KENSWORTH
WAR MEMORIALS
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed and photographed
by Carolynn Langley and Lynda Smith.
Researched by Carolynn Langley and Lynda Smith - 2005
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The
Parish Church War Memorial is situated on the south wall of the church.
The
Methodist Church War Memorial is situated to the right of the entrance
to the Methodist Church in Kensworth, Beds.
METHODIST
CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
and in
IMPERISHABLE MEMORY
of
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Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley and Lynda Smith 2005
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“Who
fell fighting for the sacred cause of Liberty and Freedom
In the War of
1914 – 1918”
Now
the labourer’s task is o’er
Now the battle day is past
Now upon the farthest shore
Land the voyagers at last
Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servants sleeping.
BRADWIN |
Ernest |
Probably:
Corporal 19280. 1st Garrison Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died
on 3rd November 1915 with the E.E.F. Enlisted Dunstable. Buried:
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. Egypt. Ref. D. 175. |
COLLIER
|
George |
Private
26975. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 22229 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 21stJuly 1917. Aged 37. Born Kensworth.
Enlisted Bedford. Husband of f Sarah Collier of Council Houses,
Kensworth, and Dunstable. Buried: Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref
IV.R.II. |
COLLIER
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Leonard
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Private
47990. 2nd/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly 21567 Royal
Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 23rd March
1918. Born Kensworth. Lived Dunstable. Enlisted Luton. Buried: Templeux-Le-Guerard
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. C. 10. |
CUTLER
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Sidney |
Private
35542. 9th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly 22774
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
16th August 1916. Born and lived Kensworth. Enlisted Luton. Buried
Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. IX. B. 3. |
DICKENS |
Maurice
Wilfred |
Lieutenant.
Royal Flying Corps. Died on 27th February 1918. Aged 22. Son of
Frederick and Elizabeth Dickens, of Kensworth. Bachelor of Science
London University. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. XXVIII N.4. |
DURRANT |
Arthur
Sidney |
Rifleman
47726. 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), attached
to Royal Irish Rifles. Formerly T/356240 Royal Army Service Corps.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 5th April 1918. Born Kensworth.
Lived Hale, Cheshire. Enlisted Altrincham, Cheshire. Husband of
Jemima Durrant, of 25, Appleton Rd., Hale, Cheshire. Buried: Bouzincourt
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. I. J. 2. |
FLITTON |
George
William |
Private
36172. 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly 57251
Hussars. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 18th September
1918. Aged 18. Born Flamstead, Herts. Lived Kensworth. Enlisted
Bedford. Son of Frederick and Mrs S Flitton of Kensworth, Dunstable.
Buried: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-Lavoue, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref IV.H.13. |
HULL |
George |
Probably:
Private 15287. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 12th April 1917. Born and lived Sundon.
Enlisted Ampthill. Son of Mrs J Hull of 12 Butlin Street Luton.
Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
KEYS
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Sidney
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Lance
Corporal 25438. 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regiment). Killed in action in France & Flanders on 16th September
1917. Born Kensworth. Lived Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire. Enlisted
Derby. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A. |
MOULSTER |
Harry |
Private
8230. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 24th August 1914. Age 26. Born Kensworth. Lived Colchester,
Essex. Enlisted Bedford. Husband of Rachel Moulster of 15 Camrose
Street, Plumstead London. Commemorated: La-Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial,
Seine-Et-Marne, France. (66Km. East of Paris) |
MOULSTER |
Charles |
Lance
Corporal P/14546. Corps of Military Police (Foot branch). Formerly
1215 Border Regiment. Died on 31st October 1918. Aged 38. Born and
lived Kensworth. Enlisted Luton. Buried: Montecchio Prechcinco~Communal
Cemetery, Province of Vicenza, Italy. Ref. Plot 8 row D grave 12. |
MOULSTER |
John |
Private
44491. 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 11023 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 2nd September
1918. Aged 18. Born and lived Kensworth. Enlisted Bedford. Son of
John and Emily Moulster of Council Houses, Kensworth, Dunstable.
Buried: Dury Crucifix Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. Ref. II K22. |
MILLER |
Herbert
William |
(Millers
on CWGC). Private 33055. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 5th September 1918. Aged 29. Lived
Kensworth. Enlisted Bedford. Son of William Frederick and Lizzie
Millers, of Kensworth Common, Dunstable, Beds. Buried: Bois Guillaume
Communal Cemetery Extension, Seine-Maritime, France. Ref. G. 1B. |
SKINNER |
William |
Private
8190. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 25th October 1914. Aged 28. Born and lived Kensworth.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Fred Skinner. Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11. |
SHARP |
Herbert
Edward |
Private
8582. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 22nd February 1915. Aged 36. Born Kensworth. Enlisted
London. Husband of Emma Ada Sharp, of "Cartref", 26, Alfred
St., Dunstable. Buried: Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas
de Calais, France. Ref. E. 3. |
TAYLOR |
William
Charles |
Private
56366. 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Formerly 32363 Northamptonshire
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 20th September
1917. Born Kensworth. Enlisted Luton. Buried: Locre Hospice Cemetery,
Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. B. 12. |
WILLIS |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
31788. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 23rd April 1917. Aged 24. Born and lived Kensworth.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Arthur and Rebecca Willis of Kensworth, Dunstable.
Private Willis was an organist. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
WHINNETT |
Hedley |
Gunner
182855. 73rd Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 8th April 1918. Born Kensworth.
Enlisted Luton. Son of Mrs. E. Whinnett of Parliament Road. Kensworth,
Dunstable. Buried: Houchin British Cemetery, Pas De Calais. France.
Ref I.F.II |
WOODCRAFT |
Victor |
Serjeant
16341. 8th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 11th January 1916. Aged 24. Born
Kensworth. Enlisted Nottingham. Son of Ellen Woodcraft of West End,
Kensworth. Buried: Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas
de Calais, France. Ref I C 23. |
CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL

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The
Church War Memorial is carved from wood and bears the dedication:
GLORY
BE TO GOD ON HIGH
(Herewith
the list of names similar to the list above but E. Bradwin and G. Hull
are not on this memorial)
RIP
IN
MEMORY OF KENSWORTH MEN
WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
30 December 2005
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