CHALGRAVE
(TEBWORTH) MEMORIAL HALL WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Lynda Smith
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The
Memorial is on the outside of the Memorial Hall in Tebworth. Men from
Chalgrave, Tebworth and Wingfield are commemorated on the Memorial.
The same names are commemorated on the Chalgrave
All Saints Memorial
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Copyright © Lynda Smith 2002 |
IN
HONOUR OF THE MEN OF
THIS
PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES
IN THE SERVICE OF
THEIR
COUNTRY
1914
- 1918
| BIRD
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Albert
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Private
15557, 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, (Prince of Wales's
Own). Killed in action at Gallipoli Sunday 22nd August 1915. Aged 36. Born Wingfield, hockliffe, Beds, enlisted York. Son of the late
Daniel and Sarah Bird, of Wingfield, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 47 to 51 |
| COLES
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Penrose
Frank |
Rifleman
374742, 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Killed
in action Saturday 23rd March 1918. Aged 19. Born Chalgrave, enlisted
Luton, resident Dunstable. Son of Flora Jane Coles, of Chalgrave,
Toddington, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Ref. Panel 87 |
| EMERTON
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Albert
Oliver |
Private
41823, 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action Monday
23rd April 1917. Aged 21. Born Chalgrave, enlisted Luton, resident
Tebworth. Son of Levi Emerton, of Tebworth, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Formerly 144506, Royal Field Artillery. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7 |
| FENSOME
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Leonard
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Private
51656, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
16th April 1918. Born Dunstable, enlisted Luton, resident Tebworth.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A |
| FOSTER
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James
Wesley |
[Listed
as Francis Wesley on SDGW] Rifleman 41765, 14th Battalion, Royal
Irish Rifles. Killed in action Thursday 16th August 1917. Aged 19.
Born Wingfield, enlisted Ampthill, resident Hockliffe. Son of Henry
and Elizabeth Foster, of Wingfield, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire. Formerly 29503,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A
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| KINGHAM
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Arthur
John |
Private
15292, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
28th September 1916. Born and resident Wingfield, enlisted Toddington.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2
C |
| RICKETT
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Albert
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Private
268759, 12th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died of
wounds Sunday 25th November 1917. Aged 23.Born New Barn, Beds, enlisted
Bedford, resident Chalgrave. Son of George and Mary Rickett, of
"New Barn," Chalgrave, Toddington, Bedfordshire. Formerly 2405, Bedfordshire
Yeomanry. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row F. Grave 13. |
| 1939
- 1946 |
| KEEN
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Harry
(Henry) Walter |
Able
Seaman P/J 93670. H.M.S. Glowworm., Royal Navy. Died Monday 8th
April 1940. Aged 39. Son of Walter Henry and Elizabeth Keen, of
Wingfield, Bedfordshire. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire, United Kingdom. Panel 39, Column 1. (Special note: For
the incredible story of see the H.M.S.
Glowworm website |
| KINGHAM
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Peter
Ronald James |
Sergeant
1809598. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Friday 8th June
1945. Aged 19. Son of Leonard and Ethel May Kingham, of Wingfield,
Bedfordshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Panel 275. |
| HIGGS
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Frederick
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Trooper
6353930, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps. Died on
service Tuesday 20 August 1946. Aged 23. Son of Mrs. E. Buckingham,
of Wingfield, Bedfordshire. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen,
Germany. Plot 14. Row G. Grave 5. See also Dunstable,
Waterlow and Sons |
| PRUDENT
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Vivien
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[Vivian
on CWGC] Marine EX/5309. R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O.1., Royal Marines.
Died Sunday 1 June 1941. Aged 19. Son of Jack and Annie Prudent;
grandson of Mrs. A. Burchell, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon, United Kingdom.
Panel 103. Column 2. |
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| HOLMES
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George
Mawson |
Fusilier
5954917. 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Died Thursday 2 December
1943. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Winston Holmes; husband
of Joan Holmes, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Buried in SANGRO
RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XIV. Row C. Grave 4. |
AT
THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND
IN THE MORNING
WE
WILL REMEMBER THEM
Last updated
30 April, 2023
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