AMPTHILL METHODIST WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2016
The
memorial is to be found within the Ampthill Wesleyan Church (Methodist
Chapel) in Chandos Road, Ampthill. It takes the form of a brass engraved
plaque and lists those from the chapel and Sunday School who died in
World War 1. It was unveiled by Mr A H Wingfield
and dedicated 5 December 1920. More infromation is availabe on Tommy's
Footprint website
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Photographs
Copyright © Stephen Hartley 2016 |
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1914
1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES N THE GREAT WAR
ALLGOOD |
Samuel |
Private 10299, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Enlisted 22 October
1914 at Bedford. Discharged 15 February 1915 at Felixstowe being
not physically fit due to Chronic Dyspepsia. Died April 1916. Aged
40. Served 119 days. Born circa 1875 in Coton, Cambridgeshire. Height
5 feet 9¾ inches, girth 37½ inches, weight 147 lbs,
complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair brown. Religious denomination
Church of England. Postman by trade. Resident Saunders Piece, Ampthill,
Bedfordshire. Married 25 June 1914 at Ashdon Elsie J Pettit. In
the 1891 census he was aged 13, son of Hoseph and Jane Allgood,
born Coton, Cambridgeshire, resident Coton Cmabridgeshire. |
ANSELL |
Harry
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Private
8105, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday
9th November 1914 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Ampthill,
resident Wood Green, Middlesex. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XLIV. Row B. Grave 3. |
ANSELL
|
Walter |
Private
19803, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Ampthill,
enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C |
COX
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Christopher
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Private
12098, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
26th July 1916 in England. Born and resident Ampthill, enlisted
Bedford. Buried in St Andrews Churchyard, Ampthill. Section I. Row
P. Grave 2. |
COX
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Frank
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Corporal
12099, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
6th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Ampthill,
enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C |
DAY |
Joseph
[William] |
Private
G/28037, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action Tuesday 26th September 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 19. Born and resident Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. Son of Mrs.
M. J. Day, of 42, Park Hill, Ampthill. Buried in LONSDALE CEMETERY,
AUTHUILE, Somme, France. Plot V. Row T. Grave 10. |
DIMOCK |
Avard Longley |
Private
2005068, Canadian Forestry Corps. Died Thursday 31 October 1918.
Born 28 August 1897 in Canada, the son of George Dimock. Enlisted
on 14 May 1917. Buried in AMPTHILL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire.
For more information see National Archives Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2522 - 43 |
FRANCIS
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William
Norman |
Private
G/14532, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 9th September 1916 with the British Expeditionary Force.
Born Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C |
GILLETT |
Arthur |
Private
19477, 7th Battalion. Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 26th
September 1916. Aged 32. Born Houghton Conquest, enlisted Bedford,
resident Flitwick. Husband of Jessie Louisa Gillett, of Chapel Rd.,
Flitwick. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, son of Samuel and Mary
Gillett, an apprentice bricklayer, born Houghton Conquest, resident
Flitwick Road, Ampthill. In the 1911 census he was married to Jessie,
aged 26, a bricklayer, born Houghton Conquest, resident Chapel Road,
Flitwick. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C |
HARLOW |
Ernest
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Private
33905, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
28th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Eaton Bray, Beds,
enlisted and resident Southend-on-Sea. Formerly 2592, Essex Yeomanry.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
MONEY
|
George
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Acting
Sergeant 23251, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Tuesday 29th May 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Maulden,
enlisted and resident Ampthill. No known grave. Commemorated on
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
MONEY |
Thomas
[John] |
Private
26703, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
9th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 24. Born Maulden,
enlisted and resident Ampthill. Son of William Money, of Baker St.,
Ampthill; husband of Ada Money, of 2, Westbeach Rd., Wood Green,
London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 2 C |
OSBORNE |
James
[Leonard] |
No
further information currently available |
PUTMAN |
Richard
William |
Private
23503, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
26th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Houghton Conquest,
enlisted and resident Ampthill. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER)
SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave
61. |
REDMAN |
Arthur
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Sapper
WR/270811, 263rd Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Died on Thursday
21st November 1918. Age 33. Son of Mrs. Caroline Redman, of "Wooden
House," Oliver St., Ampthill. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY
EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section S. Plot II. Row
Z. Grave 9. |
ROBINSON |
Percy
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Private
27359, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
Wednesday 25th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born
Ampthill, enlisted Luton. Son of Leonard and Emily Robinson, of
Ampthill. Buried in BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 64. |
STANBRIDGE |
Percy |
Lance
Corporal 12097, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Thursday 2nd August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and
resident Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
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STAPLETON
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William
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Serjeant
3959, 1st/5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday, 16th
August 1915 at Gallipoli. Born, resident and enlisted Ampthill.
Commemorated in Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey. Special Memorial 20.
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STAPLETON
|
William
Edward |
Private
23512, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
4th July 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 22. Born, enlisted and
resident Ampthill.
Son of Harry and Elizabeth Sarah Stapleton, of Ampthill. Buried
in TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES, Nord, France. Plot 4. Row
F. Grave 7. |
THOMPSON |
George |
Lance Corporal 23511, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died
13 July 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Ampthill. Buried in COLOGNE
SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XI. Row A.
Grave 5. |
THOROUGHGOOD |
Sidney
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Private
3/6995, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
31st October 1914 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Ampthill,
enlisted and resident Bedford. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Thoroughgood. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33 |
WESTON |
Charles
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Private
5900, 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Died of wounds Tuesday
2nd November 1915 at Gallipoli. Age 20. Born and resident Ampthill,
enlisted Bedford. Formerl 8667, Lancers of the Line. Son of Charles
and Mary Weston, of 42, Arthur St., Ampthill. Buried in CAIRO WAR
MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section D. Grave 177. |
NEITHER
COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR UNTO MYSELF. ACT.20:24
Last updated
15 March, 2023
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