RIDGMONT
- Roll of Honour
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Lynda Smith
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Photographs Copyright © Lynda Smith 2001
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The Memorial Stands by the
side of the main road, near the Parish church and the school.
TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE
MEN FROM RIDGMONT PARISH
WHO STOOD FOR FREEDOM AND DIED FOR ENGLAND
1914 – 1919
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ASKEW
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George
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Probably.
L/Cpl. 12395. 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died
of wounds Monday 15 March 1915. Born Steppingley, Beds. Enlisted
Ampthill. Commemorated: Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Red. IV.A.68.
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BOLTON
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Christopher
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L/Cpl. 512922. 14th
Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish). Killed in action Wednesday
21 August 1918. Age 21. Lived Aspley Guise. Enlisted London. Son
of John & Elizabeth Bolton of 87 High Street, Ridgmont. Commemorated:
Locre No. 1 Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
B.9.
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CARTWRIGHT
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Tom
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No further information
available at present.
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COOK
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Oliver
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Pte. 18076. 2nd
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 3 May 1918.
Age 33. Born Husborne Crawley. Lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Bedford.
Husband of Lilly Cook of 29 Church Street, Ridgmont, Aspley Guise,
Beds. Commemorated: Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. XI.B.10.
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COOPER
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Charles
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Pte. 9820. 2nd
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday 28 November
1914. Age 22. Born & lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Ampthill. Son
of Mrs. Ann Cooper of Ridgmont, Beds. Commemorated: Ploegsteert
Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Ref. Panel 4.
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COTCHIN
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Joseph
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2nd Lieutenant.
1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Tuesday 9 October 1917. Age 31. Son of Joseph and Emma Cotchin of
79 Station Road, Ridgmont. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. Panel 48 – 50 & 162A.
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GARNER
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Arthur William
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Pte. 7923. 2nd
Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action Sunday 16 May 1915. Born & lived Ridgmount (sic),
Beds. Enlisted Woolwich, Kent. Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial,
Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. Panel 26.
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LAWRENCE
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Edward George
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Pte. 23603. 4th
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 25 March
1918. Age 20. Born & lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Ampthill. Son
of Harry & Eliza Lawrence of 63 Evershott (probably Eversholt)
Road, Ridgmont, Aspley Guise, beds. Commemorated: St. Hilaire Cemetery,
Frevent, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. V.F.3.
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LAWSON
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Arthur
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Either:
Arthur W. Pte. 5089. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Sunday 5 September 1915. Lived Eversholt. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated: Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey. Ref. Sp.
Mem. C.45. See also Eversholt Memorial. Or:
Arthur Charles L/Cpl. 20686. 1st Battalion Duke of
Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 29
September 1918. Born Eversholt. Lived Harlesdon, Middx. Enlisted
Mill Hill. Commemorated: Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain,
Nord, France. Ref. I.A.15.
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NICHOLLS
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Arthur
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Probably:
Arthur Benjamin Pte. 26683.
2nd Battalion Bedfordshire regiment. Killed in action Sunday 30
July 1916. Age 20. Born Simpson, Bucks. Lived & enlisted Ampthill.
Son of Harry Samuel & Anne Nicholls of Bury Ware, Lidlington,
Ampthill, Beds. Commemorated: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme,
France. Ref. XXXI.F.2.
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NICHOLLS
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Harry
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Probably:
Pte. 23248. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 28 June 1917. Age 19. Born Simpson, Bucks.
Lived & enlisted Ampthill. Son of Harry Samuel & Anne Nicholls
of Bury Ware, Lidlington, Ampthill, Beds. Commemorated: Arras memorial,
Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. Bay 5.
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PEPPER
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Arthur Charles
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Sgt. 14308. 4th
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday 30 October
1917. Age 26. Born Ridgmont. Lived Oakley, Beds. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of Phoebe Pepper of 79 High Street, Ridgmont, and the late John
Pepper. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. Panel 48 – 50 & 162A. See also Oakley
Memorial.
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ROGERS
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Morris (William)
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Pte. M/301176. 52nd
M.T. Company Royal Army Service Corps. Died at home Thursday 10
May 1917. Born Kentish Town. Lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Acton. Commemorated:
Ridgmont (All Saints) Old Churchyard, Beds. West of Church.
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SMITH
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Christopher Francis
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Pte.
29452. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Monday 25 September 1916. Born Aspley Guise. Lived Ridgmont.
Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Ref. Pier & Face 2C.
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WILLIAMSON
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John
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[Wilkinson on SDGW
CD]. Pte. 8137. 1st/2nd City of London Regiment,
Royal Fusiliers. (Formerly 4863 5th Bedfordshire Regiment).
Killed in action Monday 2 October 1916. Lived Ridgmont. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Ref. Pier
& Face 9D & 16B.
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WOODS
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Sidney
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Pte. 19523. 8th
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Friday 3 November
1916. Born Ridgmont. Lived Bulbourne, Herts. Enlisted Watford, Herts.
Commemorated: St. Severs Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime,
France. Ref. O.I.B.5.
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WOODING
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Arthur George
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Pte. 23357. 1st
Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday 23 April
1917. Born and lived Ridgmont. Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. Bay 5.
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MEN
1939
– 1945
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BUNKER
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(Arthur) Thomas
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Pte. 5951430. 2nd
Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Died Sunday 30 January 1944.
Age 27. Son of Arthur & Ethel Bunker of Ridgmont, Beds. Commemorated:
Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. V.C.1.
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COOK
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Arthur
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No further information
available at present.
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LARGE
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George Edward
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Pte. 5950136. 5th
Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment. Died Monday
9 August 1943. Age 23. Son of Ada Large of Ridgmont, Beds. Commemorated:
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Ref. 2.Q.32.
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PLEDGER
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Stephen
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Probably:
Pte. 5954359. 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died Monday 20 November 1944. Age 28. Son of Sidney & Eva Pledger;
husband of Edith Kathleen Pledger of Gt. Gransden, Beds. Commemorated:
Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Ref. VIII.B.5.
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ROSE
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Bernard
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Acting Cpl. 5832782,
B Company, 11 Platoon, 1st Suffolk Regiment. Killed while
fighting to take the Chateau De La Londe in Normandy on Wednesday
28 June 1944. Age 31. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Rose of Bletchley,
Bucks. Commemorated: Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Ref. 5.A.2.
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SPENDILOW
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William
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Probably:
. William Spendelow Pte. 5833363. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire
& Hertfordshire Regiment. Died Wednesday 25 October 1944. Age
31. Son of Amos & Emily Spendelow; husband of Alice Spendelow
of Cambridge. Commemorated: Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. I.A.5.
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WELLS
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Robert George
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Gunner 1715457. 209
Bty. 70 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Monday 12 June
1944. Age 34. Son f Richard & Ada Wells; husband of Mabel Olive
Wells of Ridgmont. Commemorated: Ridgmont (All Saints) Old Churchyard,
Beds. Ref. Row 12. Grave 22.
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6 February 2003
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