STOPSLEY
- Rolls of Honour
World War 1 & 2 - Rolls of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Lynda Smith
with additional information from John Wainwright
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There
are two memorials, one for the village and the other for the church. The
village memorial stands on a triangle in the centre of the junction of
St Thomas’s Road and Hitchin Road, Stopsley. The St Thomas's Church, Stopsley
contains the First World War Memorial on the wall of the church and the
Second World War memorial is in the form of a Book of Remembrance.
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Photographs
Copyright © Lynda Smith 2002
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VILLAGE
TO
THE
GLORY OF GOD & IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING & COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
LEST WE FORGET
CHURCH
THIS
EAST WINDOW
IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
Please
note the names * do NOT appear in the church.
The names marked † do not appear on
the village memorial
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ANGEL, Ernest Bernard
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[Angell
on CWGC & CD]. Pte 31465. 91st Company Machine Gun
Corps. (Formerly 23521 Bedfordshire Regiment). Died of wounds
Friday 25 May 1917. Born and lived Stopsley. Enlisted Bedford.
Commemorated Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Ref. III.A.13 |
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BANGS, John
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Pte. 47645. 14th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Died
of wounds Sunday 27 May 1917. Age 39. Lived Stopsley. Enlisted Luton.
Son of John & Charlotte Bangs of Wheathampstead, Herts. Husband
of Emma Bangs of Park Road Avenue, Stopsley. Born Wheathampstead.
Commemorated Mendingham Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. C.24
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BIGMORE, Herbert Gerald
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Pte. 203195. 2nd/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
(Notts. & Derby Regiment). Killed in action Wednesday 26 Sept
1917. Age 20. Born Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Son of Horace &
Flora Bigmore of "Gerald St. Jean", Lothair Road, Stopsley, Luton.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. Panel 99 - 102 & 162 & 162A
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BRAZIER, Walter
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Pte. 40379. 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
(Formerly 35651 Essex Regiment). Killed in action Tuesday 31 July
1917. Age 21. Born Streatley. Enlisted Luton. Son of Mr.Mrs. F.
Brazier of Bury Road, Stopsley. Husband of Mrs. O. Brazier of 40
Jubilee Street, Luton. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate), Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. Panel 43 & 45.
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CAIN, Arthur Thomas
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[Thomas
Arthur on CD] Pte. 29204.
13th Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 28 April
1917. Age 36. Born and lived Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Husband of
Minnie W. Pratt (formerly Cain) of Park Avenue, Stopsley. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. Bay 7
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CHAMBERLAIN, Ernest
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Pte. G/14553. 6th Battalion Queen’s
own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 7 October 1916.
Born Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier & Face IIC.
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CHAPMAN, Ernest William
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Pte. 203889. 1st Battalion East
Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 10 October 1917. Born Lilley.
Lived Stopsley. Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 79–80 & 163A.
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COLLIER, Thomas
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Pte. SE/24427 Depot Army Veterinary Corps. Died
Wednesday 9 October 1918. Age 28. Born Houghton Regis. Enlisted
Luton. Husband of M.A. Collier, of 47 Bury Park Road, Luton. Commemorated:
Stopsley (St. Thomas) Churchyard. At East end of church.
SE
24427 PTE.
T. COLLIER
ROYAL ARMY VET. CORPS
9 OCTOBER 1918. AGE 28
AT REST.
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COOPER, Albert
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Pte. 40360. 1st/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
Killed in action Thursday 6 September 1917. Age 22. . Born Stopsley.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Arthur & Mary Ann Cooper of Ramridge
Road, Stopsley, Luton, Beds. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54-60 & 163A.
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CRICK, Ernest Sidney
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Sapper 486784. 470th Field Company
Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 12 April 1918. Born Stopsley. Enlisted
Luton. Commemorated: Mons Communal Cemetery, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.
Ref. VIII.D.4.
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DAVIS, George
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202772 7th Norfolk, Killed. No further information
given.
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DAWSON, Albert
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Pte. G/61108. 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Killed in action Monday 28 May 1917.
Born Lilley. Lived Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated: Arras
Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. Bay 3.
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DAY, Frank [Francis]
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Possibly Pte.
92711. 2nd/2nd Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) London Regiment (Royal
Fusiliers). (Formerly 69687 6th KRRC). Died of wounds
Wednesday 28 August 1918. Age 22. Born Barrow-in-Furness.
