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EDWORTH WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Peter Jarman 2009

The Memorial is in the form of a brass plaque in the porch of St George's Church, Edworth, now disused and a part of Church Farm. it commemorates those men from the village who served their country in the Great War. 14 in total. Within the church is a white, marble, plaque containing the names of rwo men who died in World War 1. There is also a stained glass window to be found on the North wall of the Chancel to one man from World War 2.

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ROLL OF HONOUR
THOSE WHO SERVED IN
THE 'GREAT WAR'
1914-1918
FROM THE PARISH OF
EDWORTH

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
PTE. GEORGE STREET
6TH BATTN. NORTHANTS REGT
KILLED 17TH FEB. 1917
PTE. ALFRED JAMES DESBOROUGH
1ST BATTN. NORTHANTS REGT.
KILLED 30TH OCTOBER. 1918
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

BROOKS Bertie
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BROOKS James
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BRYANT Arthur
Brother of Charles (below). No further information currently available
BRYANT Charles Robert
Brother of Arthur (above). Joined up after emigrating to Australia - wounded twice but survived the warNo further information currently available
BRYANT Ernest
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BRYANT Frank
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BRYANT Herbert
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DESBOROUGH Alfred James
Private 58288, "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 29/30 October 1918. Aged 21. Born Port Talbot, Wales, enlisted Bedford. Son of William and Charlotte Desborough, of The Pebbles, Dunton, Biggleswade, Beds. Bom at Edgworth (sic), Baldock, Herts. Buried in CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS, Nord, France. Plot II. Row I. Grave 24.
DESBOROUGH William
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MEDLOCK George
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MEDLOCK William
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MOSS Leonard
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STREET Arthur
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STREET George
Private 43253, "C" Company, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 17 February 1917. Aged 29. Born Edworth, enlisted Biggleswade. Son of James and Emma E. Street, of 3, Meadow View, Edworth, Baldock, Herts. Formerly 26791, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 21. See also Biggleswade Memorial

1939-1945

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FLIGHT LT. DAVID SMYTH DFC
MISSING PRESUMED KILLED
17 NOV. 1943 AGED 23

SMYTH, DFC David
Flight Lieutenant 108170, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Missing presumed killed in action 17/18 November 1943. Aged 23. Son of Thomas Hugh and Lilian Maud Smyth, of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. B.A. (Cantab.). Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). No known grave. commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 121.

Last updated 30 December, 2009

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