
BOZEAT
WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2004 - Transcribed Stephen Amos; Researched
Ernie Rusdale
The Bozeat
war memorial is to be found in the parish church churchyard and takes
the form of an obelisk mounted on a square plinth. The front face
carries the inscriptions for World War 1 and World War 2, those who
die di n World War 1 are listed at the lower level and those for World
War 2 above. There are two vases at the base of the memorial to two
men on the memorial.
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Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2009 |
SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
ABBOTT |
Arthur
E |
Believed
to be: Private, 16982, Arthur Abbott, 7th Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action Guillemont 18-08-16. Born Great Addington,
enlisted Kettering. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Panels
11A/11D. |
BAYES |
James
William |
Private,
40826, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 02-11-17, aged 19.
Born Warrington, Bucks, enlisted Northampton. Son of John Bayes,
London Road, Bozeat, Northants. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
Grave VIII.I.97. |
BOTTERILL |
Frank
Arthur |
Corporal,
26758, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, 63rd (RN) Division. Died of
wounds 26-11-17, aged 21. Born Wollaston, enlisted Ampthill, resident
Bozeat. Son of William and Annie Botterill, Bozeat, Northants.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Grave XXX.M.31A. |
BRADSHAW |
Frederick
Charles |
Private,
7221, 2nd East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action near Ypres 08-05-15.
Born Harrold, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on Menin Gate
Memorial, Ypres, Panel 34. |
CHURCH |
Sidney |
Private,
26764, Sydney Church, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
03-05-17, aged 22. Born Bozeat, enlisted Ampthill. Son of William
Thomas Church and Elizabeth Church, London Road, Bozeat. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Bay 05. |
CORBY |
Samuel |
Private,
2850, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home 01-02-15, aged 30.
Born Storrington, Sussex, enlisted Hinwick, Beds, resident Bozeat.
Son of Mrs. Regina Emma Corby, 12, High Street, Bozeat Northants.
Buried in Bozeat Cemetery, Northants (left of entrance).
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CRAXTON |
Charles
William |
Private,
331098, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 01-04-18.
Born Bozeat, enlisted Kettering. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery
Extension, Rouen, Grave P.VII.G.10B. |
DOBBS |
Sidney
R. |
Private,
G/31834, Reginald Sidney Dobbs, 6th Queen’s Own, Royal West Kent
Regiment. Killed in action 21-09-18. Born Bozeat, enlisted Northampton.
Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, Panel 07. |
DRAGE |
Abraham |
CSM,
8140, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 05-07-17,
aged 31. Born Bozeat, enlisted Northampton. Husband of Kezia Sarah
Drage, 13, Claremont Road, Fratton, Portsmouth. Buried in Belgian
Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Grave I.D.02. |
DRAGE |
Archie
Berrill |
Private,
27052, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, 63rd (RN) Division. Killed in
action Gavrelle 23-04-17, aged 26. Born and resident Bozeat, enlisted
Ampthill. Son of Berrill and Sarah Jane Drage, High Street, Bozeat,
Northants. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Bay 05. |
DRAGE |
Frederick
Thomas |
Private,
9709, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Aubers Ridge
09-05-15. Born Finedon, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on
Le Touret Memorial, Panels 28/30. |
DRAGE |
Jack |
Private,
40856, 1st South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 04-10-17,
aged 18. Born Bozeat, enlisted Kettering. Son of George and Zilla
Drage, London Road, Bozeat. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Panels 90/92 and 162/162A. |
DRAGE |
Percy
William |
Private,
331101, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 27-08-18.
Born Bozeat, enlisted Wellingborough. Buried in Meaulte Military
Cemetery, near Albert, Grave F.31. |
DRAGE |
Thomas
Edward |
Private,
41760, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 26-03-18.
Formerly TR/10/7267, T.R. Battalion. Born Bozeat, enlisted Kettering.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, Panels 84/85. |
DRIVER |
Edward |
Private,
G/41626, 23rd Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action Boom Ravine 17-02-17.
