War Memorial - Sharnbrook, Bedford, England

Frederick Ernest Robins
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Staff Serjeant 674 abt. 1893, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire 21 July 1916 23 Army Ordnance Corps attd. 30th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Carnoy Military Cemetery, France Son of Alfred and Margaret Robins, nee Litchfield, of Church Lane, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

Frederick Ernest Robins was baptised in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England on 17 September 1893.

England Census 1901 about Frederick E. Robins and family Residence: Church Cottage, Church Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Alfred Robins Margaret Robins Ethel M. Robins William A. Robins Jessie Ann Robins Leonard A. Robins Frederick E. Robins	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	52 48 20 18 16 12 8	abt. 1849 abt. 1853 abt. 1881 abt. 1883 abt. 1885 abt. 1889 abt. 1893	Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire Leagrave, Bedfordshire Leagrave, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

Fritz Prewett Darnell
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant TT/03432 abt. 1891 03 November 1918 27 Army Veterinary Corps, East Anglian Div. Vet. Hosp. (Huntingdon) Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Frederick and Agnes Eliza Darnell, of Upper Farm, Sharnbrook.

England Census 1901 about Fritz P. Darnell and family Residence: Up Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frederick Darnell Agnes E. Darnell Ethel M. Darnell Fritz P. Darnell Lionel S. Darnell Julia B. Darnell Wilfred G. Darnell Violet A. Darnell Charles Prewett Elizabeth Prewett	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Daughter Son Daughter Father-in-Law Mother-in-Law	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Married Married	44 42 15 12 9 7 4 2 81 78	abt. 1857 abt. 1859 abt. 1886 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1894 abt. 1897 abt. 1899 abt. 1820 abt. 1823	Souldrop, Bedfordshire Barford, Wiltshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Alderbury, Wiltshire Kingston Denal, Wiltshire

The Darnell family grave in St. Peter's Churchyard, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England:

© ColinA

In loving memory of

Fritz Prewett,
eldest son of
Frederick & Agnes Darnell,
who died Nov. 3rd 1918,
aged 29 years.
"Not lost, but gone before."

Also of
Frederick Darnell,
who passed away Nov. 3rd 1927,
aged 70 years.
"Until the day break, and the shadows flee away."

Also of
Agnes Eliza,
wife of the above
who passed away Feb. 29th 1932,
aged 73 years.
Peace

William George Duncombe
© ColinA	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant TT/03434 abt. 1896 08 April 1920 24 Highland Mobile Vet. Sect. Royal Army Veterinary Corps Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Probable son of Frederick and Ellen Elizabeth Duncombe, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England

William Page
© jeb	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Staff Serjeant H/22 10 September 1916 Army Veterinary Corps Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England

A newspaper reported the death of William Page:
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SHARNBROOK
The Deputy Coroner for the Honour of Appthill (Mr. H. J. Webber), held an inquest at the Offices of the Kempston Urban District Council on Tuesday morning, concerning the death of Staff-Farrier-Sergeant William Page, of the Army Veterinary Corps, and a native of Sharnbrook, who, whilst cycling near Sharnbrook on Saturday evening, collided with a commercial motor car.

William Prince Evans
© Nancy Wright	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 23328 11 August 1891, Poddington, Bedfordshire 11 February 1917 26 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France Son of John Edward Prince Evans and Mary Eliza Prince Evans, nee Tye, of Moat Cottage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

Wills and Administrations, 1922
Evans, William Prince, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, died 11 February 1917 in France.
Administration London 13 September to John Edward Pronce Evans, schoolmaster. Effects £30 6s. 3d.

England Census 1911 about William Prince Evans and family Residence: School House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Edward Prince Evans Mary Eliza Evans William Prince Evans	Head Wife Son	Married Married Single	48 41 19	abt. 1863 abt. 1870 abt. 1892	Coseley, Staffordshire Podington, Bedfordshire Podington, Bedfordshire

Harry William Barcock
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private TR10/25922 abt. 1899 06 April 1917 18 31st Training Reserve Dover (St. James) Cemetery, Kent, England Son of Albert John and Frances Barcock, nee Cain, of High Street, Shambrook, Bedfordshire.

