Shillington Roll of Honour

All Saints’ Church and
Shillington Village
War Memorials
1914-1918
1939-1945
The names of men who fell in the first world war are
recorded on both the plaque in All Saints’ Church
and on the village War Memorial in High Street,
Shillington.
The information on these pages is reproduced with the
permission of the copyright holders;
Bedfordshire Family History Society
© Roll-of-Honour.com 2002-2013
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The village War Memorial also records men who fell
in the second world war and their names have been
included in this book
ANSELL
Alfred
Private 41523, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Saturday 26 October 1918.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Bedford. Son of
David & Annie Ansell of Brookside, Shillington.
In 1911 he is listed as being the son of David & Annie
Mansell, of Shillington, aged 12, at school, born
Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot LXVII. Row L.
Grave 20 (recorded on both village memorials)
ANSELL
Harry
Private 3/5968, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 7 November 1914.
Born in Finchley, enlisted in Ampthill, resident
Whetstone, Middlesex.
In the 1911 census Harry Ansell was the nephew of
Sara Waller (a widow), aged 21, a Farm Labourer,
born Finchley, Middlesex, resident Shillington.
Went to the front 12 September 1914.
No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11.
(record on both village memorials)
BREWER
John
Private 28277, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Saturday 21 May 1917.
Lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Ampthill.
No known grave. Commemorated in London Cemetery,
Neuville-Vitasse, Pas de Calais, France on Neuville
Vitasse Mill Cemetery Memorial. Panel 3 (recorded on
both village memorials)
DENTON
Joseph [James]
MM
Serjeant 1852, “D” Battery, 83rd Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery.
Died of wounds Thursday 21 March 1918. Aged 37.
Born in Hitchin. Enlisted in London. Son of James
Denton of Marshall Cottages, Shillington. Husband of
Sarah A. Denton of Albert Street, Lidcombe, New
South Wales, Australia.
Served in the South African Campaign. Awarded the
Military Medal (M.M.).
In the 1891 census he is the son of James & Elizabeth
Denton, of Green End, Shillington, aged 9, Scholar,
born Shillington. His birth was registered in the
January to March Quarter 1882 in the Ampthill
Registration District.
No known grave. Commemorated on Poziers Memorial,
Somme. Panel 7 – 10 (recorded on both village
memorials)
GRUNDON
William Sidney
Private 3/7199, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 12 October 1916.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Clifton.
In the 1911 census he was the son of Henry & Ann
Frundon, of Aspley End, Shillington, aged 17, a Farm
Labourer, born Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 2C (recorded
on both village memorials)
HYDE
Bertram
Private 28124, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Wednesday 24 April 1918.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Ampthill.
In 1911 he was the nephew of Charles Cole, he was
aged 22, a Grocer's Assistant, born and resident
Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Hangard
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme. Plot III. Row
C. Grave 4. (recorded on both village memorials)
INGRAM
Robert
Private 31949, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Wednesday 8 May 1918. Aged 20.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Bedford. The
son of William & Eliza Ingram, of Aspley End,
Shillington.
In the 1911 census he is the son of William and Eliza
Ingram, aged 13, Assisting in Boot Repairing, born
Shillington, resident Aspley End, Shillington.
Buried in Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 18.
(recorded on both village memorials)
JENKINS
Lewis Bertram
Gunner 123666, “A” Battery, 76th Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery.
Killed in action Monday 4 November 1918. Aged 29.
Born in Shillington. Enlisted in Hitchin.
Son of John & Sally Jenkins of Shillington. Husband of
Olive Lavinia Jenkins of 58 Park Road, Hendon,
London.
In the 1911 census he is listed as the son of John &
Lily Jenkins, aged 21, a Farm Labourer, born &
resident in Shillington.
Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot IV.
Row D. Grave 11 (recorded on both village memorials)
JEPPS
Charles
Private 23651, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire
Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 28 October 1916.
Born & lived in Hitchin, Herts. Enlisted in Pewsey,
Wiltshire.
Formerly 21818 Somerset Light Infantry.
