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War Memorial - Biddenham, Bedford, England


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Algernon Cyril Armstrong
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G/21037
10 August 1917

8th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Francis and Elizabeth Armstrong.
Native of Biddenham.
Biddenham - Baptism Armstrong, Algernon Cyril 21 November 1897

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John Davison
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1911 England Census about John Davison
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cycle work (assits father)
Where born: Biddenham
Household Members: Name Age
William John Davison 42
Rhoda Davison 44
Hilda Davison 15
John Davison 13
Dorothy Davison 10

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Alfred Dudley (Probably)
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Private
98225
01 October 1918
27
2nd/2nd (North Midland) Field Amb.
Royal Army Medical Corps
Aire Communal Cemetery,
Son of Joseph Jabez and Frances Elizabeth Dudley,
of Leighton Buzzard,
husband of Alice Mary Dudley,
of 60, Springfield Rd., Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
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Wilfrid Herring (Probably)
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Rifleman
44585
25 July 1917
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15th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Son of William Charles and Henrietta Maria Herring,
of Fairmead, Biddenham, Bedford.
Born at Walthamstow, Essex.
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James Plain (Probably)
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Private
7547
20 August 1916
29
1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
Bazentin-Le Petit Communal Cemetery, France
Son of George Plain,
husband of Mary Elizabeth Plain,
of Kennet Terrace, Brixworth, Northants.
Native of Bedford.
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Thomas Riddy
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Lance Corporal
1090
24 June 1915
33
486th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Stagsden (St. Leonard) Churchyard, Bedfordshire
Son of Jeremiah and Fanny Riddy,
of Stagsden, Bedfordshire,
husband of M. J. Riddy,
of Avenue Cottage, Biddenham, Bedford.
1911 England Census about William Thomas Riddy
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Where born: Stagsden, Bedfordshire
Resident: Pogs and Puck R. H., Stagsden
Household Members: Name Age
Jeremiah Riddy 74
Fanny Riddy 63
William Thomas Riddy 23
Nelly Riddy 22
Walter Riddy 20
Elsie Pratt 9 (Grand Daughter)
John Carpenter Wallis 69 (Boarder)

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Walter Rowney
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Private
60202
31 January 1919
28
101st Coy. Labour Corps
Belgrade Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Thomas and Kate Rowney,
of Stevington, Bedford,
husband of Emily Rowney,
of Church End, Biddenham, Bedford.
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Giles Havergal Shaw (Probably)
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Lieutenant

11 April 1917

5th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
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Greville Shaw
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Richard Wright
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Private
40670
13 October 1917
19
4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Frederick and Eliza Wright,
of Duck End, Biddenham, Bedford.
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J. N. Campling (Probably)
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Lieutenant (E)

14 December 1944

Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Aldenham"
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M. B. E.)
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
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Terence Hugh Creed
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Pilot Officer
42697
01 September 1940
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608 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey
Son of Edward Cecil and Olive Agnes Creed,
of Biddenham, Bedfordshire.
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Douglas Harold Everett
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Lieut.-Commander

07 November 1944
30
H. M. L. S. T. 420, Royal Naval Reserve
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
Son of Bennett Henry and Lily Ethel Everett,
husband of Lilian Frances Everett,
of Biddenham, Bedfordshire.
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