KEYSOE
- War Memorial
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Brenda Asplin
with additional information by Lynda Smith
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Keysoe War Memorial
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Keysoe Inscription Close-up
Photographs Copyright © Brenda Asplin 2001
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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
| BROWN |
Elijah |
Pte
28738. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Monday 13 November 1916. Born Keysoe. Lived St. Neots. Enlisted
Ampthill. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Ref. Pier
& Face 2C. |
| BULL |
Frank |
Pte.
44/251. 14th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
Died Friday 6 October 1916. Age 26. Son of James & Sarah Ann
Bull of Keysoe Row, St. Neots. Commemorated: Ste. Marie Cemetery,
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. Div.3.K.3. |
| CASTLEMAN |
Frederick |
Possibly
Frederick George Castleman. Leading Stoker K/3303. HMS “Jason”,
Royal Navy. Died Tuesday 3 April 1917. Age 29. Son of the late Deborah
Briars (formerly Castleman) of Baldock, Herts. Commemorated: Chatham
Naval Memorial, Kent. Ref. 23. |
| FILSELL |
Albert |
Pte. G/25931. 10th (Royal East Kent & West Kent Yeomanry)
Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds Monday 23 September
1918. Served in Palestine and France. Born Northampton. Lived St.
Neots. Enlisted Bedford although St Neots also stated. Father Samuel
Filsell. Commemorated: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Plot 5 Row D Grave 6. Also commemorated at Parish Curch
of All Saints, Maidstone, Kent. |
| FREEMAN |
Elijah |
Pte.
472841. 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regt.). Died Saturday 24 March 1917. Age 25. son of George &
Catherine Freeman of Fern Cottage, Keysoe. Commemorated: Keysoe
(Brook End) Baptist Chapelyard, Bolnhurst & Keysoe, Beds. In
S.E. part. |
| GREEN |
Dudley
John |
Pte.
3831. 50th Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F. Born
16th July 1891, parents Louisa Fensom, father Thomas Green, farmer
of Bolnhurst, Bedford. Enlisted at Renmark with the 50th Battalion.A
I.F. Australian Army, 23rd September 1915 as a Private. Disembarked
at Marseilles, killed in action on Monday 4th September 1916. Monday
4 September 1916. Buried at Moquet Farm. Commemorated: Villers-Bretonneux
Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 150. 26 |
| HALL |
David
Charles |
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Pte.
200920. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Friday 8 June 1917. Age 19. Lived Keysoe.
Enlisted Bedford. Son of Sarah Jane Barnett (formerly Hall)
of Brookend, Keysoe, St. Neots. Commemorated: Perth Cemetery
(China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II.E.10.
Note:
Although he died serving with the 2nd Beds his number, and
the Imperial Service Badge he is wearingn, show he served
in the 5th Battalion prior to this.
Photograph
kindly supplied by John Wainwright. |
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| KING |
Oliver
Charles |
Possibly:
L/Corporal 15035. 7th Battalion Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 25 September 1915. Born Thurleigh.
Enlisted Northampton. Commemorated: Loos memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. Panel 91 – 93. |
SEARS |
Arthur |
probably
Arthur Joseph Sears, Private 22976, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 13th November 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born Wellingborough, enlisted Ampthill, resident Irthlingborough,
Northants. Buried in Serre Road No.1 Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave IX. B. 4. |
STAPLETON |
David |
Pte.
204571. 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Monday 4 November 1918. Born & lived Keysoe. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated: Ghissignies British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Ref. A.6. |
WHEELER |
Henry
[Harry] Thomas |
Pte.
2129145. 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba
Regiment). Died Tuesday 1 October 1918. Age 24. Foster son of Mrs.
E.R. Freeman of Keysoe Row, St. Neots. Commemorated: Canada Cemetery,
Tilloy-les-Cambrai, Nord, France. Ref. I.C.3. |
WRIGHT |
Laurence |
possibly
Lawrence Albert Wright, Private, 4518, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own
Royal) Hussars who died of wounds on Monday, 26th October 1914.
Born Bedford, enlisted Rushden, resident Chesterfield. |
MEN
OF THIS VILLAGE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN HER DEFENCE.
THESE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
ALSO 1939 – 1945
BROWN
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Eric
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Corporal
2067340, 579th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed during the
evacuation at Dunkirk 17th June 1940. Aged 20. Born bedford, resident
Bedfordshire. Son of George and Elizabeth Jane Brown, of Bedford.
Information
at Keysoe Chapel on Eric Brown indicates his mother was Elizabeth
Jane Brown who died 30th March 1938, aged 42 years, probaly from
burns received when a lamp fell over. His father was George Brown
who died 16th June 1969, aged 76 years, who was born in Keysoe circa
1893. No known grave. Commemorated on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France.
Column 22.
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Last updated
21 September, 2009
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