In the 1911 census he is listed as the son of Peter
Jepps (a widower), aged 19, a Horse Man on Farm,
born and resident in Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 11D (recorded
on both village memorials)
LARMAN
Bertram Albert aka Bertie
Private 21010, 6th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Killed in action Sunday 15th July, 1917. Aged 22.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Bedford.
Son of Absolam & Eliza Larman of Moat Farm
Cottages, Biscot, Luton.
In the 1911 census he is listed as Bert, the son of
Absalom & Eliza Larman, aged 16, a Farm Labourer,
born Shillington and resident Green End, Shillington.
Formerly 3/7267, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Went to the Front 11 November 1914.
Buried in La Belle Alliance Cemetery, Ieper, West
Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 10.
(recorded on both village memorials)
PEARCE
Arthur
[Frederick Arthur on village memorial]
Private 10350, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 9 November 1914. Aged 19.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Bedford.
Son of George & Emma Pearce, of Church Street,
Shillington.
Listed in the 1911 census as Arthur Pearce, aged 16,
son of Emma Pearce (widow), a Domestic Groom,
born and resident Shillington. His birth is registered as
Frederick Arthur, April-June Quarter 1895, in the
Ampthill Registration District.
No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret
Memorial, Pas de Calais. Panel 10 & 11 (recorded on
both village memorials)
PESTELL
Percy John
Private 28043, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Tuesday 22 May 1917. Aged 28.
Born in Huntingdon. Lived in Shillington. Enlisted in
Hitchin.
Son of Mrs G. Pestell, of 11 St Mary’s Terrace,
Newtown, Huntingdon. Husband of Maud Pestell, of
Church Street, Shillington.
In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born
Godmanchester, Butler to Robert Lucas at the Manor
House, Shillington.
Buried in Tank Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 33 (recorded on both
village memorials)
PRUTTON
Frank
Lance Corporal 1369, 3rd Battalion, Australian
Infantry A.I.F.
Killed in action Sunday 25 April 1915 on the Gallipoli
Peninsula, Turkey. Aged 29.
Emigrated aged 28. Enlisted 29 August 1914.
Born in Shillington, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the
son of Alfred and Susan Prutton, of Church Street,
Shillington. Butcher by trade. Educated at
Bedfordshire Council School. Resident Portland, New
South Wales.
In the 1911 census he was a boarder with Harriet
Dinch; aged 25, a Butcher, born Shillington, resident
16 Etna Road, Bury St Edmunds.
No known grave. Commemorated on Lone Pine
Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 19
(recorded on both village memorials) Australian Roll of
Honour Circular Document
RICHARDS John
Stoker 1st Class K/6842, HMS “Queen Mary” Royal
Navy.
Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
Wednesday 31 May 1916 when his ship was hit twice
by the German battlecruiser Derfflinger during the
early part of the Battle of Jutland causing her
magazines to explode shortly afterwards, sinking the
ship. Aged 24.
Born 22 May 1892 in Holloway, London. Husband of
Beatrice Richards of Bury End, Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 19.
SWAIN George Henry
Private 2223369, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Died 6 October 1918.
Resident 533 Robson Street, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada.
Next of kin was his father, Alfred Swain, of Pegsden
Common Farm, nr. Hitchin. Born 7 January 1891,
Hertford, England. Tile Layer by trade. Unmarried.
Passed fit 16 July 1817, enlisted 31 July 1917, at
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aged 26. Height
5 feet 7 inches. girth 38 inches. complexion fair, eyes
gray, hair light brown, hearing normal. bision right eye
20/20, left eye 20/32; religion Church of England.
Buried in Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot VII. Row G. Grave 31. National
Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150,
Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9447 - 53
TINGEY
Ernest Bert
Private 3/8706, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died Monday 8 November 1915.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Hitchin.
In the 1911 census he is the son of Paul & Jane
Tingey, aged 21, worker on a Farm, born & resident in
Shillington; one of his siblings is William (Willie), see
following page.
Buried in La Brique Military Cemetery No. 1, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave
14 (recorded on both village memorials)
TINGEY William
Private G/51048, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own).
