ALLEN |
Alfred
John |
|
Sapper
2132123, 757 Field Co, Royal Engineers. Died as a result of an accident
10 July 1941. Aged 29. Born 6 October 1911 and resident Bedfordshire.
Son of Harold and Annie Allen; husband of Grace Ena Allen, of Bedford.
In the 1939 Register he was married to Grace Allen, a Butcher's
Salesman, resident Ivydene, Ivy Lane, Bedford R.D., Bedfordshire.
Buried in Bedford Cemetery on the 15 July 1941. Sec. I. Grave 1051. |
BAIRD |
Robert
Sidney |
|
Sergeant
887551, 2nd Battalion, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps. Accidentally
killed 23 January 1944. Aged 24. Born London, S.W., resident Bedford.
Son of Sidney Charles and Dorothy Ann Baird, of Bedford. Sec. I.
Grave 383. |
BAKER |
Cecil
Donald |
|
Leading
Aircraftman 1471429, 980 Balloon Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Friday 21 March 1947. Aged 25. Birth registered in
the January to March Quarter 1922 in bedford Registration District.
Son of George Edward and Ethel Baker, of Bedford; husband of Angela
Baker (nee Kenny), of Bedford, married January to March Quarter
1942 in Bedford Registration District, Bedfordshire. Section N.
Grave 267. |
BALL |
Charles
Odo aka Charlie |
|
Lance
Sergeant 730620, 363 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 5 January
1941. Aged 38. Birth registered in the October to December Quarter
1902 in Bedford Registration District, Bedfordshire. Son of George
and Elizabeth Ball, of Bedford; husband of Mabel Ball, of Bedford.
In the 1911 census he was aged 8, born Bedford, at school, son
of George and Elizabeth, resident 43 Coventry Road, Bedford. Attested
8 September 1920 at Bedford, aged 18, a Wood Merchant by trade,
born St. Paul's, Bedford, son of George of 8, Priory Street, Bedford,
re-engaged to serve to complete 11 years service. Buried in Bedford
Cemetery on the 8 January 1941.Sec. M. Grave 283.

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BARTRAM |
Kenneth
Sidney |
|
Private
5958614, 70th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Accidentally killed 25th April 1941. Aged 18. Only son of Sidney
and Nite Bartram. Grave Section I. Grave 273. |
BIALOZOR |
Maksymilian
|
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Szer.
3 Karp. Baon. Lacz. Died 17th November 1947. Aged 22. Polish Forces.
Bedford Cemetery Grave section I. Grave 319. (within the Cross of
sacrifice enclosure). |
BIRCH,
OBE |
William
Kenning |
|
Squadron
Leader 74363, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday 22nd
[Grave states 29th] September 1941. Age 51. Section R. Grave 489. |
BLATCHFORD |
James |
Sergeant
745212, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed on active service
19 December 1940. Aged 20. Son of James H. Blatchford and Mary
Blatchford, of Bedford. Sec. R. Grave 734.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1941:
BLATCHFORD
James of 61 Rosamund-road Bedford died 19 December
1940 in a field at Warren Farm Braunton Devonshire Administration
Birmingham 4 July to James Henry Blatchford engineer
fitter. Effects £188 10s. 1d.

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BOWERMAN |
Bevill
Cyril |
|
Corporal
1198140, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday 30th December
1943. Aged 23. Son of Raymond Bevill Bowerman and Ethel Florence
Bowerman; husband of Mary Emma Bowerman, of Bedford. Section I.
Grave 361. |
BOYD |
Ronald
Douglas |
|
Sergeant
(Pilot) 745212, 920 Balloon Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Thursday 19th December 1940. Aged 20. Section I.5.
Grave 247.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1940:
BOYD
Ronald Douglas of 20 Kimbolton-road Bedford died
19 March 1940 at Royal Victoria Hospital Neetley Hound Hampshire
Probate London 31 May to the Public Trustee
Effects £3403 10s. 10d. Resworn £3299 10s. 10d.