Harry William Barcock was baptised in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England on 02 April 1899. He joined in March 1917, and underwent a period of training at Dover. After only four weeks� service with the Colours, he unfortunately died on April 6th, 1917, of spotted fever, contracted whilst in the Army.

England Census 1911 about Harry William Barcock and family Residence: High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Albert John Barcock Frances Barcock Harry William Barcock Freda Mabel Barcock Gladys Mary Barcock Frederick John Barcock Herbert Reginald Barcock	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Son Nephew	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	40 41 12 10 8 4 20	abt. 1871 abt. 1870 abt. 1899 abt. 1901 abt. 1903 abt. 1907 abt. 1891	Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire

Herbert Reginald Barcock
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private (CWGC: Sapper) 705 abt. 1890 20 February 1915 25 1st (East Anglian) Field Coy. Royal Engineers Bethune Town Cemetery, France Son of Herbert George Barcock, of 1, The Grove, Bedford, and the late Emma Ellen Barcock.

England Census 1901 about Herbert Barcock and family Residence: 1, The Grove, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Herbert G. Barcock Emma Barcock Annie Barcock Ethel Barcock Herbert Barcock Reuben Barcock George Barcock Frank Barcock	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	35 38 14 12 10 8 6 4	abt. 1866 abt. 1863 abt. 1887 abt. 1889 abt. 1891 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1897	Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire
Also see the 1911 England Census of Harry William Barcock.

Ernest Alfred Bell
© Operation:PictureMe	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 16209 13 September 1876, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire 28 September 1915 38 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Loos Memorial, France Son of James and Mary Ann Bell, nee Forsyth, husband of Charlotte Kate "Kit" Bell, nee Collyer.

Ernest Alfred Bell was baptised in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England on 20 May 1877. His marriage to Charlotte Kate Collyer was registered in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England during the third quarter of 1905.

England Census 1881 about Ernest A. Bell and family Residence: Up Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James Bell Mary A. Bell Arthur E. Bell Albert J. Bell Leonard G. Bell Bertha L. Bell Ernest A. Bell Laban Bell Mary Bell	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son Son Mother	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Widowed	37 35 13 12 9 7 4 2 61	abt. 1844 abt. 1846 abt. 1868 abt. 1869 abt. 1872 abt. 1874 abt. 1877 abt. 1879 abt. 1820	Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Somers Town, London, Middlesex Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

England Census 1911 about Ernest Alfred Bell and family Residence: Park Avenue, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Ernest Alfred Bell Charlotte Kate Bell Mabel Laura Bell Marjorie Ethel Bell Elizabeth Grace Simmons Louisa U. M. Hollis	Head Wife Sister Daughter Lodger Lodger	Married Married Single Single Single Single	34 32 22 2 50 56	abt. 1877 abt. 1879 abt. 1889 abt. 1909 abt. 1861 abt. 1855	Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Barkham, Wokingham, Berkshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Ashtead, Surrey Bearwood, Wokingham, Berkshire Wokingham, Berkshire

Alfred Edward Bone
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private (CWGC: Gunner) 22425 abt. 1884 21 August 1916 32 "A" Bty. 70th Bde. Royal Field Artillery Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France Son of Edward and Emma Bone, nee Bird, of High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

Alfred Edward Bone was baptised in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England on 16 March 1885.

England Census 1891 about Alfred Bone and family Residence: Down Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Edward Bone Emma Bone Harry Isaac Bone May Cristabel Bone Alfred Bone Frank Bone Frances Susan Bone	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	41 39 13 10 6 3 1	abt. 1850 abt. 1852 abt. 1878 abt. 1881 abt. 1885 abt. 1888 abt. 1890	Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

Harry Owen Goodes
© jeb	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 60162 abt. 1886 17 December 1918 32 5th Bn. Royal Fusiliers Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Alfred and Mary Goodes, of Sharnbrook.

His birth was registered in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England during the first quarter of 1887.

