BROUGHTON WORLD
WAR 1
ROLL OF HONOUR AND MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 Martin Edwards
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2003
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The lists
of both the men who served and the men who died are contained within
the church of St Lawrence. For the pruposes of this page the men who
served and those who died have been combined, those marked †
died.
To
The Glory Of God
And In Pious Memory Of
Those Of This Parish
Who Gave Their Lives
For King And Country
In The Great War
1914 - 1919
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BULMER |
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A |
Trooper,
Bedfordshire Yeomanry
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HARPER |
A
H |
3rd
Lieutenant, 67th Punjabis, Indian Army
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HARPER |
Charles
Croke |
2nd
Lieutenant, 3rd
Battalion attached 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action on Thursday 3rd May 1917. Age 36.
Son of the late Rev. E. J. Harper and Frances Wetherell Harper.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6 and
7.
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LAKE |
C
F |
Private,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
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NICHOLS |
Christoper
Thomas |
Private
22726, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action Sunday 24th March 1918.
Born Moulsoe, Bedfordshire, enlisted Aylesbury, resident Newport
Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. Formerly 2513, Royal Horse Guards. Buried
in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
VI. E. 4.
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NICHOLS |
Ernest
Ayre[s] |
Private
8405, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action Wednesday 21st October 1914. Age 19. Born Broughton,
enlisted Bletchley, resident Wolverton. Son of Sarah Edith Purcell,
of 30, Stratford Rd., Wolverton, Bucks. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39.
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STANFORD |
W |
Private,
Bedfordshire Regiment.
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WATSON |
A
T |
Sapper,
Royal
Engineers
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WATSON |
Walter
Ernest |
Private
235100,
2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
3rd August 1917. Enlisted Bedford, resident Broughton, Buckinghamshire.
Age 29. Son of Thomas Watson, of Broughton, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.
Formerly 4127, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37.
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WEST,
MM |
Alfred
Edward |
Sergeant
8034, 2nd
Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died
on Thursday 27th February 1919. Age 27. Husband of Bessie West,
of Lathbury, Newport Pagnell. Awarded the Military Medal. Buried
in south part of NEWPORT PAGNELL BURIAL GROUND, Buckinghamshire.
Grave 89.
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WEST |
E |
Private,
Dorsetshire
Regiment
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WEST |
W |
Private,
Bedfordshire
Regiment
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April 2003
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