BOTTESFORD ST MARY THE VIRGIN WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Mick Peck 2021

This memorial is within Bottesford St Mary the Virgin Church Rectory Lane, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. It takes the form of a wall mounted portrait orientated tablet set within a decorative cream coloured double-headed alabaster frame. The column designs are in relief, base rail moulded and top rail moulded with flat topped shelf face and the tablet features regimental badges, which are cast in bronze and set alongside each name or set of names. A cross within a laurel wreath heads the tablet. Incised inscription infilled in black. There are 29 names listed in name order and arm of service in bold for World War 1 that have now been sorted into alphabetical order for ease of reading and research and eight names in alphabetical ordr for World War 2. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated by Rev'd. F. Walford, Bishop of Leicester. It cost £151 2s 6d and was designed by local crftsmen and manufactured by the Dryad Metalworks.

© Lisa Jennings (WMR-55135)

Extract from Grantham Journal, Saturday, 4 June 1921, page 2:

BOTTESFORD WAR MEMORIAL.
TABLET UNVEILED IN THE PARISH CHURCH.

In memory of the men of the village who fell in the war a beautiful tablet has been erected on the south wall of Bottesford Church, forming a worthy addition so the many monuments the Church contains. It is a panel of Hopton wood stone, bearing the names of the fallen, with regiments and badges in bronze, surmounted by a Cross within a bronze wreath of victory. The panel is set in a frame of carved alabaster. The dates 1914 and 1918 appear in the two top corners, and

The Inscription on the Panel

Reads:? “To the Glory of God, and in grateful and loving memory of those who gave their lives for their King and country of the 186 Bottesford men who served in the Great War." Underneath the names of the fallen are inscribed the words—“They were a wall unto us both by night and day." The follow¬ing are the names inscribed on the tablet :— Royal Navy, G. Alfred Calcraft; Lincolnshire Yeomanry, A. Bernard Hickson; Leicester¬shire Regiment, Frederick Darby, Albert Asher, Charles Baines, Cyril Barrand; Frank Pacey, J. Herbert G. Skinner, Fredk. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, Walter Hardy D.C.M., Montagu J. V. Jackson, Arthur Mayfield, Clifford Miller; Lincoln Regiment, T. Harold Cooper, J. William Edwards; Durham. Li., Philip Sutton: Worcestershire Regiment, Joseph W. Matthews; Royal West Kent Regi-ment, E. Hugh Holmes; North Stafford Regi¬ment, William Palmer; South Stafford Regi¬ment, H. Walter S. Hatton; Yorkshire Regi¬ment., Charles Alliss; Royal Field Artillery, Robert Dolman; Machine Gun Corps, Edgar C. Raithby, J. Richard Robinson; Canadian Regiment, Charles A. Bend, M.H., Arthur Gilding, Charles Pacey, R. Tullington N. Page, Frank Raithby, D.C.M. The work has been executed by Messrs. Wippell, of Exeter, and the cost is £151, which has been raised by public subscription. The form of the memorial was decided upon at a public meeting held in the School about two years ago. As has been the case in other places, there were differences of opinion at the time as to the form the memorial should take, a fairly strong minority favouring the erection of a Cross in the public street. Universal satisfaction, however, been expressed with the memorial since it has been placed in position in the Church. Practically the whole cost has been subscribed, only about £5 being still required, and in order to avoid a collec¬tion at the unveiling, Messrs. Collett, Barnes. and Revell undertook to collect small dona¬tions to meet the day's expenses.

The unveiling ceremony was performed on Thursday evening, when there was a large congregation, including the ex-Service men, the School children, and Girl Guides from Muston. There was, however,

A Double Disappointment

in the absence of the Duke of Rutland, who was to have unveiled the tablet, and in the non-arrival of the Bishop of Leicester for the dedication ceremony.—The Rector (the Rev. F. Watford) read a letter from the Duke of Rutland, in which his Grace said he was afraid it was not in his power to unveil the memorial. Although much better the doctor forbade any extra exertion for the present. This being so, he was reluctantly compelled to cancel the engagement. Nothing but his recent severe illness would have prevented him coming to do that which he would have so much valued, namely, expressing his sympathy with those at Bottesford, who had lost their relations, and his admiration of those gallant men to whom the memorial had been erected. — The Rector also announced that he had received a message from the Bishop of Leicester that he was delayed by engine trouble at Great Ponton. After a wait of nearly half-an-hour, during which the organist, Miss Beatrice James, A.L.C.M., played several selections, including “Angels Ever Bright and Fair" and "He Shall Feed His Flock," the service was commenced, and, in order to give an opportunity for the Bishop to arrive, various alteration, were made in the order of the hymns and prayers. Eventually, however, the Rector unveiled and dedicated the tablet,- and gave a short address, at the close of which the "Last Post” and "Reveille" were sounded. Just at this moment the Bishop of Leicester en¬tered the Church, and, proceeding at once to the pulpit, addressed the congregation. After the singing of the National Anthem, he also pronounced the Benediction. The hymns sung were “O God, Our Help in Ages Past," "O, Valiant Hearts," “Let Saints on Earth," and “The Saints of God." The lesson was read by Mr. Thos. Page, one of the oldest members of the local Wesleyan Church.—The Rev, F. Watford said he felt he owed them an apology for being where he was that evening, but he felt