England Census 1891 about Harry Goodes and family Residence: 7, Cowpeis Cottages, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Alfred Goodes Mary Goodes Samuel Goodes George Goodes Harry Goodes Catherine Goodes	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single	37 43 9 6 4 1	abt. 1854 abt. 1848 abt. 1882 abt. 1885 abt. 1887 abt. 1890	Carlton, Bedfordshire Pavenham, Bedfordshire Mansfield, Northamptonshire Mansfield, Northamptonshire Mansfield, Northamptonshire Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

England Census 1901 about Harry Goodes and family Residence: Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Mary Goodes George H. Goodes Harry Goodes Kate Goodes	Head Son Son Daughter	Married Single Single Single	52 16 14 10	abt. 1849 abt. 1885 abt. 1887 abt. 1891	Pavenham, Bedfordshire Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Charlie Gooseman
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private TR9/8073 abt. 1897 25 February 1918 21 27th Training Reserve Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of George William Gooseman and Fanny Gooseman, of Coffle End, Sharnbrook.

The birth of Charlie Gooseman was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the first quarter of 1897 and was baptised in Sharnbrook, Bedford, England on 01 November 1897.

England Census 1901 about Charlie Gooseman and family Residence: Coffle End, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Gooseman Fanny Gooseman Louisa Gooseman Alice Gooseman Fanny Gooseman George Gooseman Charlie Gooseman	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	39 36 11 9 8 5 4	abt. 1862 abt. 1865 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1897	Freilby, Lincolnshire Offham, Sussex Healing, Lincolnshire Limberhill, Lincolnshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

W. Hill (Unable to identify. No further information)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private

Francis William Line
© PhilipLine24	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 267090 abt. 1890 19 July 1916 26 2nd/1st Bucks Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Loos Memorial, France Son of William Line, of Albert Terrace, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, and the late Lavinia Line.

England Census 1891 about Francis William Line and family Residence: Chellington, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Line Lavinia Line Miriam Line Edith Elizabeth Line Francis William Line	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single	37 37 10 4 0	abt. 1854 abt. 1854 abt. 1881 abt. 1887 abt. 1891	Bedfordshire, England Bedfordshire, England Bedfordshire, England Bedfordshire, England Bedfordshire, England

England Census 1901 about Francis W. Line and family Residence: Up Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Line Lavinia Line Edith E. Line Francis W. Line Bernard C. Line	Head Wife Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	47 47 14 10 4	abt. 1854 abt. 1854 abt. 1887 abt. 1891 abt. 1897	Melchbourne, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Chellington, Bedfordshire Chellington, Bedfordshire Chellington, Bedfordshire

Walter Odell
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 23140 abt. 1884 13 August 1917 33 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Son of Arthur and Lucy Odell.

England Census 1901 about Walter Odell and family Residence: Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Arthur Odell Lucy Odell Thomas Odell Walter Odell Frank Odell Lewis Charles Odell Mabel Odell Annie Odell	Head Wife Son Son Son Son Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	41 42 18 16 8 0 12 5	abt. 1860 abt. 1859 abt. 1883 abt. 1885 abt. 1893 abt. 1901 abt. 1889 abt. 1896	Odell, Bedfordshire Odell, Bedfordshire Souldrop, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

Thomas Alfred Pacey
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 145233 abt. 1899 12 October 1918 19 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Alfred James and Ruth Pacey, nee Stoton, of Sharnbrook.

The birth of Thomas Alfred Pacey was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the third quarter of 1899.

England Census 1911 about Thomas Pacey and family Residence: Cobb Hall, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Alfred Pacey Ruth Pacey Thomas Pacey Eleanor Pacey Francis Pacey	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single	41 42 11 10 8	abt. 1870 abt. 1869 abt. 1900 abt. 1901 abt. 1903	Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

The Pacey family grave in the Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England:

© Mina Schmidt

In
loving memory
of

Thomas Alfred
only son of
Alfred and Ruth Pacey
who died Oct. 12^th 1918,
(of wounds received in action in France)
in his 20^th year.

-•--•••--•-

"Thy will be done."
Also of Ruth Pacey,
died Feb. 15^th 1932, aged 56 years.

