LILLEY (Herts) - War Memorial
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Lynda Smith
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
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CLARK
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Sidney
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Pte 10216. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Sunday 25 October 1914. Born & lived Lilley.
Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated: Lilley (St Peter) Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
West of Church (Gravestone 10216 Pte. S. Clark Bedfordshire Regiment
25 Oct 1914)
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CLARKE
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Herbert John
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Pte. 3/8664. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 27 September 1915. Born Offley. Lived
Lilley. Enlisted Luton. Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais,
France. Panel 41.
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GOODGE
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Charles William
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Pte 25525. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 23 April 1917. Age 23. Born & lived
Lilley. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Thomas & Fanny Goodge, of Lilley,
Luton, Bedfordshire. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. Bay 5
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PENNINGTON
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G
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No further information at present
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SOFFE
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George
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Pte 32262. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
(Formerly 6360 Essex Regiment) Killed in action Wednesday 11 April
1917. (12 April on CD) Age 20. Born Lilley. Lived and enlisted Luton.
Son of Austin Henry & Emily Harriet Soffe, of 94 Castle Street,
Luton. Commemorated Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5.
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STILLWELL
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A.
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No further information at present
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TRUSSELL
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John Winfield (MM)
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(MM not on CD) Sapper
489931. 46th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. (Formerly
1428 R.F.A.) Died of wounds Monday 7 October 1917. (1918 on CD)
Age 22. Born Lilley. Enlisted Luton. Son of Harry & Flora May
Trussell, of 13 Vicarage Street, Luton. Born at Lilley. Commemorated:
Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. VI.F.33
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WEBB
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Arthur A.
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Pte. 28071. 1st Battalion East Surrey
Regiment (Formerly 2166 R. Sussex Regt.). Killed in action 27 October
1916. Born Lilley. Enlisted Brighton, Sussex. Commemorated: Gorre
British & Indian Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Ref. III.B.8
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WEBB
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Walter Frederick
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Pte 201419 "B" Company 1st/5th Battalion Essex
Regiment (Formerly 5461 Beds. Regt.) Killed in action Saturday 3
November 1917. Age 18. Born Clophill, Beds. Lived Lilley. Enlisted
Luton. Son of Mr. Mrs. W. Webb of Lilley, Luton. Commemorated: Gaza
War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. XXIX.E.4
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WEBB
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Walter John
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Driver 1838 3rd/1st East
Anglian Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died Saturday 6 May 1916.
Age 19. Born and enlisted Luton. Son of Mrs. Emma Louisa Bland of
41 Ramridge Road, Luton. Commemorated: Lilley (St Peter) Churchyard,
Herts.
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Who
gave their lives
For their country
In the great war
1914 - 1919
LILLEY
1939 - 1945
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TITMUS
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Phillip George
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Marine PLY/X 108464. No 48 RM. Commando, Royal
Marines. Died Wednesday 8 November 1944. Age 19. Son of James &
Violet May Titmus, of Lilley, Beds. Commemorated: Bergen-op-Zoom
War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Ref. 15.C.7
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CASSEL
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Ernest
James
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Sub-Lieutenant H.M.S. Daedalus Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve. Died Monday 3 June 1940. Age 30. Son of Rt. Hon. Sir Felix
Cassel, P.C. K.C., 1st Bt. and of Lady Helen Cassel (nee Grimston)
of Luton, Beds. BSc., Hons (Oxon.). Commemorated: Lilley (St. Peter)
Churchyard, Beds. West of Church, near West Boundary. (Gravestone
Ernest James Cassel Sub/Lieutenant RNVR Born 1st Sept 1909 Died
3rd June 1940 "Be Strong & of Good Courage")
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LOVETT
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Frederick Charles
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Marine PLY/X2301 HMS Neptune, Royal Marines.
Died Friday 19 December 1941. Age 21. Son of Silas R. &
Sarah Lovett, of Lilley, Beds. Commemorated: Plymouth Naval
Memorial, Devon. Panel 59 Column 3
Special
Note: HMS Neptune was
a Leander Class Light Cruiser, built by Portsmouth Dockyard
and launched 31 January 1933. On 19 December 1941 during an
operation to intercept Axis supply routes to North Africa,
she hit an Italian Minefield and detonated four mines, sinking
with all but one of her crew.
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WILSON
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(H.) Dennis
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Pte. 5832390. 5th Battalion Suffolk
Regiment. Died Saturday 1 January 1944. Age 24. Son of Alfred William
& Evelyn Annie Wilson, of Lilley, Herts. Commemorated: Kranji
War Cemetery, Singapore. Ref. 15.C.4.
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LILLEY
GRAVE STONES
WALTER
JOHN WEBB
SON OF
EDWARD & EMMA WEBB OF LUTON
AND LATE
DRIVER OF THE 54TH E.A. DIV.
SIGNAL CO. R.E.
WHO DIED MAY 7TH 1916
AGED 19 YEARS.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
THIS STONE WAS ERECTED AS A
TOKEN OF RESPECT BY HIS COMRADES
WITH WHOM HE SERVED AT GALLIPOLI.
10216
PRIVATE
S. CLARK
BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT
25TH OCTOBER 1914.
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
PTE. JOHN CLARKE
2ND BT. BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT
KILLED IN ACTION AT VERMELLS, FRANCE,
SEPTEMBER 30TH 1915
ALSO OF HIS WIFE
MARTHA
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 4TH 1967
AGED 92 YEARS
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
1 May 2003
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