| ADAMSON |
Thomas |
Private
1112, 1st/1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Yeomanry. Died in United KIngdom
1st Janaury 1915. Born Whitby, Yorkshire, enlisted Bedford, resident
Woburn. Buried in Hatfield Peverel (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
|
| ANDREWS |
Horace |
No
further information available at present. |
| ANDREWS |
Raymond
Gibson |
Pte.
8138. 1st/14th London Regiment (London Scottish).
Formerly 5302, 28th London Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 1 July 1916. age 23. Lived Woburn. Enlisted London.
Son of Gibson Andrews of 3 High Street, Woburn, and the late Emma
Andrews. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
& Face 9C & 13C. |
| BIRCH |
Walter
George |
Pte.
69996. 11th Royal Fusiliers (City of London). Formerly
TR/10/41711. 99th T.R. Battalion. Died Friday 21 June
1918. age 19. Born Woburn. Lived Kentish Town. Enlisted St.
Pancras. Son of Thomas Edward Birch of 34 Leighton Street, Woburn.
Buried: Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany. Ref.
I.F.I. |
| BODSWORTH |
Ernest |
Pte.
20527. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Friday 15 September 1916. Born & lived Woburn. Enlisted
Ampthill. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
& Face 2C. |
| BRITCHFORD |
Caleb
Charles |
Pte.
T/204120. 1st Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly
37 1 /2 Coy. R.A.V.C. Killed in action Thursday 19 September 1918.
Born Woburn. Lived and enlisted St. Albans, Herts. Buried: Grand-Seraucourt
British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Ref. V.F.7. |
| CHAMPKIN |
Frederick |
Pte.
G/3817. 7th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action Saturday 1 July 1916. Age 20. Born Woburn. Enlisted
Gravesend, Kent. Son of William & Sarah Champkin of 1 Newport
Road, Woburn. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier & Face 11C. |
| CLARKE |
Charles |
Pte.
23107. ‘A’ Coy. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 21 March 1918. Age 30. Born and lived
Woburn. Enlisted Ampthill. Son of Henry & Ann Clarke; husband
of Mabel Nellie Clarke (nee Crute) of Duke St., Aspley Guise. Commemorated:
Poziers Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 28 & 29. |
| COLEMAN |
William |
Pte.
23309. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of
wounds Friday 17 November 1916. Age 36. Born and lived Woburn.
Enlisted Ampthill. Son of William Levi and Caroline Coleman. Native
of Woburn, Beds. Buried: Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme,
France. Ref. VI.B.32. |
| COOK |
William
George Arthur |
Pte.
27472. 1st Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Rifles).
Formerly 38459 Rifle Brigade. Killed in action Wednesday 10 April
1918. age 19. Born and lived Woburn. Enlisted Bedford. Son
of Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Cook of Grange Lodge, Milton Bryan, Woburn,
Beds. Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Panel 8. |
| DREW |
C.
George |
Driver
RMA/3635/S Siege Battery, Royal Marine Artillery. Died Wednesday
16 October 1918. Buried: Woburn (St. Mary) Churchyard.
RMA/3635/S
DRIVER
C.G. DREW
ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY
16TH OCTOBER 1918 |
| GILKS |
George
William |
L/Cpl.
17497. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Saturday 15 July 1916. Age 32. Born Woburn. Lived Great
Brickhill. Enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Husband of Emma Mary Gilks
of Station Road, Earls Barton, Northants. Buried: Poziers British
Cemetery, Ovillers-le Boisselle, Somme, France. Ref. III.F.34. |
| GILKS |
William |
Pte.
20667. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Friday 15 September 1916. Born and lived Woburn. Enlisted
Ampthill. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier
& Face 2C. |
| HAMMOND |
Lionel
Gooderham |
Pte.
764320. 1st/28th Battalion London Regiment
(Artist’s Rifles). Killed in action Tuesday 30 October 1917. Age
25. Born Stevington. Lived Wembley Hill. Enlisted Shoreditch.
Son of Robert and Amelia Hammond of The Bedford Arms Hotel, Woburn.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 153. |
| INDGE |
Bert |
Pte.
24364. 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed
in action Saturday 17 February 1917. Born Woburn. Enlisted Bedford.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face
11A & 11D. |
| KIRK |
Edward |
No
further information available at present. |
| KINNA |
William |
Pte.
51619. 2nd/5th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed
in action Monday 15 April 1918. Born and lived Woburn. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3. |
| LEWIS |
Harry |
No
further information available at present. |
| LUDGATE
|
Charles |
Possibly
Charles Henry Ludgate. Pte. 20528. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 15 July 1916. Born Woburn
Green, Bucks. Lived Woburn. Enlisted Bedford. Son of John &
Emily Ludgate of Cores End, Bourne End, Bucks. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 2C. |
| MITCHELL |
Herbert
Thomas |
Pte.