Also of Alfred Pacey,
died March 29^th 1938,
aged 68 years.

William Peter Payne
© LESUEUR Dominique	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 42663 abt. 1886 31 March 1918 32 2nd/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of William and Mary Ann Payne, nee Forscutt, of Irchester, Wellingborough, husband of Lizzie Payne, of Church Lane, Shambrook, Bedfordshire.

The birth of William Peter Payne was registered in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England during the second quarter of 1886. He was married to Lizzie Swannell in Sharnbrook, Bedford, England in 1911. Following children are known: Rose Emily (1912-1994), and William Henry Bertram (1915-1944).

England Census 1901 about William Payne and family Residence: Irchester, Northamptonshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Payne Mary Payne William Payne Sarah H. Payne John F. Payne Pricilla E. Payne Bessie M. Payne James Payne Prince S. Payne Ida Payne Lillian Payne Princess M. Payne Alexander Payne	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Son Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	60 39 14 13 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 2 2 mo.	abt. 1841 abt. 1862 abt. 1887 abt. 1888 abt. 1889 abt. 1890 abt. 1891 abt. 1892 abt. 1894 abt. 1895 abt. 1896 abt. 1899 abt. 1901	Irchester, Northamptonshire Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire Irchester, Northamptonshire
The father William Pane was a Carrier and Beer Retailer. The mother Mary Payne had an own pub.

Harold James Peacock
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 268076 abt. 1896 23 August 1918 22 No. 1 Coy. 1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France Son of Joseph Charles and Fanny Peacock, of High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

The birth of Harold James Peacock was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the second quarter of 1896 and was baptised in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England on 30 October 1898.

England Census 1901 about Harold J. Peacock and family Residence: Kennel Hill, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Joseph C. Peacock Fanny Peacock Edith J. Peacock Annie M. Peacock Gertrude E. Peacock Harold J. Peacock	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	53 46 12 11 6 4	abt. 1848 abt. 1855 abt. 1889 abt. 1890 abt. 1895 abt. 1897	Keysoe, Bedfordshire Hawston, Cambridgeshire Pertenhall, Bedfordshire Pertenhall, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

Bertram Leopold Pepper
© laurinlaurin espie	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private G/7224 abt. 1891 11 September 1916 25 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Thiepval Memorial, France Son of Walter and Delia Sarah Pepper, nee Williams, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, husband of Minnie Cathrine Rebecca Pepper. of 7, Aynscomb Angle, Orpington.

England Census 1901 about Bertram Pepper and family Residence: High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Walter Pepper Deliah Pepper William Pepper Bertram Pepper Sidney Pepper Gertrude Pepper Arthur Pepper	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	32 36 12 10 8 5 3 mo.	abt. 1869 abt. 1865 abt. 1889 abt. 1891 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1901	Dunton, Bedfordshire Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire Islington, London Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

William Joseph Shambrook
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 22523 abt. 1887 19 July 1916 29 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France Son of William Albert Edward and Mary Shambrook, nee Campkin, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England.

The birth of William Joseph Shambrook was registered in Ware, Hertfordshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1887.

Harold George Sawford
© LESUEUR Dominique	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 26270 abt. 1893 04 September 1916 23 6th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of William Henry and Sarah Sawford, nee Bass, of Pippin Wood, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

The birth of Harold George Sawford was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1892.

Leonard James Sawford
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 20476 abt. 1898 23 March 1918 20 2nd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment Pozieres Memorial, France Son of William Henry and Sarah Sawford, nee Bass, of Pippin Wood, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

The birth of Leonard James Sawford was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the first quarter of 1898.

