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| ABBOTT | Leslie C |
Private
5780157, 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 8 February 1942 during
the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore. Aged 26. Born 20
April 1915 and resident Bedfordshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Abbott, of Luton, Bedfordshire. IN the 1939 census he was unmarried,
a Felt Hood Coner (Dye Works), resident "Radnor," Turners
Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Karanji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 49. |
| ABBOTT | Robert | Sapper
2009957, Royal Engineers. Died 25 March 1942. Aged 25. Born 24 December
1916 in Hertfordshire, resident Bedfordshire. Son of Ernest and
Flora Abbott; husband of Olga Abbott, of Luton. In the 1939 Register
he was unmarried, a Central Lathe Turner Motor Works, resident 17
Corncastle Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. Buried in LUTON CHURCH
BURIAL GROUND, Bedfordshire. Section 6. Row I. Grave 11. See also
Vauxhall Motors Memorial |
| ABEL | S |
No
further information currently available |
| ABRAHAMS | Robert Charles | Rifleman
5950559, 11th (1st Battalion, The Queen's Westminsters) Battalion,
King's Royal Rifle Corps. Wounded in Italy 10 May 1944 and died
of wounds 13 May 1944. Born 23 October 1917 and resident Bedfordshire.
Son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Abrahams, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, resident 8 Cumberland Street,
Luton M.B., Bedfordshire; his father had died before 1939 thus his
mother was a widow. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot XIV. Row E. Grave 18. |
| ADAMS | Neville |
Addenda
Panel - Gunner 915467, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died of colitis and malnutrition in Thailand as
a Japanese Prisoner of War 8 September 1943. Aged 24. Born and resident
Luton. Birth registered in the July to September Quarter 1919 in
the Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire, mother's maiden name
'Fitmuss'. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2.
Row E. Grave 34. |
| ADAMS | Robert Bertram Thomas | Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 185793, 174 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 24 February 1945. Aged 21. Son of Thomas J. and Helen
E. Garner, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR
CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 24. Row G. Grave 2. |
| ADDISON | Ernest |
Chief
Cook, M.V. San Victorio (London), Merchant Navy. Supposed drowned
at sea 16 May 1942. Aged 31. Born Sunderland. Resident 1, Dunstable
Close, Buck Hill, Luton. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Addison; husband
of Evelyn M. Addison, of Luton, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 92. See also Vauxhall
Motors Memorial |
| AINSWORTH | Stanley | Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1338524, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 4 December 1943. Aged 21. Born 19 June 1922. Son of
Bertha Ainsworth, of Luton, Bedfordshire. In the 1939 Register he
was unmarried, a French Polisher, resident 15 Villa Road, Luton
M.B., Bedfordshire; his mother, Bertha, was a widow at the time.
Buried in RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot 17. Row D. Grave 20. |
| AITCHISON | John Frederick |
Cabin
Boy, S.S. Kirkpool (West Hartlepool), Merchant Navy. Died at sea
10 April 1942. Aged 17. Born 4 September 1924. Son of Frederick
Aitchinson. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, an Apprentice
Carpentry & Joinery, resident 4 Ferndale Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel
62. |
| AITKEN | James McLaughlan | Sapper
2074446, 249 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died as a reult of
an accident 15 June 1940. Aged 28. Born Renfrewshire, resident Bedfordshire.
Son of William and Susan Aitken, husband of Emily Aitken, of Luton,
Bedfordshire. Buried in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. NICHOLAS) CEMETERY,
Northumberland. Section N. Grave 131. |
| ALDRED | William |
Addenda
Panel - Able Seaman D/J 110754, H.M.S. Tynedale, Royal Navy. Died
11 March 1942. Aged 33. Son of Walter and Charlotte Aldred; husband
of Doris Evelyn Aldred, of Luton. Inscription in Holy Trinty Churchyard.
Buried in BISCOT (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire. Section
F. Row 2. Grave 7. |
| ALLEN | Cyril | Corporal
5952022, 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 27 October
1942. Aged 24. Born and resident Bedfordshire. Son of Harry and
Annie Maria Allen, of Luton. Buried in LUTON GENERAL CEMETERY, Bedfordshire.