Lived Belvedere, Kent. Enlisted Woolwich. Son of Alice Day,
9 Hockingtone Lane, Luton. (poss. Stockingstone) and the late George
William Day. Commemorated: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Ref. VII.B.30
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FENSOME, Arthur William
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Pte 6485. 71st Company
Machine Gun Corps. (Formerly 22274 Bedfordshire Regiment). Died
of wounds Wednesday 27 September 1916. Age 28. Born and lived
Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Son of Samuel & Ellen Fensome
of Stopsley, Nr. Luton, Beds. Commemorated: Abbeville Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. I.D.4 |
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FENSOME, Horace
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Pte. 13261. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Sunday 3 September 1916. Age 24. . Born and lived
Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Son of Mrs S. Fensome of Ramridge
End Lane, Stopsley, Nr. Luton, Beds. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Ref. Pier & Face 2C.
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FENSOME, Sidney
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Serjeant 19789. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Friday 22 March 1918. Age 28. Born and lived Stopsley.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Samuel & Ellen Fensome of Ramridge End
Lane, Stopsley, Nr. Luton, Beds. Commemorated: Savy British Cemetery,
Aisne, France. Ref. I.N.16
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FURR,
Ernest W |
Private
3/7722. 7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
27 September 1916. Born Stopsley. Lived and enlisted Luton. Commemorated:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C |
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GOODSHIP, Frederick Harold
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Rifleman 41478. 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
(Formerly 3824. 1st/5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.) Died Monday
15 April 1918. Age 30. Enlisted Luton 1914. Husband of Dorothy Goodship,
169 High Town Road, Luton, Beds. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 138-140 & 162 - 162A
& 163A.
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GOODSHIP, Horace
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Pte. 3840. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action Monday 16 August 1915. Lived Stopsley.
Enlisted Luton. Commemorated: Helles memorial, Turkey. Panel 54
& 218.
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HAWKES, William
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Pte 26095. 56th Protection Company, Royal Defence
Corps. (Formerly 20380 Bedfordshire Regiment). Died Sunday 1st October,
1916. Age 56. Born Offley. Lived Stopsley. Enlisted Bedford. Husband
of Elizabeth Hawkes of Ramridge End, Stopsley, Luton, Beds. Commemorated:
Stopsley (St Thomas) Churchyard, Beds. West of Church.
26095
PTE.
W. HAWKES
ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS
1ST OCTOBER 1916. AGE 56.
PRO PATRIA
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HURRELL, William
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Killed. No
further information given. |
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PETERS, Sidney George
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Pte. 26088. 9th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday 9 September 1916. Age 26. . Born
and lived Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Son of George & Alice Peters
of Bury Road, Stopsley, Luton. Commemorated: Heilly Station Cemetery,
Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France. Ref. IV.A.70
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PIKE, G
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No further
information given. |
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PIKE, Nelson Thomas
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Serjeant M1/07617, No. 1 G.H.Q. Ammunition Park,
Army Service Corps who died on Friday, 20th July 1917. Son of Mrs.
A. F. Pike, of "Devon," Oxlane, Harpenden, Herts. Buried in Cerisy-Gailly
Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave I. C. 24.
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SIMS, Alec (Alex) William
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Pte. 113570 Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 27 June
1917. Born Barnsbury, London. Lived Stopsley. Enlisted Luton. Son
of Mr. E.G & Mrs. A.E. Sims of Harts Farm, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire.
Commemorated: Islington Cemetery, Middlesex. Ref. R.3.2400
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WHITTAMORE, Joseph
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Private 40007.
1st Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Formerly 11237 E. Kent
Regt. Died of wounds Friday 8 February 1918. Age 37. Son of William
and Emma Whittamore, of Stanbridgeford, Beds; husband of R. Whittamore,
of Ramridge End, Stopsley, Luton, Beds. Born and lived Trumpington,
Cambs. Enlisted Cambridge. Buried: MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE
TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. VI. E. 108. |
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WORBOYS, Sidney Charles
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Private 6063.
8th Bn., Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 28 October
1916. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Worboys, of 176, High Town
Rd., Luton. Born and lived :uton. Enlisted Bedford. Buried: RUE-DU-BACQUEROT
No.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. II.
K. 24. |
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WORSLEY, Frederick
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No further information available at present
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1939
- 1945
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ARMITAGE |
Harold
William |
Able
Seaman C/JX 164242. H.M.S. Cornwall, Royal Navy. Died Sunday 5 April
1942. Age 19. Son of Victor and Elsie Armitage, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
Lived 8 Hayes Close, Stopsley. Commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent, United Kingdom. 52, 3. |
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ARMSTRONG |
Percy
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Gunner
1831416. 89 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery. Died Wednesday
18 November 1942. Age 37. Son of George and Maud Armstrong; husband
of Helen Armstrong, of Stopsley, Luton, Bedfordshire. Lived at 1 Hayes
Close, Stopsley. Commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column
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CAIN |
Leslie
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Trooper
5834054. 142nd (7th Bn. The Suffolk Regt.) Regt., Royal Armoured Corps.
