
HEXTON - War Memorial
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Lynda Smith
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Pho tograph Copyright © Lynda Smith 2001
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HEXTON
ST. FAITH’S CHURCH
Hexton
is a few hundred yards over the Bedfordshire County boundary in Hertfordshire.
Peninsular
War
There is
a family memorial in the church to the de Latour
family. Extracts of the inscription relevant to this website are
as follows:
James
Oliver Latour, youngest son of Francis Joseph Louis de Latour
and Ann Hordle of Dorset. Officer in the Guards, died of wounds received
in action at Bayonne, 24 December 1813. Aged 24 years.
Note: Ensign
James Oliver Latour, 1st Foot Guards, was wounded at The Nive,
11th December 1813. He died at St. Jean de Luz. 24th
December 1813.
WORLD
WAR 1
The
brass memorial is on the wall inside the church. It gives name, rank
and Regiment.
THEY
DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THESE MEN OF HEXTON
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1919
COOPER
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William
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Pte.
60094. Labour Corps. Formerly 30348 Royal Fusiliers. (Shown as
Pte. 31104 of 34th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on CWGC),
Died of wounds Tuesday 14 May 1918. Age 35. Born Hexton. Enlisted
Hitchin. Son of James & Eliza Cooper of Hexton, Hitchin, Herts.
Buried: Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine Maritime,
France. Ref. VI.H.7A.
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GODFREY
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William
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Pte.
23599. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action Friday 15 September 1916. age 21. Born and lived Hexton.
Enlisted Bedford. Son of Albert & Elizabeth Godfrey of Hexton,
Hitchin, Herts. Commemorated: Thiepval memorial, Somme, France.
Ref. Pier & Face 2C.
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HYND
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Alexander
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Pte.
G/24964. 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Died of wounds Tuesday 2 July 1918. Age 19. Born Bognor, Sussex.
Lived Hexton, Herts. Enlisted Hitchin. Son of Henry & Alice
Hynd of Hexton, Hitchin, Herts. Buried: Bagneux British Cemetery,
Gezaincourt, Somme, France. Ref. III.G.13.
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BURIED
IN THE CHURCHYARD (not on memorial)
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LAWRENCE
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Archie
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Serjeant
6005395. Essex Regiment. Died Tuesday 27 January 1942. Age 38.
Son of James & Margaret Donaldson Lawrence; husband of Ena
Olive Lawrence of Stopsley, Beds. Buried: Hexton (St. Faith) Churchyard,
Herts.
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28 May 2003
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