Grave 787. |
| ALLEN | Clifford Charles |
Gunner
1808630, 133 Battery, 41 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Presumed
killed in action 17 October 1943. Aged 22. Birth registered in the
April to June Quarter 1921 in the Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire;
mother's maiden name 'Burgess'. Son of Charles Arthur Edgar and
Amy Gertrude Allen, of Luton, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 2. |
| ALLEN | Donald Bertie | Ordinary
Seaman C/JX 163536, H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy. Died at crete
22 May 1941. Aged 18. Born 25 February 1923 in Luton, Bedfordshire.
Son of Albert Bertie and Mabel Allen, of Luton, Bedfordshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
44, Column 1. |
| ALLEN | Oliver James |
Private
5833749, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action in Italy 21 November 1944. Aged 25. Born and resident
Bedfordshire. Son of Harry and Alice Maud Allen, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
Buried in CESENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 1. |
| ALLEN | Ronald William | Trooper
5947619, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Reconnaissance
Corps, Royal Armoured Corps attached 162nd Officer Cadets Training
Unit (O.C.T.U.). Died as a result of an accident 13 November 1942.
Aged 31. Born and resident Bedfordshire. Son of Ernest and Kate
Allen; husband of Violet Allen, of Slip End. In the 1911 census
he was new born, born Luton, son of Ernest and kate Allen, resident
96 Baker Street, Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in North-East corner
of WOODSIDE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire. |
| ANSELL | Gladys |
Civilian.
Miss. Born 6 November 1912. Aged 27, of 58 Old Bedford Road. Daughter
of Sdney W. and Ruth Ansell, of 45 Havelock Road. Died at 58, Old
Bedford Road, 14 October 1940. In the 1939 census she was unmarried,
performing unpaid domestic duties, resident 58 Old Bedford Road,
Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. |
| ANSELL | H G | No
further information currently available |
| ANSTEE | Jack |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 124803, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 6 January 1944. Aged 22. Born 6 October 1921. Son of John and
Olive Rose Anstee, of Luton, Bedfordshire. In the 1939 Regiter he
was unmarried, a Clerical Officer In Civil Service (Air Ministry
Head Quarters), resident 111 Ashburnham Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire.
Buried at BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 7.
Row Z. Grave 1. |
| APPLEBY | Frederick William | Sapper
2002923, 245 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action in
Italy 1 April 1944. Aged 25. Born 18 April 1918 and resident Bedfordshire.
Son of Richard T and Liliam M. Appleby, of Luton, Bedfordshire;
husband of F. W. Appleby, of Luton. IN the 1939 Register he was
unmarried, a Botly Trimmer & Fitter Motor Car, resident 162
Baker Street, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR
CEMETERY, ANZIO, Italy. Plot XV. Row C. Grave 5. See also Vauxhall
Motors Memorial |
| ARCHER | Harry |
Civilian.
Aged 54. Husband of Ethel Archer, of 16 Leicester Road. Died at
Vauxhall Motor Works 30 August 1940. Married Ethel Lilian Hawkes
in the July to September Quarter 1908 in the Luton Registration
District. See also Vauxhall
Motors Memorial |
| ARLIDGE | Frank [Joseph] | Civilian.
Born 22 March 1890. Aged 50. Husband of Gertrude Grace Arlidge,
of 25 Rondini Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire. Died at De Havilland's
Aerodrome, Hatfield, 3 October 1940. In the 1939 Register he was
married to Gertrude, resident 25 Rondini Avenue, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire.
Married Gertrude G Burton in the April to June Quarter 1925 in the
Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire. |
| ARMITAGE | Harold William |
Able
Seaman C/JX 164242, H.M.S. Cornwall, Royal Navy. Died at sea 5 April
1942. Aged 19. Born 29 May 1923 in Luton, Bedfordshire. Son of Victor and
Elsie Armitage, of Luton, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 52, Column 3. See also Stopsley
memorial |
| ARMITAGE | Isabel Blanche Mary | Civilian.