Died of wounds Friday 2 July 1943. Age 29. Son of Arthur Thomas Cain
and Minnie Winefred Cain, of Stopsley, Bedfordshire. Lived at 81 Ashcroft
Road, Luton. Buried: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA, Algeria. Ref. III.
C. 5. |
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CHAMBERLAIN |
Ernest
John |
Private
5955761. 5th Bn., Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt.. Lost at sea
as prisoner of the Japanese Thursday 21 September 1944. Age 24. Son
of Oliver T. and Edith Chamberlain, of Stopsley, Luton, Bedfordshire.
Lived at 31 Cannon Lane, Stopsley. Commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Singapore. Column 62. |
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CHURCH |
Frederick |
Able
Seaman P/JX 324365. H.M.S. Isis., Royal Navy. Died Thursday 20 July
1944. Age 23. Son of Frederick and Florence Mary Church, of Stopsley,
Bedfordshire. Lived at 89 Putteridge Road, Stopsley. Commemorated:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Panel 82, Column
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CLARKE |
Thomas
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Not
on CWGC. Buried in churchyard 1474945 AIRCRAFTMAN 1ST CLASS T.P. CLARKE
ROYAL AIR FORCE 19 JUNE 1947 AGE 34 |
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CLARKE |
William |
No
further information available at present |
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CONISBEE |
Gordon
Hubert Charles |
Sergeant
1601080. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Saturday 30 September
1944. Age 20. Son of Sidney Albert Conisbee and Margaret E. L. Conisbee,
of Luton.. Buried: STOPSLEY (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire,
United Kingdom. South of Church |
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DEARMAN,
DFC |
Derek
Roy |
Pilot
Officer 161700. Air Gnr.207 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died Friday 21 April 1944. Age 20. Son of Leslie H. Dearman and Ivy
M. Dearman, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Lived at 93 Putteridge Road, Luton.
Buried: CLICHY NORTHERN CEMETERY, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Ref. Plot
16. Row 15. Coll. grave 8-1 0. |
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HILL |
Louis
(Lewis) Albert |
Flight
Sergeant 742464 Pilot. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Saturday
18 October 1941. Age 21. Son of Albert and Nellie May Hill; husband
of Molly Hill, of Luton. Lived at 452 Hitchin Road, Luton. STOPSLEY
(ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom South of Church.
742464 SERGEANT L.A. HILL PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 18 OCTOBER 1941 AGE
21 HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY SURPASSED ALL OTHER HE DIED
FOR BOTH |
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HOUGHTON |
Derek
Basil |
No
further information available at present. |
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HOUSDEN |
Phyllis
May |
Private
W/72120. Aux. Territorial Service. Died Saturday 14 July 1945. Age
21. Daughter of Harry Stephen and Ella Elsie Lampard; wife of Cyril
Albert Housden, of Stopsley, Luton. Lived 24 Applecroft Road, Luton.
Buried: STOPSLEY (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
South of Church. W/72120 PRIVATE PHYLLIS MARY HOUSDEN AUX. TERRITORIAL
SERVICE 14TH JULY 1945. AGE 21. ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HER, O LORD
AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HER. |
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IBBOTSON |
William |
Flight
Sergeant 406977. Royal Air Force. Died Monday 17 February 1941. Age
45. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ibbotson; husband of Lilian Ibbotson,
of Stopsley. Buried: HENLOW (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire, United
Kingdom. Near East Boundary. |
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LAWRENCE |
Archie
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Serjeant
6005395. Essex Regiment. Died Tuesday 27 January 1942. Age 38. Son
of James and Margaret Donaldson Lawrence; husband of Ena Olive Lawrence,
of Stopsley, Bedfordshire. Buried: HEXTON (ST. FAITH) CHURCHYARD,
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom N.E. Corner of Churchyard. |
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WILLIAMS |
Glyn |
No
further information available at present THE SOULS OF THE DEPARTED
ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD |
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IN
THE GRAVEYARD, NOT ON THE MEMORIAL
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WARD |
A |
No
further information available at present 19131 CORPORAL A WARD BEDFORDSHIRE
REGIMENT 2 APRIL; 1918. AGE 33 |
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EATON |
Herbert
Wrenn |
Private
4534878. West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own). Died Thursday
6 March 1947. Age 35. Husband of Sarah Calverley Eaton, of Stopsley,
Luton. Buried: STOPSLEY (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire, United
Kingdom. N.W. of Church. 4534878 PTE H.W. EATON THE WEST YORKSHIRE
REGT. 6 MARCH 1947. AGE 35 “NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANYMORE PAIN, FOR
THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY” |
29 November
2002
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