Something Must Be Said,

and, as the Bishop of Leicester had not arrived, they could not wait ally longer. They were gathered to pray and to praise. There were some words in Eccles, the 44th chapter and 14th verse, "Their bodies are buried in peace, but their name liveth for evermore. That was the thought, surely, in their minds. When one looked at the his¬tory of all ages, the history of all nations, the history of the greatest empires that had ever existed in the world, there was one great fact, whether they were Christian or heathen— and that was that the penalty of their downfall had always arisen from their sin, Whatever views they had had of religion, they had gone against them. They had left the morality taught them by their national religion, and so it came to pass that the great Grecian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman Empires fell. And so, at the bottom of all their trouble, whether national or personal was sin, and the penalty of sin. God had permitted the whole of Europe to be plunged into war, and it was, perhaps, because of the materialism that was creeping over the civilised world—might taking the place of right—that God was being

Driven Out Of National Life,

Let them not be Pharisees about it. Was not God being driven a good deal out of their national life? They had to be stopped in their evil course of life, to be made to think. They had been so confident, so successful, that they had begun to forget God. And so there came that terrible calamity. Look back again in the world's history, and; they would find that nearly all the great calamities had left behind them a blessing. Although peace had been declared, they I were, so far as national life was concerned, living within the war period; but, when a few years had passed, they would be able to understand what a blessing had come out of this most awful struggle. Looking back to Calvary, they saw man's greatest blessing coming out of that great sacrifice, which to His followers looked so dark and calamitous. So he would ask them to think, not only of the present time, but of the future. They thought of the many who volunteered in the early days of the war, and they had been able to thank God for victory. Some had left their bodies in far-off fields of France or Flanders, Mesopotamia, or the rocky shove of Gallipoli; but their souls were in safe keep¬ing in Paradise. They had done what they could, and God would receive their sacrifice for liberty and freedom. Let them thank God for the work and example of these men. Let it be a comfort to those left behind that God had them in safe keeping, and would re¬ward them for their sacrifice. The Bishop of Leicester, at the outset, apologised for his late arrival, and said he intensely regretted that he had missed time privilege of dedicating the memorial, He thought what they all felt when they thought of those lads who gave themselves for them was that their sacrifice was the one thing they dare not forget. They dare not allow the ordinary routine of life to swallow up the precious memory of what they did for them. It was literally true that they died for them. To these lads they owed everything they had to-day in their national, personal, and domestic life, their homes, their work, sad

Their Hopes For a Better England.

It was true, 'not 'in the sense they usually applied the words, but one in which they could reverently apply them—that they were redeemed by precious blood: how precious was known to them and to God. Peaceful words of strength and hope from the wisdom of Solomon he would like to leave with them, "The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God." The comfort of the words depended on their thought of God, If their thought of God was of some one far off and careless, the words had little comfort; or if theirs thought was one which, in spite of 1900 years of Christianity still seemed to linger, that God was some tremendous moral force, im¬personal, heartless, humanless—a kind of super letective, always spotting their minor faults and failures, then the words would also have little comfort; but if their thought was that God was Jesus Christ, the Man Who shared their sufferings, tragedy, sorrow, sacrifice, and heroism, Christ who was not merely a personality or a mere historical Per¬sonage, but Who was the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, then because God had revealed Himself to them in His humanness, whatever else He might be, incomprehensible or powerful, those words were words of comfort, and they could leave those they loved in His hands, knowing He would always care for them, always long for their eternal sal¬vation far more passionately than even the best of them could do. Surely, as they came to Him with

