possibly Frank BILLINGTON, Shoeing Smith 73554 133rd Bty. 20th Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died on Thursday, 12th August 1920. Aged 28. Son of James and Sarah Billington, of The Common, West Hill, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. Face 3. Buried in Trimulgherry Cantonment Cemetery. No known grave. Commemorated on MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI, India.

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

Private 25214, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday 23rd April 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 21. Born and resident Cranfield, enlisted Ampthill. Son of Mrs. Sarah Goodman, of Cranfield. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5.

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

Private 22903, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday 7th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 25. Born and resident Cranfield, enlisted Bedford. Son of William George and Annie Elizabeth Evans, of High St., Cranfield. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave XII. C. 3.

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

Private 25179, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died Wednesday 19th February 1919. Aged 22. Son of John and Martha Evans, of Cranfield. Buried in CRANFIELD (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD, In North-West part.

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

[Listed as C Ford on scroll] Private 57844, 16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 14th May 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 23. Born and resident Cranfield, enlisted Bedford. Son of William Ford; husband of Ada Winifred Ford, of West End, Bletchley, Bucks. Formerly 2562 Royal Engineers. Buried in NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave B. 5.

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

possibly

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

[Surname written as HARPER on Soldier's Died & CWGC] Private 3/7282, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday 17th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Cranfield, resident Woburn Sands, enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11

Private G/21828, 10th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action Thursday 20th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 23. Born and resident Cranfield, enlisted Bedford. Son of James and Caroline Lancaster, of East End, Cranfield. Formerly 24370 Northamptonshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

[Memorial reads LOVESAY] Lance Corporal 522485 486th East Anglian Field Company, Royal Engineers who died of wounds on Friday, 30th November 1917. Enlisted Bedford, resident Aspley Guise. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Grave K. 12.

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

In Loving Memory of William Herbert WHITE the Beloved Son of William and Mary WHITE who died January 15th 1915. Aged 29 years.
"For Ever With The Lord"
"Yet We Will Not Forget Thee Nor Forsake Thee".

[From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

Either Leslie Shuker, Corporal 6023228 6th Bn., Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment who died on Wednesday, 14th April 1943. Aged 23. Son of Frank and Sarah Shuker; husband of Mary Miller Shuker (nee Rice), of Glasgow. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia

or Langley Shuker, Private B/55038 Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C. who died on Tuesday, 22nd October 1940. Aged 35. Son of Charlotte A. Shuker, of Kirkland Lake. Buried in KIRKLAND LAKE (KIRKLAND) CEMETERY, Ontario, Canada. Plot 208. Grave 4.

Captain, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (Brigade major 151st Infantry Brigade). Died of wounds 3 April 1916. Aged 27. Son of Mr. C. B. Harter, of 5, Onslow Houses, Kensington, London. His brother Clement Jesse also fell See b elow). Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row A. Grave 13.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, Volume II, page 206:

CAPTAIN JOHN GEORGE HARTER, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, BRIGADE MAJOR, eldest son of Charles B. H. Harter, Esq., 5, Onslow Houses, London, S.W., was born in London on the 30th August, 1888. His younger brother, Lieutenant C. J. Harter, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, was killed at Hooge on the 16th June, 1915.

He was educated at Ladycross Bournemouth, and at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, and joined the Durham Light Infantry, as 2nd Lieutenant, from the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in September, 1908, becoming Lieutenant in March, 1912. On the outbreak of the Great War he was appointed to the 10th (Service) Battalion of his regiment as Senior Subaltern, but in October, 1914, joined the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in Flanders. In May, 1915, he was appointed A.D.C. to the General Officer Commanding the VIth Division, and in July, 1915, was appointed Adjutant of the 9th Battalion (Territorial) Durham Light Infantry. In January, 1916, he was appointed Brigade Major of the 151st Brigade, 50th Northumbrian Division. While holding this appointment he was killed at The Bluff, near Ypres, on the 3rd April, 1916, and was buried at Poperinghe.

