday 25th April 1944. Age 23. Son of Frederick
and Florence Weedon; husband of Naomi Margaret Weedon of Luton.
Buried in HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
Grave 5. F. 5. |
Last updated
30 November, 2024
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