|
BRIDGE |
James
Frederick |
|
Flying
Officer 77783, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday
7th October 1940. Aged 26. Son of Walter and Mary Bridge; husband
of Masie Edwina Bridge, of Bedford. Section E. Grave 850. |
BROWN |
Arthur
George |
|
Lance
Corporal 5950693, 6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment. Died Tuesday 13th January 1943. Aged 24. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. C. Brown, of Bedford; husband of E. E. Brown. Section I.
Grave 1074. |
BUTLER |
William |
|
Gunner
916677, Royal Artillery. Died Tuesday 21st May 1940. Aged 30. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Butler; husband of Maud Mary Butler, of
Bedford. Section E. Grave 563. |
CARR |
Eleanor
Mary |
|
Private
W/109150, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Died Monday 8th October
1945. Daughter of Arthur William and Emily Blanche Carr. Sec. 1.
Grave 407. |
CHEASMAN |
Frederick
Headland |
|
Private
5957772, The Essex Regiment. Died Thursday 24th April 1947. Aged
32. Husband of Doreen Phyllis Maud Cheasman, of Bedford. Sec. N.
Grave 295. |
CHERRY |
Herbert
Ernest |
|
Private
5950647, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died Monday 24th February 1941. Age 21. Son of Mrs. V. Barcock,
of Bedford. Sec. A. Grave 140. |
CHRISTY |
Peter
McMartin |
|
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CICHOCKI |
Franciszek
|
|
Kpl.
St. Zb. 7. D.P. Died 23rd September 1946. Aged 47. Polish Forces.
Grave section I. GRave 297 (within the Cross of sacrifice enclosure).
|
COBLEY,
DSM |
Albert
William |
|
Chief
Petty Officer C/J 22075, HMS Prosperpine, Royal Navy. Died Tuesday
23rd January 1945. Aged 48. Son of John and Jane Cobley; husband
of Edith Frances Cobley, of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 384. |
COMPTON |
John
Frederick |
|
Leading
Aircraftman 1151558, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
Sunday 15 June 1947. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Compton, of Bedford.
Sec. G.7. Grave 134. |
CORFIELD |
James
Wilmot |
Pilot
Officer 65533, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 12 August 1941. Aged 25. Son of William Wilmot Corfield and
Gladys Corfield, of Bedford. Buried in TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY,
Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Plot K. Row 3. Grave 55. Commemorated
on family grave in bedford Cemetery, Foster Hill Road, Bedford.
Section Q. Grave 426.

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DALGETY |
Edmund
John |
|
Midshipman,
H.M.S. Copra, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died Saturday 10
June 1944. Aged 18. Cremated in, and commemorated at SOUTHAMPTON
OLD CREMATORIUM, Hampshire. Panel 2. Commemorated on family grave
in Bedford Cemetery Bedford. Section F.5. Grave 104.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
DALGETY
Edmund John of 15 Pemberley-avenue Bedford died
10 June 1944 at Cosham Hospital Portsmouth Administration Birmingham
18 April to Marion Patricia Dalgety (wife of Giles Hill Dalgety).
Effects £320 12s. 11d.
|
DAVIES |
Stanley
Llewellyn |
|
Gunner
852271, 548 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Wednesday 15th
March 1944. Aged 23. Son of Abel John and Harriet Rose May Davies,
of Bedford. Sec. R. Grave 387. |
DENTON |
Harold |
|
Private
D/8307, 5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died Wednesday 25th October 1939. Aged 49. Sec. M. Grave 278. |
EDWARDS |
Harry
James |
|
Gunner
905836, 551 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Sunday 10th May
1942. Aged 23. Husband of Florence Eileen Joyce Edwards. of Bedford.
Sec. M. Grave 19. |
ELLIOT |
Charles
Hamereton |
|
Fltying
Officer 41159, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed on active servic
Friday 21st March 1941. Age 21. Son of Charles and Mary Elise Elliot,
of Bedford. Sec. G.7. Grave 243. |
FARR |
F
R E |
|
Captain
250221, Quartermaster, Royal Signals. Died Thursday 22nd May 1947.
Aged 45. Son of Frederick Arthur and Sarah Farr; husband of Grace
Evelyn Farr, of Bedford. Sec. Q. Grave 770. |
FENSOME |
Herbert
James |
|
Private
1463115, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died Sunday 5th August 1945.
Aged 21. Son of Percy James Fensome and Amelia Gertrude Fensome.
of Bedford. Sec. R. Grave 462. |
FORTUNE |
William
John |
|
Marine
PO/X 3402, 2nd R.M. Landing Croup, Royal Marines. Died Sunday 30
May 1943. Aged 22. Born July to September Quarter 1921 in Bedford.
Son of Elizabeth Roberts, of Bedford. Section J. Grave 665. |
FOWLER |
James
Spencer |
|
Ordinary
Seaman P/JX 296467, HMS Tormentor, Royal Navy. Died Wednesday 19th
August 1942. Aged 18. Son of Barbara Elizabeth Fowler, of Andover,
Hampshire. Sec. M. Grave 31. |
GAJUS |
Henryk
|
|
Bom.
L. P. Art. POM. Died 21st September 1946. Aged 39. Polish Forces.
Grave section I. Grave 275. (within the Cross of sacrifice enclosure).
|
GARRITY |
Geoffrey
Arthur Edward |
|
Motor
Mechanic (L) P/FX 84215, H.M.S. Teviot, Royal Navy. Died 6th June
1943. Sec. I. Grave 447. |
GIDDINGS |
William
Edward |
|
Sergeant
2214166, Royal Corps of Signals. Died on service in United Kingdom
Wednesday 18th October 1939. Aged 31. Born and resident Bedford.
Son of William and Emily Giddings, of Bedford; husband of Amy
Giddings, of Bedford. In the 1911 census he was aged 3, born bedford,
son of William Henry and Emily Giddings, resident 35A, Priory
Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Sec. M. Grave 323.

