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YELDEN
- Roll of Honour
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Martin Edwards
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Photographs Copyright ©
Martin Edwards 2001
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The
Memorials are on the facing wall as you enter the parish church. Notably
the World War 2 tablet contains details of two children from the village
killed in an air crash near the church during the war.
THIS
BRASS WAS ERECTED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN THE MEMORY OF THE
YELDEN MEN WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT
EUROPEAN WAR
1914-1919
| Leonard
HODGKINS |
Private,
23228, 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action on
Monday, 12th November 1917. Age 28. Born and resident Yelden, enlisted
Ampthill. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Hodgkins, of Yielden.Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48
to 50 and 162A |
| Arthur
Ernest KENNELL |
Private,
23245, 2nd Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action on
Friday, 22nd March 1918. Age 24. Born Dean, enlisted Ampthill, resident
Yelden. Son of Thomas and Annie Kennell, of Yielden. Commemorated
on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 28 and 29. |
| Horace
LANGLEY |
Private,
17269, 7th Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment who was killed in action
on Friday, 18th August 1916. Age 17. Born Wellingborough, enlisted
Rushden. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 11 A and 11 D. |
| John
ROGERS |
Gunner,
891544, 75th Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died of wounds on Sunday,
13th October 1918. Age 24. Born Sharnbrook, enlisted Thrapston, Northants.
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, of Swineshead. Buried in Delsaux Farm
Cemetery, Beugny, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. E. 21. |
| Walter
SHORTLAND |
Private, 20908, 7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action
on Thursday, 4th April 1918. Age 32. Born and resident Yelden, enlisted
Bedford. Son of John Shortland, of Yelden. Buried in Bouchoir New
British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave VI. B. 6. |
| George
Godfrey WAGSTAFF |
Private,
23238, 4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action on
Wednesday, 14th February 1917. Born and resident Yelden, enlisted
Ampthill. Buried in Serre Road No.2 Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave
III. E. 17. |
| Frank
WAGSTAFF |
Private,
260094, 4th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment who was killed in action on Monday,
27th May 1918. Born and resident Yelden, enlisted Rushden. Commemorated
on Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. |
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Not
on memorial but in churchyard |
| A
ROBINSON |
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Private,
32677, 3rd Bn., Norfolk Regiment who died at home on Thursday,
29th May 1919. Age 20. Son of William and Mary Robinson, of
Yelden. Buried in St. Mary churchyard, Yelden. |
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WORLD
WAR 1939-1945
REMEMBER
| Charles
Henry HILTON |
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Sergeant
1208584, 78 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, wireless
operator/air gunner, killed on active service Tuseday 24th August
1943. Aged 29. Son of Guy William and Daisy Charlotte Hilton;
husband of Doris Hilton, of Yelden. Buried by the south tower,
St. Mary churchyard, Yelden. |
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| Keith
Edwin PHILLIPS |
Aged
14 years, of Yelden, killed by an aircraft which crashed near the
church 24th March 1944. |
| Monica
Ruth PHILLIPS |
Aged
4 years, of Yelden, killed by an aircraft which crashed near the church
24th March 1944. |
15 July 2001
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