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FENNY STRATFORD & BLETCHLEY - WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 - Transcribed Carolynn Langley; researched Martin Edwards

The War Memorial stands in Queensway, Bletchley.

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Carolynn Langley - 2003

THE
GLORIOUS
DEAD
1914-1918
1939-1945

1914-1918

ASHTON E A

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BALDWIN Bertie Edward

Rifleman S/2205, 12th Battalion, Rifle Briagde (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 29th June 1916. Aged 22. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted London, resident Bletchley. Son of Arthur E. and Ada Baldwin, of Fenny Stratford, Bucks. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row D. Grave 15.

BALDWIN F C

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BARDEN Frank [Humphrey]

Lance Corporal 20413, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th July 1916. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Liverpool. Buried in RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 82.

BARDEN S

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BARDEN Wilfred

Private 266241, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 31st March 1918. Enlisted Aylesbury, resident Bletchley. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 50 and 51.

BATTAMS Edward Charlie

Corporal 3316, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th July 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted Aylesbury, resident Bletchley. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Battams, of 29, Tavistock St., Bletchley, Bucks. o known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85.

BENBOW George Morris

Private 5566, 1st/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted London, resident Bletchley. Son of William George and Elizabeth Jane Benbow, of 5, Regent St., Bletchley, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C.

BETT Archibald [Thomas]

[Listed as BETTS on SDGW & CWGC] Private 22516, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 30th September 1916. Aged 19. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Bedford. Son of James and Selina Betts. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 19.

BIGGS Horace [William]

Private 3469, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 25th July 1916. Enlisted Aylesbury, resident Bletchley. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIV. Row E. Grave 6A.

BREWER S W

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BRIDGE J

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BROOKS Harold [Frederick]

[Spelt BROOKES on SDGW] Sergeant S/2199, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 22nd September 1917. Aged 25. Born and resident Fenny Stratford, enlisted London. Brother of Mr. W. D. Brookes, of 170, St. James' Park Rd., Northampton. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 145 to 147.

BUXTON G W

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CHARTER Albert

Private 20639, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st September 1918. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Bedford. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 4 and 5.

COOK Herbert

Private 66235, 11th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 11th May 1917. Born and enlisted Bletchley. Buried in CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France. Special Memorial A. 3.

COX John

Private 2585, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 25th July 1916. Aged 18. Enlisted Bletchley, resident Fenny Stratford. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot XI. Row B. Grave 20.

CRANE Horace Edward

Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant 50807, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th August 1918. Aged 28. Born St. Martin's, Bucks., enlisted Oxford, resident Bletchley. Husband of Beatrice Violet Crane, of 28, Duncombe St., Bletchley, Bucks. Formerly 13387, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 26.

CRANWELL Edmund Percy

Private 5170, 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment. Killed in action 7th June 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted London, resident Bletchley. Son of William James and Elizabeth Cranwell, of II, Brooklands Rd., Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 5.

CUTLER Harold

Rifleman S/2200, 12th Battalion, 2th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 25th September 1915. Aged 22. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted London, resident Bletchley. Son of Mrs. Annie Cutler, of "Annis-croft", Buckingham Rd., Bletchley, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10.

DANIEL Frederick John

Lance Corporal 650913, 21st (County of London) Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 30th March 1918. Aged 27. Enlisted Camberwell, resident Romford. Son of William Daniel and Emily Daniel nee White of 16, Oxford Street, Bletchley. Buried in DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, Syria. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 18.

DAY George Edward

Private 42625, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1916. Aged 19. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted and resident Bletchley. Son of George and Louisa Eleanor Day, of 16, High St., Bletchley, Bucks. Formerly 22877, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C.

DOYLE A

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FENNEMORE Ernest Hubert

[Spelt FENNYMORE on SDGW] Private 33457, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 16th August 1917. Aged 19. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted Oxford, resident Bletchley. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Fennemore, of 21, Victoria Rd., Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.