Mrs. Died 20 November 1944. Aged 58. Wife of George Thomas Armitage,
of 2 Curzon Road. Died at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. |
| ARMSTRONG | Percy |
Gunner 1831416, 89 Battery, 35 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died at sea east of Ma-Kung Port aboard Singapore Maru of diarrhea and exhaustion as a Japanese Prisoner of War 18 November 1942. Born 4 April 1905 in Shillington and resident Stopsley, Luton. Aged 37. Son of George and Maud Armstrong; husband of Helen Armstrong, of Stopsley, Luton, Bedfordshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 6, born Shillington, Bedfordshire, son of George and Maud Armstrong, resident Chaul End Luton, Caddington, Bedfordshire. Married Helen D Wilsher in the October to December Quarter 1930 in the Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire. In the 1939 Register he was married, a Road Sweeper (Heavy Work), resident 1 Hayes Close, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 12. See also Stopsley memorial Note: Singapore Maru Singapore left Singapore for Takao/Moji, Japan 30 October 1942 with 1100 prisoners, arrived 25 November 1942, many died on the journey from, or as a direct result of, the deplorable conditions the prisoners endured |
| ARNOLD | Everard | Civilian.
Aged 39. Born 17 October 1900. Husband of Amy B. Arnold, of 9 Overstone
Road. Injured at Vauxhall Motor Works; died same day at Luton and
Dunstable Hospital 30 August 1940. In the 1901 census he was new
born, born Bedfordshire, son of Joseph and Eliza Arnold, resident
Woburn Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Married
Amy B Weeks in the July to September Quarter 1923 in the Luton Registration
District, Bedfordshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Universal
Grinder (Machinist), married to Amy, resident 9 Overstone Road,
Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. See also Vauxhall
Motors Memorial |
| ARNOLD | Sidney Allan |
Private
5833755, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner
of War 16 July 1943. Aged 28. Born 7 November 1914 and resident
Bedfordshire. Son of William and Minnie Arnold, of Luton, Bedfordshire;
husband of Violet May Arnold, of 99 Ash Road, Luton. Bricklayer
by trade. In the 1939 Register he was a General Labourer Heavy Worker,
married May Violet, resident 99 Ash Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire.
Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, THailand. Plot 8. Row D. Grave
31. |
| ATKIN | Aubrey Cyril William | Driver
2005896, 560 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Missing presumed killed
during the Japanese invasion of Singapore 13 February 1942. Aged
24. Born 17 February 1917 and resident Bedfordshire. Son of Mrs.
V. Elford; husband of G. E. Atkin, of Luton, Bedfordshire. In the
1939 Register he was unmarried, a Shop Keeper-Corn Trader, resident
2 St Pauls Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. No known grave.Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 42. |
| ATTFIELD | Alfred James |
Civilian.
Aged 31, of 94 Crawley Green Road. Son of Alfred and Jenny Attfield,
of 49 Clanricarde Gardens, Bayswater, London. Died at Vauxhall Motor
Works 30 August 1940. In the 1939 Register he was an Engineering
Draughtsman, resident 94 Crawley Green Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire.
See also Vauxhall Motors Memorial |
| ATTWOOD | Harold Edward Ernest | Flight
Sergeant 1254927, 423 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 13 November 1943. Aged 31. Baptised 2 June 1912 in Hollingbourne,
All Saints, Kent, son of Ernest and Sarah Attwood, resident Hollingbourne,
Kent. Son of Ernest and Sarah Attwood; husband of Edna M. Attwood,
of Luton, Bedfordshire. Married Edna M Hobbs in the July to September
Quarter 1933 in the Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 135. |
| AUSTIN | John Prescott |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 176233, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 18 August 1944. Aged 21. Birth registered in the October
to December Quarter 1922 in the Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire;
mother's maiden name 'Folds'. Son of Sydney Thomas Austin, and Hilda
Kate Austin, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST.
OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 6. Row C. Grave
8 (Joint). |
| AXBY | Leslie Frederick |  Sergeant
1335145, 466 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 30
January 1943. Aged 27. Born 6 October 1915. Son of Joseph Richard
and Ada Louise Axby; husband of Queenie Sylvia Axby, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
Married Queenie S Riddy in the April to June Quarter 1939 in the
North Buckinghamshire Registration District. In the 1939 Register
he was a Coach Maker (Railway Works), married to Queenie (nee Riddy),
resident 77 Milton Road, Luton M.B., Bedfordshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 141. See also
Vauxhall Motors Memorial |
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