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
HEALING
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Kenneth
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Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion (Territorial), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action Friday 27 April 1917.
Aged 23. Born 15 December 1893. Son of John and Emmeline Healing,
of 13, Chiltern Rd., Dunstable. In the 1901 census he was aged 7,
born Kensworth, Hertfordshire, son of John and Emmeline Healing,
resident Turnpike Road, Kensworth, Hertfordshire. Admitted to Ashton
Grammar School (boys), Dunstable, September 1903, son of J Healing
of Wentworth House, Dunstable. In the 1911 census he was a schoolboy,
aged 17, born Dunstall (sic), Bedfordshire, boarding at Ashton Grammar
School, High Street, North Dunstable, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Buried
in TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 48. |
The
Post Office
1914-1918
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BUTCHER
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Richard
Percy |
Sapper
288438, Imperial Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died on service
Tuesday 31 December 1918. Aged 33. Born Leighton Buzzard. Son of
George and Mary Butcher; husband of Elizabeth Butcher, of 41, Billington
Rd., Leighton Buzzard. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born Leighton
Buzzard, a Post Office Clerk, son of George and Mary Ann Maria Butcher,
resident 4, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Buried
in DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot VII. Row
A. Grave 3. See also Leighton
Buzzard Roll of Honour.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
BUTCHER
Richard Percy of 41 Billington-road Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire
sapper 288438 R E. died 31 December 1918 in East Africa Administration
Northampton 18 July to Elizabeth Butcher widow.
Effects £352 9s. 2d.
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1939-1945
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CREIGHTON
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Albert
Victor |
Able
Seaman, C/J 101244, H.M.S. Mercury, Royal Navy. Died at sea Sunday
7 July 1940. Born 2 March 1904 in Peckham, London. First enlisted
2 March 1922 for 12 years, height 5 feet 3 inhes, chest 34 inches,
dark brown hair, brown eyes fresh complexion, previously a Fitter's
Mate. Buried in the Church of England section of PORTLAND ROYAL
NAVAL CEMETERY, Dorset. Collective grave 671.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1940:
CREIGHTON
Albert Victor of The Royal Naval Barracks Chatham
died 7 July 1940 on war service Administration Llandudno
16 December to Elizabeth Eliza Creighton (wife of David Creighton).
Effects £173.
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WOODLAND
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Reginald
William Joseph |
Gunner
1063511, 76 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action Sunday
15 October 1944. Aged 37 (27 on RA Card). Born Radstock, Bath, Somerset,
resident Radstock, Bath, Somerset. Son of Alfred and Lily Woodland,
of Radstock, Somerset. Buried in OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Plot II. Row A. Grave 13.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
WOODLAND
Reginald William Joseph of Ascot Stables Wing Leighton
Buzzard Buckinghamshire died 15 October 1944 on
war service Probate Bristol 23 February to Dorothy
Alice Medlyn married woman. Effects £155 8s. 11d.
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Last updated
3 June, 2020
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