The General Officer Commanding the brigade gave the following account of the circumstances to Captain Harter's mother: “There was sonic very heavy shelling yesterday, and while he and I were walking front one headquarters to another a shell came and practically severed his left I gave him some morphia and sent him to a dressing station. We then got him down to the road, put him into an ambulance, and had him taken to the hospital. His leg was amputated and he died at 6 6 a.m.. this morning. When lie was hit his first thought was for others, and he said to me, ' I order you to go away out of danger. Don't stop with me.' He was so brave and plucky, and when I said good-night to him he was just like himself. The whole brigade talks of him with deep admiration and respect. I do so sincerely sympathise with you in your great sorrow. Everyone loved John, and to one he was more like a son than a Staff officer, and I loved him very dearly. We buried hint at 2.15 p.m. to-clay, having got the priest to read the Service."

A Special Brigade Order of the Day was published announcing the Brigade Major's death. Rather fuller details were given by the Staff Captain of the brigade, who wrote: "It was a glorious end. and what better and nobler than this can I say, that his end was a glorious example to us all ? Our brigade had been, as you will probably know, holding a very important and difficult part of the line. Well, on the day before his death the enemy shelled our headquarters very heavily and knocked in all the dug-outs except two. About ten of our servants, clerks, and signallers were also knocked out at the same time. John had just come out of the office with the General when a small shell, known as a whiz-bang,' hit him in the left thigh and seriously wounded him. As he lay on the ground he said to the General, Go away, General, to safety. I order you to go away.' In a very short time ho was carried into the signallers' dug-out, and, as he lay on the ground, he said to the men round about, Well, boys, I am going to die, and I am quite ready. That's how you all should. be.'“ Captain Harter had made a name for himself in India as a fine horseman, having won the Subalterns' Cup and Rose Cup two years in succession. He was also particularly successful in the training of polo ponies.

Plaque in the church to the HARTER brothers

Captain, 3rd Battalion attached 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 16 June 1915. Aged 26. Son of Charles B. Hatfield Harter and Violet Harter, of 5, Onslow Houses, South Kensington, London. His brother John George also fell (see above). No known grave. Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, Volume II, page 206:

LIEUTENANT CLEMENT JESSE HARTER, 4th BATTN. THE ROYAL FUSILIERS (CITY OF LONDON REGT.), third son of Charles B. H. Harter, 5, Onslow Houses, London, S.W., was born in London on the 4th December, 1889. His elder brother, Captain J. G. Harter, Brigade Major, was killed near Ypres on the 3rd April, 1916. He was educated at Ladycross, Bournemouth, and Beaumont College, Old Windsor, and originally was in the Royal Navy. In August, 1911, he was gazetted to the Royal Fusiliers from the Special Reserve, and joined the 3rd Battalion in India. In the Great War the 4th Battalion formed part of the IIIrd Division, and having gone to France in March, 1915, Lieutenant Harter, who had been pro¬moted Lieutenant in April, 1914, was killed on the 16th June, 1915, while leading his platoon at Hooge. In August, 1915, it was officially notified that Lieutenant C. J. Harter, who had been previously reported "killed" was now "reported wounded and missing." The report of his death was, however, afterwards confirmed. Lieutenant Harter was a member of the Bath Club.

326955 Private Cambridgeshire and Suffolk Reserve Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at home Thursday 15th February 1917. Aged 35. Born Cranfield, enlisted Bedford. Son of James and Ann Garner, of Poplar Cottages, Cranfield. Buried in CRANFIELD (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD. [From National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton]

"Before the Best of Life
As Known
Or Line Had Marked the Brow
He Went Into the Dark Alone"

"Good Night My Darling Son
Not Farewell
Till We Meet Again
Sleep Well"

"In Memory"

 

"Praise God
For Then The Fallen Flowers
Will Receive His Blessing
HMum Vera and Freddie"

 

"Tread Softly
For You Tread On Our Dreams"

"To The Peace of God
Which Passeth
All Understanding"

"The Loving Memory
Of A dear Husband and Daddy
Janna Arthur and David"

 

"Amidst Life's Changes
We Shall Not Forget
His Loving Wife and Sons"

 

"Before the Best of Life
As Known
Or Line Had Marked the Brow
He Went Into the Dark Alone"

 

"Always Remembered
By The Ones
Who Can't Forget"