Born Chelveston, enlisted Wollaston, resident Bozeat, Northants.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Panels 08C/09A/16A. |
EALY |
Thomas |
Corporal,
G/68264, Thomas Archer EALEY, 4th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action
18-09-18. Formerly 8th The Buffs, East Kent Regiment. Born Wellingborough,
enlisted Wollaston, resident Bozeat. Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois
Memorial, Panel 03. |
EDEN |
Bernard |
Lieutenant,
2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Aubers Ridge 09-05-15,
aged 32. Husband of Mabel Lily Eden, 1, Wellington Street, Colchester.
Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 07. |
GOODMAN |
Herbert
Bryant |
Private,
43527, 10th Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 24-10-17, aged 24.
Formerly 22722, Northamptonshire Regiment. Born Bozeat, enlisted
Wellingborough. Son of William and Annie Goodman, Bozeat, Northants;
husband of Rose Goodman, Wheelwright Yard, 1, High Street, Bozeat.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Grave XXX.G.08. |
HARRIS |
Edwin |
Private,
27349, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 08-10-17, aged
28. Born Olney, Bucks, enlisted Ampthill, resident Bozeat. Son
of Annie Harris, Olney, Bucks, and the late Thomas Harris; husband
of Florence Harris, High Street, Bozeat. Commemorated on Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Panels 48/50 and 162. |
HARRISON |
Edward |
Private,
11907, 3rd Worcester Regiment. Killed in action 23-10-14. Born
Bozeat, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial,
Panels 17/18. |
HOOTON |
Charles |
Rifleman,
A/250, 9th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 09-01-16.
Born and resident Bozeat, enlisted Woolwich. Commemorated on Menin
Gate Memorial, Ypres, Panels 51/53. |
HOOTON |
Herbert
|
Corporal,
8825, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Neuve Chapelle
14-03-15, aged 27. Born and resident Bozeat, enlisted Northampton.
Son of John Hooton, Olney Road, Bozeat, Northants. Commemorated
on Le Touret Memorial, Panels 28/30. |
JOHNSON |
Alfred
Charles |
Private,
201277, 4th Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26-03-17. Born Olney,
Bucks, enlisted Kettering, resident Bozeat. Commemorated on Jerusalem
Memorial, Panels 33/39. |
JONES |
William
Cuthbert |
Private,
15403, 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Guillemont
18-08-16, aged 24. Born Bozeat, enlisted Rushden. Son of Lewis
Langley Jones and Jane Jones, Wykes Cottages, Bozeat. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Panels 11A/11D. |
LUCK |
A.
Reginald |
Private,
G/67191, Arthur Reginald Luck, Royal Fusiliers attached 2/2nd
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Killed in action 17-09-17,
aged 19. Son of Daniel and Avice Luck, Bozeat, Northants. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Panels 28/30 and 162/162A/163A. |
MALLOWS |
Bertie |
Private,
82126, 26th Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 13-11-18, aged 19.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mallows, London Road, Bozeat, Northants.
Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Grave X.F.35.
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Alfred |
Private,
26777, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, 63rd (RN) Division. Killed in
action near Passchendaele 30-10-17. Born Wollaston, enlisted Ampthill,
resident Bozeat, Northants. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Panels 48/50 and 162A. |
PARTRIDGE |
Bertram |
Private,
20404, Bert Partridge, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
Casino Point 01-07-16, aged 24. Born Bozeat, enlisted Bedford.
Son of Francis Partridge, Hope Street, Bozeat. Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial, Panel 02C. |
PARTRIDGE |
John
William |
Sergeant,
40031, 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 06-04-17,
aged 21. Born Bozeat, enlisted Wellingborough. Son of Albert and
S. Partridge, London Road, Bozeat. Buried in Aix-Noulette Communal
Cemetery Extension, Grave I.D.21. |
PETTIT |
William
George |
Private,
103489, 10th Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment).
Killed in action 29-08-18. Formerly 27044, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born and resident Bozeat, enlisted Ampthill. Son of Mr. E. Pettit,
Pudding Lane, Bozeat, Northants. Buried in Bancourt British Cemetery,
near Bapaume, Grave IV.J.03. |
ROBINSON |
William |
Believed
to be: Private, 9037, William Robinson, 2nd Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action 14-12-14. Born Grendon, enlisted Northampton.