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GOLDNEY |
James
Lang |
|
Major
IA/150, 2nd Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles.
Died 11th May 1944. Aged 39. Son of Colonel Thomas Holbrow Goldney,
C.B., Indian Army, and F. Marion M. Goldney; husband of Daphne
Elspeth Goldney. Buried in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 3.
Row E. Grave 15. Commemorated on family grave in Bedford Cemetery,
Bedford. Section K.4. Graves 75/80.
|
GRAY |
Eric
Negus |
|
Private
5956631, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died 23 October 1943. Aged 30. Born 15 January 1913. Son of William
James Gray and Louisa Gray, of Bedford; husband of Doris Edna
Gray, of Bedford. In the 1939 Register he was a Journalist &
Manager Newspaper District Office, married to Doris E., resident
11, Church Street, Ampthill, Ampthill U.D., Bedfordshire. Sec.
B.3. Grave 38.

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GREENWOOD |
Arthur
Henry |
|
Lance
Corporal 185906, Royal Army Service Corps. Died Monday 26th August
1940. Aged 37. Son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Greenwood, of Bedford.
Playing member of Bedford and Leicester R.U.F.C., also East Midlands,
Leicestershire and Combined Counties, R.U.F.C. Included in English
Trials, R.U. In the 1911 census he was aged 8, born Bedford, son
of Arthur and Sarah Ann Greenwood, resident 60, Beaconsfield Street,
Bedford, Bedfordshire. Sec. R. Grave 708
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1941:
GREENWOOD
Arthur Henry of 10 Durler-avenue Kempston Bedfordshire
died 26 August 1940 on war service Administration Oxford
26 March to Sarah Ann Greenwood widow.
Effects £565 10s. 8d.

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GRIFFITHS |
Alfred
Richard |
|
Trooper
5834643, 142nd (7th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment) Regiment, Royal
Armoured Corps. Died 31 October 1942. Aged 30. Son of William and
Mary Griffiths; husband of Doris L. Griffiths, of Bedford. Sec.
M. Grave 109. |
HAMPTON |
Peter
Qui |
|
Lieutenant
93617, 286 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on Friday 7 March
1941. Age 21. Son of Capt. Cuthbert Qui Hampton and Ada Elizabeth
Hampton, of Bedford. Sec. G.7. Grave 255. |
HATHERLY |
John
Edward |
|
Sergeant
748136, Observer, 521 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died Sunday 4th October 1942. Aged 23. Son of Alfred Medley Hatherly
and Emily Hatherly, of Cowley, Middlesex. Sec. E. Grave 872. See
also Bedford St Andrew's. |
HOGG |
Robert
Dudley |
|
Sergeant
754041, 17 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Monday
11th November 1940. Aged 22. Son of Ernest Henry Hogg and of Beatrice
Irene Hogg, of Bedford. Sec. R. Grave 353. |
HUCKVALE |
Walter |
|
Warrant
Officer 358388, Royal Air Force. Died Tuesday 29th September 1942.
Aged 37. Son of Frederick and Annie Huckvale; husband of Alice H.
E. Huckvale, of Bedford. Sec. I. Grave 317. |
HUDSON |
Anthony
Arthur Aylmer Erskine |
Lieutenant
179848, Gordon Highlanders attached to 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire
Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War Sunday 21st January
1945. Aged 24. Son of Maj. Eric Charles Robert Hudson, and of
Constance Gwendoline Hudson (nee Erskine), of Bedford. Buried
in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY , Myanmar. Lieutenant Hudson is also
commemorated on his parent’s grave at Bedford Cemetery Bedfordshire
(now known as Bedford Cemetery Foster Hill Road Bedford) Grave
reference - K. 267

