CHALGRAVE
ALL SAINTS CHURHC WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2014
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The
memorial stands in the grounds of All Saints Church, Chalgrave, and
takes the form of stone tablet mounted on a concrete base. There are
seven names listed for World War 1. The original memorial broke in half
and the cost of repair was prohibitve; a new memorial was erected in
it's place, some time after 2003. See also the Chalgrave
Memorial at Tebworth that contains the same names.
IN
MEMORY
OF
| 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 |
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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. 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
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| 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. |
OF
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID
THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD
THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP
A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP
BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL
GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE. REV. II V 16.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
Last updated
18 June, 2014
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