| 1914
– 1918 |
|
ALLEN |
Christopher
|
Pte.
G/50526. 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
Killed in action Saturday 28 April 1917. Born Shillington. Enlisted
Luton. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Ref.
Bay 7 |
|
ANSELL |
Alfred |
Pte
41523. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Reg.. Died of wounds Saturday
26 Oct 1918. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Bedford. Son of
Mr D. Ansell of Brookside, Shillington. Commemorated: Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref: LXVII.L.20 (recorded on both
village memorials) |
|
ANSELL |
Harry |
Possibly
Pte.20937. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
27 April 1918. Born & lived Meppershall. Enlisted Bedford. Son of
Arthur & Mary A. Ansell of Meppershall, Shefford, Beds. Commemorated:
Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord. France. Ref. I.F.54,
(see also Meppershall) (record on both village memorials) |
|
ASHTON |
Albert B |
Pte
G/26589. 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action Thursday 13 June 1918. Born S Shillington. Enlisted
Chiswick. Commemorated: Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Ref. G.20 |
|
BREWER |
John |
Pte
28277. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
21 May 1917. Lived Shillington. Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated:
London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse, Pas de Calais. Panel 3 (recorded
on both village memorials) |
|
COLE |
Frederick |
London
Rifle Brigade. No further information available at present. |
|
DENTON |
Joseph (MM)
|
Serjeant
1852. “D” Bty., 83rd Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
Thursday 21st March 1918 aged 37. Born Hitchin. Enlisted London.
Son of James Denton of Marshall Cottages, Shillington. Husband of
Sarah A. Denton of Albert Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia.
Served in the South African Campaign. Commemorated: Poziers Memorial,
Somme. Panel 7 – 10 (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
GRUNDON |
William Sidney
|
Pte
3/7199. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
12 Oct 1916. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Clifton. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme. Pier & Face 2C (recorded on both village
memorials) |
|
GUDGIN |
Frank |
 |
Pte.
T/448167. Royal Army Service Corps. Died 23 May 1920 Aged
26. Son of Charles Gudgin, husband of Florence Dorothy Gudgin
of Church Street, Shillington. Commemorated: Shillington
(All Saints) Churchyard. In SW (new) part. (Record on gravestone
– T/448167 Private F. Gudgin. Royal Army Service Corps.
23rd May 1920. Age 26. Rest in the Lord.) See also Southill
Memorial |
|
|
HYDE |
Bertram |
Pte
28124. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
24 April 1918. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated:
Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme. Ref. III.C.4 (recorded
on both village memorials) |
|
INGRAM |
Robert |
Pte
31949. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
8 May 1918 aged 20. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Bedford.
The son of William & Eliza Ingram, of Aspley End, Shillington. Commemorated:
Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. I.G. 18. (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
JENKINS |
Lewis Bertram
|
Gunner
123666 “A” Bty. 76th Bde, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
Monday 4 Nov 1918 aged 29. Born Shillington. Enlisted Hitchin. Son
of John & Sally Jenkins of Shillington. Husband of Olive Lavinia
Jenkins of 58 Park Road, Hendon, London. Commemorated: Cross Roads
Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref IV. D. 11 (recorded on both village
memorials) |
|
JEPPS |
Charles |
Possibly
Pte 23651. 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Formerly 21818
Som.L.I.) Killed in action Saturday 28 Oct 1916. Born & lived Hitchin,
Herts. Enlisted Pewsey, Wiltshire. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial.
Pier & Face 11D (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
LARMAN |
Bertram (Bertie)
Albert |
Pte
21010. 6th Battalion Border Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 15th
July, 1917 aged 22. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of Absolam & Eliza Larman of Moat Farm Cottages, Biscot, Luton.
Commemorated: La Belle Alliance Cemetery, Ieper, West Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. C.10. (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
PEARCE |
Frederick Arthur
|
(Arthur
on Chapel memorial) Pte 10350. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 9 Nov 1914 aged 19. Born & lived Shillington.
Enlisted Bedford. Son of George & Emma Pearce, of Church Street,
Shillington. Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais. Panel
10 & 11 (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
PESTELL |
Percy John |
Pte
28043. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
22 May 1917. Aged 28. Born Huntingdon. Lived Shillington. Enlisted
Hitchin. Son of Mrs G. Pestell, of II St Mary’s Terrace, Newtown,
Huntingdon. Husband of Maud Pestell, of Church Street, Shillington.
Commemorated: Tank Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. A.33 (recorded
on both village memorials) |
|
PRUTTON |
Frank |
L/Cpl
1369. 3rd Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F. Died Sun 25 Apr 1915.
Enlisted 29 August 1914. No.1369 Original, 3rd Battalion, A.I.F.