The Marks of His Own Sacrifice

upon them He would take them into His great heart of love and humanness, would purge them from sin and would lead them in new path of service, and from strength to strength. They wanted to think of these, their brothers, departed, not as lives finished, but as lives drawing greater fulness of humanity, because they were with God in His humanness. Therefore, they wanted to think of them not as mere memories, but as living hearts, throbbing for them still, as living minds seeing more of the meaning of God, seeing the things that really mattered, still with their ideals, still longing for those left to reach up to their level. They, being dead, yet spoke. They spoke to them to be worth, of their sacrifice, for, consciously or unconsciously, they laid down their lives for a cause which they believed to be the cause of God. The cause of God still existed, and if, out of their pride and affectionate memory, their trust and faith, there had arisen a solid determination not to let their lives be wasted, a determination to accomplish good for the cause of God and His kingdom said their fel¬lows, to, spend and be spent, to live on a higher moral, social, and spiritual Intel, then he thought their brothers would be very glad that day in the unseen world, and would tell themselves proudly that it was not in vain they gave their live

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1914 TO THE GLORY OF GOD 1918
AND IN GRATEFUL & LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
KING & COUNTRY OF THE 186 BOTTESFORD MEN
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.

ALLISS	Charles	Yorkshire Regiment. Private 203184. 8th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th September 1917. Son of George and Harriet Ann Alliss (nee Kew) of Easthorpe NTT. Husband of Emily Alliss (nee Hutchinson) of Redmile. Born 1884 Eastville LIN and enlisted Middlesbrough YKS. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. LXIII.E.13.
ASHER	Albert	Leicestershire Regiment. Second Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, attached 5th Battalion. Killed in action 24th September 1918. Son of James and Annie Asher (nee Procter). Born 1892 Bottesford. Commemorated Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery. III.H.11.
BAINES	Charles	Leicestershire Regiment. Lance Corporal 30035. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, formerly 33371 Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 28th May 1918. Son of John Henry and Fanny Baines (nee Hunt). Born 1884 Easthorpe NTT, enlisted Leicester and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Sissonne British Cemetery. L.14.
BARRAND	Cyril	Leicestershire Regiment. Private 17092. 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 20th August 1916. Son of William John and Betsy Barrand (nee Watson, now wife of William Edwards. Born 1889 Bottesford, enlisted Newark NTT and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Puchevillers British Cemetery. II.F.29.
BEND	Charles A	M.M. Canadian Regiment. Charles Albert Bend. Military Medal. Sergeant 18471. 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 6th November 1917. Son of Reuben and Mary Bend (former name unknown, marriage not traced). Born 1st July 1891 Bottesford and enlisted 15th September 1914 Canada. Commemorated Tyne Cot Cemetery. XXXVIII.G.11.
CALCRAFT	G Alfred	Royal Navy. George Alfred Calcraft. Able Seaman 207458, Royal Navy. HMS Princess Irene (Ocean Liner converted to minelayer, sunk by accidental internal explosion). Killed in action 27th May 1915. Son of George and Elizabeth Calcraft (nee Knowles) of Bottesford. Born 23rd March 1882 Eastwood NTT and enlisted (as Boy) 16th December 1899. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 7.
COOPER	T Harold	Lincolnshire Regiment. Thomas Harold Cooper. Lance Corporal 12234. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 2nd December 1917. Son of John Thomas and Mary Cooper (nee Guy). Born Bottesford, enlisted Grantham LIN and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Addenda Panel 162.
DARBY	Frederick	Leicestershire Regiment. Fred Darby as 1895 birth record. Lance Sergeant 17230. 5th Battalion. Leicestershire Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Millhouse Darby (nee Lilly). Stepson of Charles Guy. Born Hull YKS, enlisted Melton Mowbray and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Bellicourt British Cemetery. III.E.7.
DOLMAN	Robert	Royal Field Artillery. Gunner 9990. B Battery, 73rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 24th September 1915. Son of William and Eliza Dolman (nee Vickers). Born 1883 Farndon and enlisted Nottingham NTT. Commemorated Loos Memorial. Panel 3.
EDWARDS	J William	Lincolnshire Regiment. Joseph William Edwards. Private 15797. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds Gallipoli 25th October 1915. Son of George and Pamela Edwards (nee Leadbetter). Born 1895 Stowe by Chartley STS, enlisted Mansfield NTT and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Hill 10 Cemetery. V.E.4.