Killed in action Monday 23 April 1917.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Bedford.
In the 1911 census he is the son of Paul & Jane
Tingey, aged 13, worker on a Farm, born & resident
Shillington; one of his siblings is Ernest (see previous
page).
Buried in Heniel-Croiselles Road Cemetery, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 2. (recorded on
both village memorials)
TWYDELL
Ernest
Private 25523, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Tuesday 31 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Hitchin. Son of
John & Eliza Twydell, Bury End, Shillington.
In the 1911 census he is listed as the son of Eliza &
John Twydell, aged 17, Farm Labourer, born and
resident in Shillington.
Buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 28
(recorded on both village memorials)
TWYDELL
Frank Samuel
Corporal 25522, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Sunday 19 November 1916. Aged 22.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Hitchin.
Son George & Mary Ann Twydell of Shillington.
In the 1911 census his surname is spelt TWIDLE, he is
the son of George & Mary Ann, aged 17, Teamster,
born & resident Shillington.
Buried in Contay British Cemetery, Somme. Plot VIII.
Row F. Grave 4. (recorded on both village memorials)
WEEDEN
Horace
Private 26768, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 23 April 1917.
Born & lived in Shillington. Enlisted in Ampthill.
In the 1911 census he is listed as the son of Frank &
Betsy Weeden, m aged 16, a Farm Labourer, born and
resident Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5 (recorded on both village
memorials)
WEST
William
Private 202846, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 21 March 1918.
Born Finsbury Park. Lived in Shillington. Enlisted in
Hitchin.
Formerly 269304, Hertfordshire Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais. Bay 7. (recorded on both village
memorials)
WILLMER
Leslie
Private 40153. 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment,
(Formerly 42744 Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 10 April 1918.
Born in Marylebone. Lived in Shillington. Enlisted in
Marylebone.
Son of Frederick Funnell Willmer & Lillie Willmer of
Brighton.
Buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue,
Nord, France. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 2. (recorded on
both village memorials)
WILSON
Frank Cyril
[Cyril Frank in chapel, on SDGW and CWGC*]
Private 56802. 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Killed in action Saturday 1 June 1918. Aged 18.
Born in Green End, Beds. Enlisted in Hitchin.
Son of Edgar & Emily Wilson, of Blacksmith Cottage,
Shillington.
In the 1911 census he is aged 11, son of Edgar &
Emily Wilson, at school, born and resident in
Shillington.
Buried in Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme. Plot I.
Row D. Grave 41. (recorded on both village
memorials)
* SDGW = Soldiers Died Great War, an online record of military deaths.
CWGC = Commonwealth War Graves Commission
WOMWELL
Herbert Stanley
Lance Corporal 203987. 9th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment.
Killed in action Tuesday, 8 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born in Ickleford, Herts. Enlisted in Hitchin.
Son of William & Emma J. Womwell of Shillington Mill,
Gravenhurst, Beds.
In 1911 he was the son of William and Emma
Womwell, his father was the Miller, aged 14, at school,
born Hitchin, resident at Shillington Mill.
Buried in Brancourt-le-Grand-Military Cemetery, Aisne,
France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 25. (recorded on
both village memorials)
Shillington Village War
Memorial
On the following pages are the
names of men who fell in the
second world war who are
recorded only on the village War
Memorial in the High Street
ALLEN
Christopher
Private G/50526, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge’s Own).
Killed in action Saturday 28 April 1917.
Born Shillington. Enlisted Luton.
In 1911 he had been married for 1 year to Lois and they had a
daughter called Ivy, he was aged 26, a Farm Labourer
Cowman, born Shillington, resident Crawley Green, Stopsley.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 7
ASHTON
Albert B
[Second name unknown] Private G/26589, 2nd Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action Thursday 13 June 1918.
Born & resident Shillington. Enlisted Chiswick.
In 1911 he was a boarder with Lawrence Inskip, of 105
Devonshire Road, Chiswick, aged 23, a Baker's Assistant,
born Shillington, Bedfordshire.
Buried in Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Plot/Row/Section G. Grave 20.