Buried in Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Grave IV.B.29. |
ROSS |
Albert
O. |
Ordinary
Seaman, J/51627, Albert Ross, HMS Turbulent, Royal Navy. Killed
in action 01-06-16, aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Ross, Easton
Lane, Bozeat, Northants. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial,
Panel 16. |
ROSS |
Harry |
Private,
7479, Henry Ross, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
17-09-14. Born Bozeat, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on La
Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Marne, France. |
SILSBY |
Albert
S. |
Private
22662, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 24-11-16.
Born Wollaston, enlisted Northampton. Buried in Serre Road Cemetery
No.2, Grave XLI.H.4. |
SILBY |
John
A. |
Believed
to be: Gunner, 74326, John Alfred Silby, ‘B’ Battery,
69th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 26-04-15. Born Odell,
Beds, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in Amara War Cemetery,
Iraq, Grave XXII.E.15. |
TOMPKINS |
Ralph
Henry |
Private,
27043, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 09-08-16, aged
21. Born Bozeat, enlisted Ampthill. Son of William and Judith
Tompkins, Dychurch, Bozeat, Northants. Buried in Caterpillar Valley
Cemetery, Longueval, Grave V.F.20. |
WALLIS |
Frederick
William |
Private,
6653, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 15-10-17, aged 36. Born
and resident Bozeat, enlisted Bedford. Son of William Wallis;
husband of Martha Ann Lovell (formerly Wallis), Glebe Farm, Sharnbrook,
Beds. Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Grave
VI.E.50. |
WARNER |
Reuben
Thomas |
[Listed
as Thomas Reuben WARNER on CWGC and SDGW] Private 41930, 7th Battalion,
Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in action at Ypres 16th August 1918.
Aged 25. Born Rushden, enlisted Kettering. Formerly 7032, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 138 to 140
and 162 to 162A and 163A.
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Commemorated
in the churchyard but not on memorial |
JOHNSON |
George
Augustus |
Canadian
Army Service Corps. Died in Coguitlam Military Hospital, British
Columbia 10th October 1918. Aged 27. Listed on family grave in
Bozeat Cemetery. Served as George Augustus JOHNS, Private 514729,
Canadian Army Service Corps. Died 10 October 1918. Aged 27. Son
of John and Eliza Johnson, of Park St., Earls Barton, Northampton.
Buried in VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY, Canada. Grave reference
Jones 45. 3. 7.
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Not
Recorded on Memorial: |
CRAXTON |
William |
Private,
2798, 1/4th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 22-08-15.
Born Bozeat, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on Helles Memorial,
Gallipoli, Panels 154/155. |
FREEMAN |
Stanley
Alfred |
Private,
G/55066, 4th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 03-05-17. Born
Bozeat, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Bay 03. |
JONES |
Cuthbert |
Private,
15403, 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Guillemont
18-08-16. Born Bozeat, enlisted Rushden. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Panels 11A/11D. |
KING |
Alfred |
Private,
22357, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Intermediate
Trench 18-08-16. Born Bozeat, enlisted Wellingborough. Buried
in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave Sp. Mem.
B.20 |
LUBBOCK |
John
Raymond |
Private,
24210, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28-03-18, aged 21.
Born Bozeat, enlisted Wollaston. Son of Arthur and Margaret Lubbock,
Hill Street, Brackley, Northants. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Bay 04. |
PETTIT |
Charles |
Rifleman,
A/200933, 21st King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 31-07-17.
Born Harrow (sic - probably Henlow), Beds, enlisted Kettering,
resident Bozeat, Northants. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial,
Panels 51/53. |
TOMKINS |
Alfred
George |
Private,
48426, 11th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 21-09-17,
aged 31. Formerly 179531, Royal Field Artillery. Born Bozeat,
enlisted Bletchley. Only son of Mr. and Mrs. George Tomkins, The
Cottage, Spring Lane, Olney, Bedford; husband of Ethel Mary Tomkins,
Petsoe End, Emberton, Bedford. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Panels 19/23 and 162. |
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE
WHO FELL IN THE WAR
1939 - 1945 |
CANDY |
Roy |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer), 2220467, Roy Percy Candy, 103 Squadron, RAFVR.