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IBBOTT |
Herbert |
|
Pilot
Officer (Air Bomber) J/24024, 82 OTU, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Took off from Ossington on a daylight cross country exercise an
engine failed at low level and the Wellington crashed between Newark
and Retford. Monday 9th August 1943. Aged 21. Born 2 August 1922.
Son of Arthur W. P. Ibbott and Caroline Ibbott, of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. Sec. H. Grave 838. |
JENNINGS |
Henry
James |
|
Marine
CH/X 2194, Royal Marines. Died Friday 24th September 1943. Aged
22. Son of Rose Catherine Barcock, of Bedford. Sec. A. Grave 361. |
KING |
George
William Bert |
Able
Seaman C/J 103309, H.M.S. Widgeon, Royal Navy. Died Thursday 7th
September 1939. Aged 35. Son of JaSec. J. Grave 840.mes and Annie
King; husband of Jessie Catherine King, of Bedford.

|
KING |
Harry
Thomas |
|
Ordinary
Seaman D/JX 312952, H.M.S. Valkyrie Royal Navy. Died Sunday 7th
July 1943. Aged 40. Son of Henry Callaby King and Anne King; husband
of Constance Beatrice King, of Bedford. Buried Saturday 10th July
1943 in a family grave. Sec. J. Grave 993
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1943:
KING
Harry Thomas of 30 Gloucester-road Bedford died
7 July 1943 Administration (with Will) Oxford 30 August to Constance
Beatrice King widow. Effects £1104 12s.
|
LAUGHTON |
Leslie
Arber |
|
Private
5949640, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 31st January
1942. Aged 21. Son of John and Alice Laughton, of Bedford. Section
M. Grave 977.
|
LITCHFIELD |
James
Charles Sidney |
|
Writer
D/MX 699615, HMS Drake, Royal Navy. Died Saturday Saturday 30th
November 1946. Aged 20. Sec. N. Grave 185. |
LUDDINGTON |
Richard
Kenneth |
|
Flying
Officer (Observer) 108028, 151 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve attached R.A.F. Station, Bircham Newton. Died 25th October
1942. Buried in BEDFORD CEMETERY, Bedford. Section E 5 Grave 103.
See also Bedford Modern
School |
MANTON |
Richard
John |
|
Squadron
Leader 39599, Pilot, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed during
air operation 20/21 October 1943. Age 30. Son of Lionel Manton,
and of Beatrice Manton (nee Ross), of Melbourne, Derbyshire. ASSEN
SOUTHERN GENERAL CEMETERY, Drenthe, Netherlands. Plot E. Row 1.
Grave 51. Commemorated on his mother's grave in Bedford Cemetery. |
MATHERS |
Ronald
Arthur |
|
Corporal
2201170, Royal Engineers. Died Thursday 25th November 1943. Aged
42. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Mathers; husband of Gladys Irene
Mathers, of Bedford. Sec. R. Grave 99. |
MAYCOCK |
Harold
Edward |
|
Craftsman
7584618, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died Tuesday
4th May 1943. Aged 40. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maycock, of Bedford.
Sec. R. Grave 142. |
McGOVERN |
Charles |
|
Private
14711681, Pioneer Corps. Died Monday 5th March 1945. Sec. I. Grave
406. |
MILLARD |
Derek
Douglas |
Photographs
below |
Gunner
915439, 187 Battery, 67 H.A.A. Regiemnt, Royal Artillery. Killed
by enemy action between Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December 1940.
Aged 19. Youngest son of William L. Millard and Ada Millard, of
Bedford. Sec. L. Grave 931. |
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