England Census 1911 about Harold and Leonard Sawford and family Residence: Pippin Wood, Riseley Road, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Sawford Sarah Sawford Harold Sawford Sam Sawford Fanny Sawford Leonard Sawford Edith Sawford Leslie Sawford Lawrence Sawford Margaret Sawford Jack Sawford Stanley Sawford	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Son Daughter Son Son Granddaughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	46 41 18 15 14 13 11 8 7 5 4 2	abt. 1865 abt. 1870 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1897 abt. 1898 abt. 1900 abt. 1903 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1907 abt. 1909	Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Riseley, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

John Langford Willoughby
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 30146 abt. 1896 30 January 1918 22 Bedfordshire Yeomanry Tincourt New British Cemetery, France Son of John and Annie Willoughby, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

England Census 1911 about John Langford Willoughby and family Residence: Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Weatherill Willoughby Sarah Ann Willoughby Mary Elizabeth Willoughby John Langford Willoughby Martha Ann Willoughby Phillip Andrew Willoughby Ruth Kate Willoughby Miriam Lois Willoughby Jane Langford John Henry Birchall	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Mother-in-Law Boarder	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Widowed Widowed	61 51 16 14 12 9 11 7 77 33	abt. 1850 abt. 1860 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1899 abt. 1902 abt. 1900 abt. 1904 abt. 1834 abt. 1878	Market Wrighton, Yorkshire Gibraltar Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Bleam, Kent Dickering, Yorkshire

Charles Ian Ballantine Wells
© ColinA	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Major 62941 14 July 1912 29 May 1942 29 89 Bty., 23 Field Regt. Royal Artillery Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Maj. Charles Ernest Wells, formerly of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), and of Jessie Crawford Seymour Wells (nee Ballantine), of Sharnbrook. B. A. (Cantab.) Trinity College.

A newspaper reported the death of Charles Ian Ballantine Wells
WELLS. - On May 29, 1942, as the result of an accident on manoeuvres, Major Charles Ian Ballantine Wells, Royal Artillery, dearly loved and only son of the late Major C. E. Wells (Turvey Abbey), and Mrs. Wells, of Tofte Manor, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, in his 30th year.

Wills and Administrations, 1942
Wells, Charles Ian Ballantine, of The Tofte Manor, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, died 29 May 1942 on war service.
Administration Llandudno 05 November to Jessie Crawford Seymour Wells, widow. Effects £5883 6s.

(The Hon) Derek John Henry Mond
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lieutenant 18 Octüber 1922 30 April 1945 22 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H. M. S. "Philante" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England Son of Henry Ludwig Mond and Amy Gwen Mond, nee Wilson. Husband of Yvonne Victoria Mond, nee Searle.

The "Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic", Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, reported on 07 July 1945:
HEIR TO PEERAGE LOST AT SEA
Missing as the result of a flying accident at sea on April 30, the death is presumed today of Lt. the Hon. Derek John Henry Mond, R. N. V. R., the elder son of Lord and Lady Melchett, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook, ,Bedfordshire.
Lt. Mond married on July 18, 1942, Miss Yvonne Victoria Searle, the only child of Capt. T. D. Searle, of 6, Lypiatt-terrace, Cheltenham, and niece of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Treasure, of Cheltenham.
Lt. Mond was born on Oct. 18, 1922, was educated at Eton, where he stroke the eight in 1939 and 1940, and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was an exhibitioner in science.
ORDINARY SEAMAN
In 1941-42 he was secretary of the Oxford Union, and in 1942 he graduated with a war degree. He joined the Royal Navy in September of that year as an ordinary seaman, and later was gazetted to a commission in the R. N. V. R., in which he specialised as a navigator.
His wife and he met at Oxford University, where she took an Honours degree in Modern Languages after attending Cheltenham Ladies College.
After leaving Oxford she went to work in a munitions factory as a statistician. She is well-known as a hockey player for the Ladies' College, and for the East Gloucestershire Club.

Wills and Administrations, 1945
Mond, the honourable Derek John Henry, of Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, died 30 April 1945 at sea.
Probate Llandudno 27 September to Yvonne Victoria Mond, widow. Effects £15870 0s. 8d.

Graham Sinclair Taylor
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Pilot Officer 36199 abt. 1916 26 January 1940 24 Royal Air Force Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Claude and Irene Sinclair Taylor.

