
BEDFORD,
LONDON COUNTY & WESTMINSTER BANK WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Andrew Dennision 2017
There
are two memorials within the NatWest Bank, High Street, Bedford. They
are just inside the entrance of the Natwest bank on Bedford High Street.
There are two names listed on each memorial.
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Photographs
Copyright © Andrew Dennision 2017 |
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IN
MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THIS
BRANCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
DUSSEE |
Arthur
Norman |
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Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion attached to 19th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers. Died 1 July 1916. Aged 26. Son of Arthur Wilmot Dussee
and Eleanor Frances Dussee, of Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London.
Buried in BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 11.
Extract
from RBS
Remembers:
Arthur
Norman Dussee was born on 27 January 1890, the son of Arthur Wilmot
Dussee and his wife Eleanor Frances. In January 1907, three days
before his 17th birthday, he went to work for London & County
Bank. He also joined the bank's sports club, where he was a keen
hockey and cricket player. In 1909 London & County Bank merged
with London & Westminster Bank, and Dussee became an employee
of the enlarged London County & Westminster Bank.
In September 1914 Dussee left his job as a clerk at the bank's
Bedford branch to join the army. In May 1915 he was commissioned
into the Lancashire Fusiliers. Second Lieutenant Dussee died on
1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was
26 years old.
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MOUAT-BIGGS |
Eric |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
3 May 1916. Buried at ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 15.
Extract
from RBS
Remembers:
Eric
Mouat-Biggs was born in Cheltenham on 20 June 1896. In August
1914, when he was 18 years old, he went to work for London County
& Westminster Bank.
In early 1915 Mouat-Biggs left his job as a clerk at the bank's
Bedford branch in order to take up a place at the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst. He was later commissioned into the Lincolnshire
Regiment. Second Lieutenant Mouat-Biggs was killed in action on
the Western Front on 3 May 1916. He was 19 years old.
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IN
MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THIS
BRANCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 |
ROLFE |
Raymond
Robert Seppings |
Flight
Sergeant 1180657, 161 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 19 March 1943 when his Halifax DG244 - MA-Y was lost without
traceduring Operation VEGA 3, Norway. Aged 23. Birth registered
in the July to September Quarter 1920 in Hendon Registration District,
Middlesex. Son of Seppings Rolfe, and of Alice Mary Rolfe, of Bury
St. Edmunds, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 139. See also Tempsford
Crew Losses 1943 |
WELCH |
Douglas
Harold |
Warrant
Officer (Pilot) 1318580, 427 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 22 October 1943. Aged 22. Son of Harold
and Beatrice Eleanor Welch, of Ampthill; husband of Blanche Matilda
Welch. Buried in AMPTHILL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire.
Section 2. Row R. Grave 5. See also Bedford
Modern School and Ampthill
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Last
updated
9 January, 2018
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