Died 07-01-45, aged 24. Son of Percy and Mabel Candy, Bozeat,
Northants. Buried in Munster Communal Cemetery, Haut-Rhin, France,
Collective Grave. |
DOBBS |
Fred |
Marine,
EX/2311, Frederick George Dobbs, Royal Marines. Killed in action
24-04-42. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 103,
Column 01. |
DRAGE |
Clifton |
Able
Seaman, D/JX150695, Clifton Sidney Drage, HMS Glorious, Royal
Navy. Killed in action 09-06-40, aged 20. Son of Frank Clifton
Drage and Lilian Symes Drage, St. Ives, Cornwall. Commemorated
on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 37, Column 02. |
DRAGE |
Sidney |
Gunner,
1140851, Sidney Alwyn Drage, 73 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Killed in action 17-03-45, aged 22. Son of Alwyn and Edith Annie
Drage, Bozeat, Northants. Buried in Ancona War Cemetery, Italy,
Grave IV.G.15. |
DUNMORE |
Arthur |
Corporal,
1206759, Albert Arthur Thomas Dunmore, RAFVR. Died 23-08-44, aged
32. Son of Albert and Margaret Dunmore, Bozeat, Northants. Buried
in Bozeat Cemetery, Section A, Grave 57.
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FURR |
Fred |
Telegraphist,
C/JX142498, Frederick Walter Furr, HM Submarine Unbeaten, Royal
Navy. Killed in action 11-11-42, aged 24. Son of Annie Furr, Bozeat,
Northants. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 59, Column
02. |
GOODMAN |
Jack |
Private,
5888620, 4th Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 26-09-44, aged 29. Husband
of Gwendoline Irene Goodman, Wollaston, Northants. Buried in Vianen
Protestant Cemetery, Holland, Grave 17. |
HEALEY |
James |
Believed
to be: Private, 7589208, James Naylor Healey,
1 Base Ordnance Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Killed in action
17-06-40, aged 26. Son of William Fearnall Healey and Sarah Healey.
Commemorated on Dunkirk Memorial, Column 146. |
LINE |
[Meryvn]
Jack |
[Listed
as Jack Line on the memorial and as Jack Mervyn LINE on CWGC]
Private 5891968, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died
30th october 1943. Aged 20. Son of John Thomas Line and Eleanor
Elizabeth Line, of Bozeat, Northamptonshire. Buried in Cassino
War Cemetery, Italy. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 4. Commemorated on
vase at base of Bozeat memorial.


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MABBOTT |
Stanley |
Private,
14405938, Stanley Frank Sidney Mabbutt, 5th Queen’s Own, Royal
West Kent Regiment. Killed in action 22-04-44, aged 20. Son of
Ralph Victor Mabbutt and Millicent Alice Mabbutt, Bozeat, Northants.
Buried in Cassino War Cemetery, Italy, Grave II.H.09.

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PATRICK |
Edward |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner), 1216471, George Edward 'Ted' Patrick,
214 Squadron, RAFVR. Killed in action 04-07-43, aged 22. Son of
Frank and Olive Evelyn Patrick, Bozeat, Northants. Buried in Flushing
(Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave F.16. Commmeorate
don vase at the base of the Bozeat memorial.
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TAYLOR |
Frank |
Believed
to be: Corporal, 1229354, Francis Hutchins Taylor,
RAFVR. Killed in action 23-03-44, aged 38. Son of John Hutchins
Taylor and Ada Mary Taylor; husband of Lula Eirene Margaret Taylor,
Kettering, Northants. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel
241. |
WILSON |
Horace |
Private,
14638517, Horace Samuel Wilson, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Killed in action 26-12-44, aged 35. Son of Joe and Mary Wilson;
husband Charlotte Ellen Wilson, Bozeat, Northants. Commemorated
on Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. |
Not
Recorded on Memorial but buried in the cemetery
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WESLEY |
Richard
(Wez) |
Squadron
Leader, Royal Air Force. Died 6th December 1999. Aged 38.
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Last
updated
29 July, 2022
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