Born in Shillington, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Alfred
and Susan Prutton Comm. Lone Pine Cemetery, Turkey. Ref. 19 (recorded
on both village memorials) |
|
TINGEY |
Ernest B. |
Pte
3/8706 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died Monday 8 November
1915. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Hitchin. Commemorated:
La Brique Military Cemetery No. 1, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. F.14 (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
TINGEY |
William |
Pte
G/51048. 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own).
Killed in action Monday 23 April 1917. Born & lived Shillington.
Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated: Heniel-Croiselles Road Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I.E.2. (recorded on both village memorials)
|
|
TWYDELL |
Ernest |
Pte
25523. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
31 October 1916. Age 22. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Hitchin.
Son of John & Eliza Twydell, Bury End, Shillington. Commemorated:
Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France. Ref. B.
28 (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
TWYDELL |
Frank Samuel
|
Cpl
25522. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Sunday
19 Nov 1916 aged 22. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Hitchin.
Son George & Mary Ann Twydell of Shillington. Commemorated: Contay
British Cemetery, Somme. Ref. VIII.F.4. (recorded on both village
memorials) |
|
WEEDEN |
Horace |
Pte
26768. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday
23 April 1917. Born & lived Shillington. Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5 (recorded on both village
memorials) |
|
WEST |
William |
Pte
202846. 11th Essex Regiment. (Formerly 269304 Hertfordshire Regiment)
Killed in action Thursday 21 March 1918. Born Finsbury Park. Lived
Shillington. Enlisted Hitchin. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais. Bay 7. (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
WILLMER |
Leslie |
Pte.
40153. 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment (Formerly 42744 Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 10 April 1918. Born Marylebone. Lived Shillington.
Enlisted Marylebone. Son of Frederick Funnell Willmer & Lillie Willmer
of Brighton. Commemorated: Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue,
Nord, France. Ref. IX.C.2. (recorded on both village memorials)
|
|
WILSON |
Frank Cyril
|
(Cyril
Frank in chapel) Pte 56802. 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Killed in action Saturday 1 June 1918. Aged 18. Born Green End,
Beds. Enlisted Hitchin. Son of Edgar & Emily Wilson, of Blacksmith
Cottage, Shillington. Comm. Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme.
Ref. I.D. 41. (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
WOMWELL |
Herbert Stanley
|
L/Cpl
203987. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday.
8 October 1918 aged 21. Born Ickleford, Herts. Enlisted Hitchin.
Son of William & Emma J. Womwell of Shillington Mill, Gravenhurst,
Beds. Commemorated: Brancourt-le-Grand-Military Cemetery, Aisne,
France. Ref. A.25 (recorded on both village memorials) |
|
1939
– 1945 |
|
DOOLEY |
Vincent |
Possibly
Sgt. 977328. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29 Jan 1944.
Age 32. Son of Henry & Minnie Dooley, husband of Rosemary Dooley,
of Woking, Surrey. Commemorated: Runneymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel
228. |
|
FISHER |
Frederick Harold
|
Sgt.
3382583. 5th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. Died Saturday 8
July 1944. Age 35. Son of Frederick J. & Florence Fisher; husband
of Evelyn Fisher of Shillington. Commemorated: Hermanville War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. Ref. 4.C.3. |
|
HAYES |
Philip Redford
|
Pte
5956293. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment. Died
Saturday 14 Oct 1944. Age 31. Husband of Anne Mabel Haynes of Shillington.
Commemorated: Singapore Memorial. Column 63. See also Silsoe. |
|
HAYNES |
George |
Private
5833288, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
at Sengarrang during the fight for Singapore 26th January 1942.
Aged 28. Son of Richard & Rose Haynes, husband of Ada Kate Haynes
of Barton. Commemorated: Singapore Memorial. Column 59. See also
Barton.
Extracts from local
newspaper:
4th November
1943
Nearly two years have
elapsed since Mrs. George Haines had any news of her husband in
Malaya. The Red Cross have written a very sympathetic letter, promising
news immediately it can be obtained.
26th
March 1946
| Barton
Man’s Fate at Singapore |
Mrs. Haynes of Barton,
has received official notification that her husband, Pte. George
Haynes, was killed on January 26th 1942 at Sangjerang,
Malaya. He had arrived in Singapore on January 13th and
was 28. Mrs. Haynes is left with a son aged five. Pte Haynes was
a native of Shillington.
|
|
JEPPS |
Norman |
Pte
14707163. 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died Saturday 25 Nov 1944.
Age 19. Son of Frank & Elsie Jepps of Shillington. Commemorated:
Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands. Ref III.C.9 |
|
PAYNE |
Albert George
Walter |
W/O
1385974. 210 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Tuesday
3 April 1945. Aged 24. Son of Christopher & Henrietta Payne of Shillington.
Commemorated: Runneymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 269 |
|
PAYNE |
Stanley John
|
Pte
5952345. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment. Died
Tuesday 26 October 1943. Age 24. Son of Charles & Elizabeth Payne
of Shillington. Commemorated: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
4.C.43 |