104393. 8th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops. Died
Tuesday 26 June 1917. age 24. Son of Francis & Mary Mitchell
of Woburn, Beds. Buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Ref. II.N.5.A. |
| MURRER |
Albert
John |
Pte.
23336. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Tuesday 30 October 1917. Age 27. Born and lived Woburn.
Enlisted Ampthill. Son of George & Elizabeth Murrer of 30 Bedford
Street, Woburn. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 & 162A. |
| NEWBURY |
John
Richard |
L/Cpl
32605. 64th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Formerly
23747 Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 20 September
1917. Born and lived Woburn. Enlisted Ampthill. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 154
to 159 & 163A. |
| NEWBURY |
William
Frederick |
Pte.
22863. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (4th
Beds on CD). Killed in action Monday 13 November 1916. Born and
Lived Woburn. Enlisted Ampthill. Buried: Ancre British Cemetery,
Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. Ref. VII.A.36. |
| PEACOCK |
George
Thomas |
Pte.
17427. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of
wounds Thursday 25 April 1918. Age 27. Born Husborne Crawley.
Lived Woburn Sands. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Joseph & Elizabeth
Peacock of Husborne Crawley, Beds. Enlisted 1914 at Woburn, Beds.
From His grace the Duke of Bedford’s Estate. Buried: Crouy British
Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, Somme, France. Ref. I.A.12. |
| PHILLIPS |
Arthur |
L/Sgt.
14075. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Tuesday 5 September 1916. Age 27. Born Westminster,
Middx. Lived Woburn. Enlisted Royston, Herts. Son of Arthur &
Sarah Phillips of 12 London Road, Woburn. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 2C. |
| PHILLIPS |
Jack |
No
further information available at present. |
| PICKERING |
Frederick |
Pte.
7588. 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.
Died of wounds Friday 16 April 1915. Age 31. Born and lived Woburn.
Enlisted Northampton. Son of the late John and Elizabeth Pickering.
Buried: Aeroplane Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
III.B.39. |
| PRESTIDGE |
Harry |
Cpl.
60294. 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Died Thursday
20 September 1917. age 27. Son of Emily Prestidge of Moreton Pinkney,
Northants; husband of Ella Elizabeth Prestidge of Husborne Crawley,
Beds. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 28 to 30 & 162 to 162A & 163A. (Cpl. Prestidge
is not on the CD) |
| ROBINSON |
Christopher |
Gunner
30835. 86th heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
Died Wednesday 6 September 1916. Age 30. Born Woburn. Enlisted
Northampton. Son of George Robinson of 43 Leighton Street, Woburn.
Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XXI.F.39. |
| SKINNER |
Percy |
Probably:
Percy Augustus Skinner. Sgt. 4580. 1st battalion Rifle
brigade. Killed in action Thursday 13 May 1915. Age 22. Born
and lived Bedford. Enlisted Northampton. Son of Frank & Ellen
Elizabeth Skinner of 4 Russell Terrace, Woburn Sands, Beds. Commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
46 – 48 & 50. |
| SMITH |
Cyril |
No
further information available at present. |
| SMITH |
Milford |
Pte.
6752. 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers. Killed in action
Thursday 10 February 1916. Born Dunstable. Lived Woburn. Enlisted
Bedford. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 5 |
| STANFORD |
Walter
William Henry |
Pte.
9772. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed
in action Sunday 28 February 1915. Age 28. Born Woburn. Enlisted
Ampthill. Son of Mr. Mrs. W. Stanford of 11 Birchmoor Green, Woburn.
Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 8 & 12, |
| STANFORD |
Francis
Arthur |
Pte.
32609. 47th Battalion Machine gun Corps (Inf). Formerly
23162 Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 4 August 1918.
Age 21. Born Eversholt. Enlisted Bedford. Son of James and Emma
Jane Stanford of Woburn. Buried: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France. Ref. VI.H.5 |
| STANFORD |
John
Thomas |
Pte.
79803. 1/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Died
Mon 27 May 1918 (23 September 1918 on CD). Age 19. Son of James
& Emma Jane Stanford of 71 Leighton Street, Woburn. Commemorated:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. |
| STURGEON |
David
Law |
L/Cpl.
3/7794. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action Monday 3 July 1916. Born Hartest, Suffolk. Lived Woburn.
Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier & Face 2C. |
| TANQUERAY |
Frederic
Baron |
Lieutenant
“B” Coy. 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Died Saturday
1st July 1916. age 24. Son of Frederic Thomas &
Catherine Tanqueray of Woburn. Buried: Beaumont-Hamel British
Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. B.26.
In Woburn Old Church Graveyard:
FREDERIC THOMAS TANQUERAY
DIED 15TH NOVEMBER 1929
AGED 77 YEARS
CATHERINE ELIZABETH TANQUERAY
DIED 12TH MAY 1932
AGED 77 YEARS
FREDERIC BARON TANQUERAY
THE YOUNGEST CHILD
“MISSING” ON THE SOMME
1ST JULY 1916
BURIED AT BEAUMONT HAMEL
 From
Andy Pay's research into the Tonbridge School and the Great War,
pages 319.
TANQUERAY,
Frederic Baron, 2nd Lieut , 16th (Public Schools) battalion, Duke
of Cambridges Own, Middlesex Regiment. Killed in Action at Beaumont
Hamel, 1st July, 1916. At the School 1905-08 (Park House).
2nd
Lieut Frederic Baron Tanqueray was the younger son of Frederic Thomas
Tanqueray, Solicitor, and of Mrs Tanqueray, of Woburn, Beds. Entered
the school in Sept 1905, from The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and left
from The Upper Fifth at the age of sixteen in July, 1908,to be articled
to his father. He had been in the Cadet Corps here.
He
was for fifteen months with a London firm at the end of his articles,
and having passed the final examination in January, 1914 was shortly
afterwards admitted Solicitor and joined his father in business
some six months before the outbreak of War. At the beginning of
August, 1914, he promptly enlisted in the Public Schools battalion
of the Middlesex Regiment and was soon promoted to Sergeant. Early
in 1915 he was offered, and accepted, a commission as Temporary
2nd Lieut in the same battalion and went to France in the following
November. He was with his regiment at the front all through the
winter of 1915 and the spring of 1916, and came home on short leave
at Whitsuntide 1916. He was officially reported as "Missing",
after an attack on July 1st, and has since been reported as "Wounded
and Missing and believed to have died," on that day.
No
definite news has been obtained, and all efforts have failed to
discover even on whose evidence he has been reported as wounded.
Most of his fellow officers were killed or wounded early in the
day, and it is merely known that he went over with his platoon and
was seen going forward at mid-day, when he called out "Good
Luck" to a wounded friend as he passed him. The Attack failed.
It was not fully realised at the time what had to be faced there
and the losses were enormous. The place was completely destroyed
when it was captured in November and no trace of him could be found.
The
Chaplain of the Regiment wrote of him that he " was a splendid
fellow and had endeared himself to all as a cheery, unselfish comrade".
His grave has since been located at Beaumont Hamel. |
| WILKINSON |
Thomas |
Pte.
G/81057. 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Formerly 290945 Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
Tuesday 9 October 1917. Born Syerstown. Lived Woburn. Enlisted
Luton. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 28 to 30 & 162 to 162A & 163A. |
| YOLE |
George |
Pte.
T/207035. 11th battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey
Regiment) Formerly 299775 Suffolk regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
1 August 1917. age 35. Born Milton Abbot, Devon. Lived Woburn
Abbey. Enlisted Luton. Son of Matthew & Ann Yole of 7 Taylor
Square, Tavistock, Devon. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11 – 13 & 14. |
| 1939
– 1945 |
| BLACKWELL |
C |
No
further information available at present. |
| CLARKE |
Charles |
Pte.
5950308. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Regiment. Died Saturday 24 July 1943. Age 24. Son of William
Henry & Anne Clarke of Woburn. Commemorated: Thanbyuzayat
War Cemetery, Myanmar. Ref. B3.B.5. |
| MADDY |
Edward
John |
Gunner
1092615. 125 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Friday
26 November 1943. Commemorated: Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.
Ref. 6.C.12. |
| PAYNE |
Frederick
Charles |
Pte.
5955790. 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Died
Monday 22 March 1943. Age 23. Son of Albert & Emily G. Payne
of Woburn. Commemorated: Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Ref.
V.C.14. |
| PEPPER |
H. |
No
further information available at present. |
| GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
St. John XV.13 |
| BURIED
IN THE CHURCHYARD BUT NOT ON THE MEMORIAL |
| SMART |
T
C |
29030
SERGEANT
T.C. SMART
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT
13 MARCH 1919 |
| There
is also the grave of a German soldier: |
| SEIVERS |
Franz |
 |
FRANZ
SEIVERS
13 LANDWEHR
INFANTERIE REGIMENT
OBIT 26 DEC 1916 |
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