FRENCH Arthur

Sergeant 201365, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th April 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Oxford, resident Bletchley. Son of William and Jane French, of Tudor House, Western Rd., Bletchley, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.

GARNER J W

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GOODMAN Herbert Thomas

Acting Sergeant WR/289130, 115th Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Died in Egypt 28th September 1918. Aged 33. Enlisted London, resident Bletchley. Son of Alfred and Roda Goodman, of 59, Napier St., Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot XXXII. Row G. Grave 6.

GUESS William

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GURNEY Francis William

Rifleman Z/2264, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 16th March 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Rugby. Son of Frank Washington Gurney, and Ellen E. J. Gurney, of 11, Duncombe St., Fenny Stratford. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.

HILL G

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HOLTON G

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IVENS Frank Harold

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 21st October 1916. Aged 29. Son of the late John William Howe Ivens, of Dunstable, Beds. Commemorated on THEIPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 C.

JACKMAN Thomas

Private 33463, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 19. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted Oxford, resident Bletchley. Son of Henry and Mary Jackman, of 61, High St., Bletchley. Buried in BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row H. Grave 40.

JANES Charles William

Private 24224, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 27. Born Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Aylesbury, resident Hollingdon, Bedfordshire (sic). Son of Mrs. E. Janes, of 27, Oxford St., Bletchley, Bucks. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A

JORDAN Arthur Richard

Private 702524, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Died 16th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Enlisted and resident Bletchley. Son of Mr. R. Jordan, of Bletchley, Bucks. Formerly 20772, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot V Row F Grave 4.

KING Frank

Private G/18304, 11th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 7th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Bletchley, enlisted and resident Acton, London W. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C

KITCHENER, DCM Harold George

Sergeant 43723, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wouinds 30th August 1918. Born Loughton, enlisted Bletchley. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). Formerly 19469, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 51.

LANGLEY J

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LITCHFIELD Joseph Sidney

Private 2631, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 8th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Enlisted Beltchley, resident Fenny Stratford. Son of John and Ann Litchfield, of 72, Victoria Rd., Fenny Stratford, Bucks. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I Row A Grave 12.

LORD V C

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MASON J P

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MORRIS H T

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MORRIS Sydney Spencer

Private 34951, 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Wolverton in 1898, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Mark and Annie (nee Cowley) Morris. Formerly 286469, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3.

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MUNDAY, MM [William] Henry

Gunner 198285, " C " Battery, 286th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds in United Kingdom 9th November 1918. Aged 20. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Munday, of Rogate, Peterfield, Hants. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in BLETCHLEY CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire. Grave OC. 184D.

PAGE Victor Reginald Lenard

Private 16004, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 6th December 1918 in Bulgaria. Aged 23. Son of James and Elizabeth Page, of 35, Aylesbury St., Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in SOFIA WAR CEMETERY, Bulgaria. Plot III Row B Grave 5.

PERRY Harry L

Lance Corporal 10123, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th June 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted and resident Bedford. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11

PERRY Thomas Charles

Private 23280, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 13th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Bletchley. Formerly 21202, Somerset Light Infantry. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D

PURCELL Frederick Thomas

Lance Corporal 16038, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 34. Born Bletchley, enlisted Oxford. Son of Mary Ann Purcell, of 47, Park St., Bletchley, and the late Thomas Purcell; husband of Alice Rose Purcell, of 150, Western Rd., Bletchley, Bucks. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D

QUINBY William John

Private 9400, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 4th June 1916 in Mesopotamia. Aged 23. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted Oxford, resident Bletchley. Son of Daniel and Lizzie Quinby, of 18, Albert St., Bletchley, Bucks. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 26 and 63.

READ Sydney Llewlyn

Private 22754, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 30th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 24. Born Bletchley, enlisted Bedford, resident Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Son of Alfred Charles Read; husband of Edith Ellen Read, of Chapel Cleeve, Washford, Somerset. Native of Northampton. His father Alfred Read was a local Station Master (being night Station Master at Bletchley in 1896). Also in 1887 Alfred created controversy in Bletchley by standing as a candidate for, and being elected to, the newly formed school board. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, . Plot II. Row J. Grave 43.