GILDING	Arthur	Canadian Regiment. (Also recorded as Gilden). Corporal 440345. 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died of wounds 3 Casualty Clearing Station 13th September 1916. Son of Daniel and Mary Jane Gilding (nee Stevenson). Born 14th March 1892 Bottesford and enlisted 12th May 1915 Canada. Commemorated Puchevillers British Cemetery. IV.C.14.
HARDY	Walter	D.C.M. Sherwood Foresters. Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sergeant 26867. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). 21st March 1918. Son of John T and Sarah Ellen Hardy (nee Poulson). Born 1887 Bottesford, enlisted Chesterfield DBY and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 52 to 54.
HATTON	H Walter S	South Staffordshire Regiment. Horace Walter Smeatham Hatton. Captain. 3rd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, attached 2nd Battalion. Killed in action 23rd August 1918. Son of Revd. John Leigh Smeatham and Edith Martha Neck Hatton (nee Hammerton). Born 13th March 1889 West Barkwith LIN. Commemorated Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery. II.A.13.
HICKSON	A Bernard	Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Private 1494. Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died at sea (shelling of S S Mercian) 3rd November 1915. Son of Arthur H and Sarah Katherine Hickson (nee Malby). Born 1893 Bottesford, enlisted Grantham LIN and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Helles Memorial. Panel 331.
HOLMES	E Hugh	Royal West Kent Regiment. Edgar Hugh Holmes. Private G/18624. 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, formerly G/42057 Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 8th November 1916. Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Holmes (nee Senescall). Husband of Annie Elizabeth Holmes (nee Hallam) of High Street, Bottesford. Born 1878 Corby Heath LIN, enlisted (attested 10th December 1915 and mobilized 14th June 1916) and resident Hastings SSX. Commemorated Courcelette British Cemetery. V.D.25.
JACKSON	Montagu J V	Sherwood Foresters. Montagu John Vincent Jackson (also recorded as Vincent-Jackson). Lieutenant. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 4th February 1916. Son of Revd. William Vincent and Anne Gillespie Jackson (nee Mitchell). Born 28th February 1892 Nottingham NTT, enlisted August 1914 and commissioned 13th November 1914. Commemorated Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery. IV.C.25.
MATTHEWS	Joseph W	Worcestershire Regiment. Joseph William Matthews. Private 41250. 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, formerly 38126 Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 27th August 1917. Son of Joseph and Alice Maud Matthews (nee Innocent). Husband of Mary Elizabeth Matthews (nee Parnham). Born 1887 Bradford YKS, enlisted Melton Mowbray and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 75 to 77.
MAYFIELD	Arthur	Sherwood Foresters. Private 28897. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 7th October 1918. Son of Edwin and Sarah Ann Mayfield (nee Daykin). Husband of Ada Mayfield (nee Stevens). Born Arnold and enlisted Nottingham NTT, resident Bottesford. Commemorated Roclincourt Military Cemetery. VI.E.7.
MILLER	Clifford	Sherwood Foresters. Private 17988. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of John and Mary Miller (nee Worthington). Born 1888 Bottesford, enlisted Ilkeston DBY and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A.
PACEY	Charles	Canadian Regiment. Private 81681. 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 2nd December 1916. Son of William and Frances Ann Pacey (nee Clay) of Easthorpe NTT. Born 18th February 1892 Barrowby LIN and enlisted 22nd December 1914 Canada. Commemorated Villers Station Cemetery. II.C.6.
PACEY	Frank	Leicestershire Regiment. Private 1895. 5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 30 Casualty Clearing Station 21st April 1916. Son of William and Frances Ann Pacey (nee Clay) of Easthorpe NTT. Born 1894 Woolsthorpe LIN and enlisted Bottesford. Commemorated Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension. I.A.58.
PAGE	R Turlington N	Canadian Regiment. Robert Turlington Noble Page. Private 540082. 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 25th October 1916. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Page (nee Miller) of Bottesford. Born 24th January 1889 Grimsbury NTH and enlisted 19th August 1915 Canada. Commemorated Vimy Memorial.
PALMER	William	North Staffordshire Regiment. Private 260075. 2/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th November 1917. Son of Philip and Ann Elizabeth Palmer (nee Lilley). Born 1892 Balderton NTT and enlisted Bottesford. Commemorated Cambrai Memorial. Panel 2.
RAITHBY	Edgar C	Machine Gun Corps. Edgar Charles Raithby. Private 93891. 259th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 25049 Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 17th October 1917. Son of Charles and Ellen Willey Raithby (nee Needham). Born 1894 Bottesford and enlisted Bottesford (attested 7th December 1915, mobilized 9th February 1916). Commemorated Dar Es Salaam British and Indian Cemetery.