The Taylor family grave in the Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England:

© ColinA

Graham Sinclair
son of
Claude and Irene Sinclair Taylor,
aged 24 years,
died serving with
the Royal Air Force
26th January 1940.
"Per Ardua ad Astra"

Claude Sinclair Taylor
husband of Irene,
died 6th March 1941

Irene Sinclair Taylor
died 4th February 1961.

Frederick Allen Beale
© pfo	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Pilot) 741185 abt. 1915 17 August 1940 25 51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Hanover War Cemetery, Germany Son of Joseph Allen Beale and Eliza Beale, of Clapham, Bedfordshire. Pilot of a Whitley V which was shot down by Flak at Peine-Essinghausen, 12 miles northwest of Brunswick, during a raid on a power station at Bohlen.

Henry Turnell Ellis (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Pilot) 1253992 abt. 1916 24 July 1941 25 40 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery, France Son of Thomas Barnes Ellis and Annie Turnell Ellis, of Ewell, Surrey. Pilot of a Wellington Ic which was shot down by Flak at St. Pierre-Quilbignon during a raid on German cruisers Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen at Brest.

Richard Edwards Hayman
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Observer) 1262068 03 June 1922, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 06 December 1942 20 115 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Son of Frank Keith Hayman, and of Mary Coslet Hayman, nee Edwards, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. Shot down (Wellington III) by a night fighter at Alsheim, 10 miles northwest of Worms, during a raid on Mannheim.

William James Bance
© ITALY64	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6025232 abt. 1913 23 November 1943 30 5th Bn. Essex Regiment Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy Son of William and Martha Annie Bance, nee Seamarks.

The birth of William James Bance was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the second quarter of 1913.

Frank Charles Boyles
© jeb	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 4036606 12 May 1917, Riseley, Bedfordshire 12 May 1942 25 10th Bn. Durham Light Infantry Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Charles Frank and Ellen Mary Boyles, nee Laroche, of Shambrook, Bedfordshire, husband of Joan Boyles, of Rugby, Warwickshire.

William Henry Cross
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 962936 abt. 1917, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire 20 April 1945 28 The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy Son of William Uriah Cross and Sarah Ann Hanson Cross, nee Goddard. Husband of Doris Helena Cross, nee Bayes.

Wills and Administrations, 1946
Cross, William Henry, of High-street, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, died 19 April 1945 in Italy.
Administration London 18 October to Doris Helena Cross, widow. Effects £229 13s. 7d.

David Geoffrey Fountain
© jeb	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Signalman 19065489 abt. 1928 10 April 1947, Catterick Military Hospital 19 Royal Corps of Signals Sharnbrook (St. Peter) Churchyard, Bedfordshire, England Son of Geoffrey George Laughton Fountain and Dorothy Cilla Fountain, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

The birth of David Geoffrey Fountain was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the third quarter of 1927.

William Henry Bertram Payne
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Aircraftman 1st Class 1101426 08 October 1915, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire 09 July 1944, Haroekoe Japanese P. O. W. Camp, Indonesia 29 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia Son of William Peter Payne and Lizzie Payne, nee Swannell.

The birth of William Henry Bertram Payne was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1915.

Frederick George Symonds
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper 2017830 25 November 1919 29 June 1945 25 288 Field Coy. Royal Engineers Sai Wan War Cemetery, China (including Hong Kong) Son of Herbert William and Mary Ann Symonds, nee Franklin, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

Wills and Administrations, 1946
Symonds, Frederick George, of Barleycroft, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, died 29 June 1945 on war service.
Administration Birmingham 13 May to Mary Ann Symonds, widow. Effects £306 1s. 11d.

Maurice Arthur Wildman
© GulfportBob	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5951421 abt. 1918 21 September 1943 25 5th Bn. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand Son of Henry and Ursula Wildman, nee Bass, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

Wills and Administrations, 1946
Wildman, Maurice Arthur, of Bridgeside Mill-road, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, died 21 September 1943 on war service.
Administration (with Will) Birmingham 21 June to Henry Wildman, flour mill operator. Effects £204 9s. 2d.

This page is dedicated to the 10 million victims of World War I and 60 million victims of World War II.
We should always remember the immense grief and loss each war brought to the world.