COLE
Frederick
Possibly Fred Cole, Rifleman 210593, 22nd (Wessex &
Welsh) Battalion (Territorial), Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's
Own). Formerly 210593, 25th Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
Died 24 October 1918 in the Balkans.
Born in Standon, Bedford, enlisted Woolwich, kent, resident
Plaistow, Essex. In the 1911 census Frederick Cole was the
son of David & Eliza Cole, born Shillington, aged 27, a Farm
Labourer, resident Pegsdon, Shillington, Beds.
Buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. Plot VI. Row H.
Grave 1.
GUDGIN
Frank
Private T/448167, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died 23 May 1920. Aged 26.
Son of Charles Gudgin, husband of Florence Dorothy Gudgin
of Church Street, Shillington.
In the 1911 census he was the son of Sarah Gudgin (a
widow), aged 17, a Farm Labourer, born and resident
Shillington.
Buried in the South-West part of All Saints Churchyard,
Shillington.
(Record on gravestone – T/448167 Private F. Gudgin. Royal
Army Service Corps. 23rd May 1920. Age 26. Rest in the
Lord.) See also Southill Memorial
DOOLEY
Vincent
Possibly Sergeant 977328, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve and son of Henry & Minnie Dooley, husband of
Rosemary Dooley, of Woking, Surrey.
Died 29 January 1944. Aged 32.
No known grave. Commemorated on Runneymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel 228.
(There is only one Vincent DOOLEY listed on the CWGC)
there is also listed Clifford Vincent DOOLEY, Lance
Bombardier 872637, 12 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
between 1-2 October 1942. Aged 23. Son of Mrs. H. Beeton,
of Hyson Green, Nottingham, England.
No known grave. Commemorated on Sai Wan Memorial.
China (including Hong Kong). Column 3.
FISHER
Frederick Harold
Sergeant 3382583, 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
Died Saturday 8 July 1944. Aged 35.
Son of Frederick J. & Florence Fisher; husband of Evelyn
Fisher of Shillington.
Buried in Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Plot
4. Row C. Grave 3.
HAYES
Philip Redford
Private 5956293, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Regiment.
Died Saturday 14 October 1944. Aged 31.
Husband of Anne Mabel Haynes of Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial,
Kranji war Cemetery, Singapore. Column 63.
HAYNES
George
Private 5833288, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Killed in action at Sengarrang during the fight for Singapore
26th January 1942. Aged 28.
Son of Richard & Rose Haynes, husband of Ada Kate Haynes
of Barton.
No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 59. See also
Barton.
Extracts from local newspaper:
4th November 1943
Nearly two years have elapsed since Mrs. George Haines had any news of her husband in
Malaya. The Red Cross have written a very sympathetic letter, promising news immediately it
can be obtained.
26th March 1946
Barton Man’s Fate at Singapore
Mrs. Haynes of Barton, has received official notification that her husband, Private George
Haynes, was killed on January 26th 1942 at Sangjerang, Malaya. He had arrived in
Singapore on January 13th and was 28. Mrs. Haynes is left with a son aged five. Private
Haynes was a native of Shillington.
JEPPS
Norman
Private 14707163, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died Saturday 25 November 1944. Aged 19.
Son of Frank & Elsie Jepps of Shillington.
Buried in Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands. Plot III. Row
C. Grave 9 .
PAYNE
Albert George Walter
Warrant Officer 1385974, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve.
Died Tuesday 3 April 1945. Aged 24.
Son of Christopher & Henrietta Payne of Shillington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Runneymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel 269
PAYNE
Stanley John
Private 5952345, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Regiment.
Died Tuesday 26 October 1943. Aged 24.
Son of Charles & Elizabeth Payne of Shillington.
Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 4. Row
C. Grave 43
INGRAM William A
(Added to memorial in 2009)
Gunner 14684635, Royal Artillery.
Died of peritonitis 25 November 1946. Aged 21.
Son of Frederick Thomas Ingram and Hepzibah Maud Ingram,
of Shillington, Bedfordshire.
Buried in Ranchi War Cemetery, India. Plot 8 Row J. Grave 9.