RAITHBY	Frank	D.C.M. Canadian Regiment. Distinguished Conduct Medal. Private 426512. 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died of wounds 22 Casualty Clearing Station 6th October 1918. Son of Charles and Ellen Willey Raithby (nee Needham) of Bottesford. Born 17th January 1884 Hogsthorpe LIN and enlisted 6th April 1915 Canada. Commemorated Bucquoy Road Cemetery. III.D.25.
ROBINSON	J Richard	Machine Gun Corps. John Richard Robinson. Sergeant 22946. 5th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (as CWGC, Soldiers Effects has 50th Battalion), formerly 3318 Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 11th April 1918. Son of John Daybell and Caroline Robinson (nee Hand). Born 1894 Bottesford and enlisted Melton Mowbray. Commemorated Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery. Mem 43.
SHAW	Frederick	Leicestershire Regiment. Frederick Parker as 1885 birth record, enlists as Frederick Shaw. Private 7153. 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1914. Son of Maria Shaw Parker (later wife of John Richard Kew). Grandson of Joseph Gill and Mary Ann Maria Shaw (nee Parker) of Bottesford. Born Friskney LIN, enlisted Leicester (as SDGW, Soldiers Effects has original enlistment Boston LIN 2nd November 1903 so possible recall to colours) and resident Waltham LIN. Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial. Panel 4.
SKINNER	J Herbert G	Leicestershire Regiment. James Herbert George Skinner. Private 32822. 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds home 8th July 1917. Son of James William and Susan Skinner (nee Hemmings). Husband of Eliza Skinner (nee Thornton). Born 1886 Church End, Finchley MDX and enlisted Bottesford. Commemorated Bottesford (St Mary) Churchyard.
SUTTON	Philip	Durham Light Infantry. Private 204634. 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 24th March 1918. Son of William and Eliza Sutton (nee Lilly). Born 1886 Bottesford, enlisted Leicester and resident Bottesford. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 68 to 72.
"They were a wall unto us both by night and day."   1939 TO THE GLORY OF GOD 1945 AND IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING, COUNTRY AND FREEDOM IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
BREWSTER	Philip	Royal Navy. Able Seaman (Gunner) P/JX335909, Royal Navy. HMS President (Shore establishment, actually aboard SS Oporto a merchant vessel sunk by German submarine U-107). Killed in action 13th March 1943. Son of Harold and Jane Brewster (nee Sutton). Born 1923. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 74.1.
TURNER	F Bertram	Royal Navy. Frederick Bert Turner. Petty Officer Stoker C/K65698, Royal Navy. HMS Electra (Destroyer, sunk in battle with several Japanese warships). Killed in action 27th February 1942. Son of Thomas and Alice M Turner (nee Saunders). Husband of Elizabeth Turner (former name unknown, believed Scottish marriage) of Rosyth, Scotland. Born 14th January 1904 Grantham LIN and enlisted 26th February 1925. Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. 61.1.
BEND	Frederic K	Sherwood Rangers. Frederic Kenneth Bend. Trooper 326530. A Squadron, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 24th October 1942. Son of Frederick Richard and Ellen Kate Bend (nee Marshall). Born 1916. Commemorated El Alamein War Cemetery. VI.C.26.
CANHAM	Herbert	Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. Private 4803539. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 4th March 1943. Son of William and Emma Canham (nee Garwood). Born 1912. Commemorated Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery. 3.E.24.
JESSON	Walter	Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Private 4857399. 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died 21st September 1944. Son of Edward and Mary Elizabeth Jesson (nee Bembridge). Husband of Annie Jesson (former name unknown, believed Irish marriage). Born 1916. Commemorated Singapore Memorial. Column 65.
MOULD	Ian L	Gloucestershire Regiment. Ian Leonard Mould. Lance Corporal 14419262. 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 17th August 1944. Son of Reginald Cecil Lane and Katherine Marshall Mould (nee Barrett). Born 1925. Commemorated Bottesford (St Mary) Churchyard.
REEVES	Colin	Royal Air Force. Aircraftman 2nd Class 1441963, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died as Japanese ‘Prisoner of War’ 9th September 1943. Son of Frank and Minnie Reeves (nee Boyers). Born 1921. Commemorated Ambon War Cemetery. 4.A.7.
WALFORD	Richard E	Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Richard Edward Walford. Major 74608. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, attached 2/6th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 20th October 1943. Son of Revd Frank Walford M.A. and Dorothy Beatrice J Walford (nee Nicolls). Born 1917. Commemorated Naples War Cemetery. III.P.12.

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