LEIGHTON
BUZZARD - COMMERCIAL - Rolls of Honour
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Martin Edwards
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There are two memorials
in commercial buildings, one in the National Westminster Bank, one in
the Post Office.
National Westminster
Bank
1914-1918
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HEALING
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Kenneth
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2nd
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion (Territorial), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action Friday 27th April 1917.
Age 23. Son of John and Emmeline Healing, of 13, Chiltern Rd., Dunstable.
Buried in TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERYSomme, France. Grave
I. A. 48.
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The
Post Office
1914-1918
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BUTCHER
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R
P
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Sapper,
288438, Imperial Signal Company, Royal Engineers died on Tuesday
31st December 1918. Age 33. Son of George and Mary Butcher; husband
of Elizabeth Butcher, of 41, Billington Rd., Leighton Buzzard. Born
at Leighton Buzzard. Buried in DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY,
Tanzania. Grave VII. A. 3. See also Leighton
Buzzard Roll of Honour.
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1939-1945
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CREIGHTON
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Albert
Victor
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Able
Seaman, C/J 101244, H.M.S. Mercury, Royal Navy. Died on Sunday 7th
July 1940. Buried in the Church of England section of PORTLAND ROYAL
NAVAL CEMETERY, Dorset. Collective grave 671.
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WOODLAND
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Reginald
William Joseph
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Gunner
1063511, 76 Field Regt., Royal Artillery died on Sunday 15th October
1944. Age 37. Son of Alfred and Lily Woodland, of Radstock, Somerset.
Buried in OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Grave
II. A. 13.
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21 April 2002
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