RICHARDSON Thomas G

probably Thomas George RICHARDSON, Private 22079, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 17th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Ravenstone, enlisted Bedford, resident Weston Underwood. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot II Row D Grave 6.

ROWE Alfred Stanley

Private 74557, 101st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds 11th October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Wapping, Essex, enlisted Bletchley, resident Fenny Stratford. Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France. Plot XIV Row C Grave 14.

SCOTT Jesse

Rifleman B/201415, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 29th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 25. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Stratford, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott, of "Ferndale", 7, Osborne St., Bletchley, Bucks. Formerly S/4/072332, Royal Army Service Corps. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10.

SOUSTER William B

Private 266017, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 22nd August 1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Ayelesbury, resident Fairford, Gloucestershire. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.

SOUTHWELL Harold

Private 12682, 11th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 28th August 1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 19. Born Bletchley, enlisted Liverpool, resident Hampstead, London. Son of Edward Henry and Ellen Southwell (now Chappell), of 9, Osborne St., Bletchley. Native of Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV Row D Grave 3.

STEVENS Harry James

Private 10315, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 1st August 1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Oxford. Son of Mrs. Ellen Stevens, of 3, Church St., Bletchley, Bucks. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39.

TAYLOR John

[Listed as Private 37805 on CWGC] Private 17805, 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Maidstone, Kent, enlisted Malvern, Wocrstershire, resident Bletchley. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 75 to 77.

THOROGOOD Walter

Private 29202, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Watford. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.

THURLOW Albert Verney

Sergeant 22567, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Fenny Stratford, enlisted Bletchley. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.

TOWNSEND, MM George

[Spelt TOWNSHEND on memorial] Corporal 21558 [SDGW] or 61558 [CWGC], 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 27th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Swindon. Formerly 12782, Wiltshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.

VASEY F J

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WALLINGER Henry J

Private 9537, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 26th October 1914 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Fenny Stratford, enlisted Leighton Buzzard. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.

WARR A T

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WARR Benjamin William Green

Private 4331, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 22. Born Gayton, Northmaptonshire, enlisted Aylesbury, resident Bletchley. Son of Thos. and Sarah Warr, of 9, Windsor St., Bletchley, Bucks. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85. See also Bletchley St Mary.

WHATLEY Reginald

Private 26171, 2nd/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Bletchley. Son of John and Emily Whatley, of Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES, Nord, France. Plot 5 Row D Grave 11.

WHITE Sidney W

Private 13865, 7th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action 24th April 1917 in Salonika. Aged 24. Born and resident Bletchley, enlisted Wolverton. Son of Edwin and Sarah White, of 8, Brooklands Rd. Bletchley, Bucks. Formerly 14138, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.

WHITING George

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WRIGHT Charles Henry [Harry]

Private 36205, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 6th December 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 35. Born Newport Pagenll, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright, of Newport Pagnell, Bucks; husband of Bertha Maud Wright, of 58, Duncombe St., Bletchley, Bucks. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave Reference P. V. K. 13B.

1939 - 1945

BARBER V

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BARDEN L

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BOWLER R

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BREEDEN F

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BURGESS A E

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CATTERALL A

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CHAMBERS W G

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CHEW G L

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CLEMENTS A H T

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EASTAFF F

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GOODWIN H R

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GRACE H

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HARRIS W C

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HAYNES J R

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LEVICK J W T

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LINGARD A

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LOVELL G W

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MEADOW P E

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NURSAW F

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PAYNE J E

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PERRY Harold Ernest

Sergeant (Pilot) 1216130, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday, 7th May 1942. Buried in the new part of BLETCHLEY CEMETERY, Bletchley. Grave 1042.

PERRY K H W

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SHEPHERD J

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SOUTHWELL J H

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TOMPKINS C W

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