BOLNHUSRT,
ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH - War Memorial
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Brenda Asplin
with additional information by Lynda Smith
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Photographs
Copyright © Brenda Asplin 2001
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ERECTED
BY PARISHIONERS
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
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HARPER
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William
Henry
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L/Cpl
B/200451. 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s
Own). Formerly 30177 Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
23 August 1918. Age 32. Born Bolnhurst. Lived Wilden. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of Peter & Ellen Harper of Bolnhurst. St. Neots, Hunts.
Husband of Elizabeth Arm (sic) Harper of 3 Red Brick Cottages, Wilden,
Beds. Commemorated: Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension,
Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. III.F.6. See also Wilden.
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HARVEY
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R.M.D.
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Probably
Ronald Marmaduke Dawnay Harvey. 2nd Lieutenant 4th
Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment (attd. 1st Battalion.
Bedfordshire Regiment). Killed in action Tuesday 20 April 1915.
Commemorated Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. IV.C.13
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HAWKINS
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Harold
Jabez
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Pte.
G/41338. 2nd Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action Wednesday 1 August 1917. Age 23. Born
Bolnhurst. Lived St. Neots. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Josiah &
Annie E. Hawkins of Bolnhurst, St. Neots, Hunts. Commemorated: Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 49
& 51.
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HAWKINS
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Walter
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No
further information available at present.
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JOHNSON
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Arthur
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Possibly
Pte. 16283. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Saturday 1 July 1916. Age 24. Born, lived and enlisted
Bedford. Brother of Mrs. J. Cunnington of Brookend, Keysoe, St.
Neots, Hunts. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
& Face 2C.
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JOHNSON
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James
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Possibly
James Johnson, Air Mechanic 2nd Class, RFC. Died 30th March 1918
while serving with No. 27 Kite Balloon. Section in Macedonia. Buried
at Sarigol,Greece.
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PARROTT
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Charles
F.
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Pte.
4146. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home
26 September 1916. Born and enlisted Bedford. Lived Bolnhurst. Son
of Mr. F.G. Parrott of Keysoe Row, St. Neots, Hunts. Commemorated:
Bolnhurst Churchyard, Bedfordshire.
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STEWARD
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[Norman
C.] Cecil Norman
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Gunner.
769 Cecil Norman Steward
46th South Midland Divisional Ammunition Column
Royal Field Artillery Died at home 18th July 1917 aged 21
Son of Frederick & Lucy Steward of Bolnhurst
Buried Bolnhurst Churchyard
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WHITMORE
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Alec
A.
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Pte.
43287. 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly
26936 Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of Wounds 26 February 1917. Born
Bolnhurst. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Andrew & Louise Whitmore
of Bolnhurst, St. Neots. Commemorated: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme. Ref. V.D.5.
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24 January 2002
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