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Other Military Commemorations

Commemorated in Rushden Cemetery - Not on the War Memorial
Grave no. Forename Surname Notes Died
E 438 G BAKER Pioneer RE, aged 53 1917
F 820 Walter BATCHELOR Lance Cpl, 15/19 KR Hussars 1944 Holland
B.obelisk Charles R BETTLES Volunteer Hospital Orderly 1900 Bloemfontein
F 626 Eric BROWN Flight Sgt, killed in action 1943
B 784 Walter CARTER
1919
C 400 Tom CLARK
Died of war wounds 29 Oct 1923
Rushden Cemetery
C 337 Arthur George CLIFTON wounded at Trones Wood 1916 1921
F 876 Stephen J COALES Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1916
E 651 William Matthews DENTON Cpl, Northamptonshire Rgt 1920
C 448 Robert Gerald DYKES RE, killed in action 1918 France
E 564 J EKINS Private, Northamptonshire Rgt 1919
F 1584 Edgar ELLINGHAM killed in action 1918 France
B.obelisk Arthur ELLIS Volunteer Hospital Orderly 1900 Johannesburg
E 635 A GIBBS Cpl, Northamptonshire Rgt 1920
WG 4 N M GILLIS Sgt, Royal Canadian Air Force 1943
E 484 W HEAD Lance Sgt, Grenadier Guards 1917
WG 7 D HEMMINGTON Able Seaman, RN, P/JX 1946
F 1748 John JACOBS killed at Alamein 1942 Africa
C 287 William KNIGHT missing at Trones Wood 1916
E 697 A LICKERISH Private, Machine Gun Corps 1920
E 1066 Arthur LOVELL killed in action 1942 Egypt
E 694 Robert Gerald MARLOW Sapper, RE 1920 Northampton
E 621 Harry MADDAMS Private 1919
F 1015 G A PANTER Captain, RAF 1944
E 691 Walter PARKER Private 1920
C 177 Elsie PRIESTLEY WAAC, killed in action 1918
F 153 George RIVETT NZ RB, killed in action 1917 France
E 662 Jabez Alfred ROBINSON Corporal 1920
F 1091 A SIM Flying Officer, RAF 1945
WG 8 J E SMART Private, died Millbank Military Hospital 1949
E 684 Alec SMITH Musician, RMB, HMS Royal Oak 1920
DB 35 C W STOCKER Rifleman, The Rangers 1940
E 1178 Frederick WEST Private, killed in action 1917 France
E 640 Herbert Harry WILLMOTT Ex-Gunner 1920

Soldiers Commemorated Elsewhere - Not on the War Memorial
Born at Rushden or connected with Rushden at sometime
Forename Surname
Died
Where Commemorated Grave or Reference
Albert Leonard BALLARD
10 Jul 1915
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery Grave I. C.27.
Arthur William BETTLES
30 Oct 1917
Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 48 to 50 & 162A.
Frederick BETTLES
07 Nov 1917
Rushden Cemetery (buried - no inscription) E.489.
George R CAVE
25 Aug 1914
(no commemoration found)  
David Isaac CHENEY
13 Aug 1916
Puchevillers British Cemetery I. F.73.
Charles Field CLARK
06 Nov 1918
Burigny Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave VIII. A.19.
Reginald Arthur CLARKE
18 Sep 1917
Ypres Memorial Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31.
Arthur R DENTON
02 Nov 1917
Gaza War Cemetery
Grave XV. B.5.
Fred Stanley DESBOROUGH
13 Jun 1918
Niederzwehren Cemetery II. H.2.
Ronald James DICKSON
13 Mar 1945
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 21. C.12.
Louis Henry EITELBERG
06 Nov 1917
Ypres Memorial Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31.
Hugh Morris FELCE
03 Mar 1943
Sage War Cemetery 1 D.16.
Horace FITZJOHN 09 Mar 1943 Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery Block F Grave 332.
T Charles HARLEY
03 Oct 1915
St Sever Cemetery, Rouen A.11.38.
Harold William HARLOW
20 Sep 1917
Ypres Memorial Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31.
Gordon HIND
1942
Intermediate School Roll of Honour -
Percy JEEVES
19 Sep 1918
St Sever Cemetery, Rouen RII. V.11.
Foster LINDLEY
05 Sep 1918
Varennes Military Cemetery HI. F.25.
Alfred MARLOW
10 Aug 1917
Ypres Memorial Panel 43 & 45.
Charles MASON
09 May 1915
Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery Grave II. B.1.
Ernest O'DELL
04 Mar 1917
Fins New British Cemetery VII. A.15.
William ORPIN
01 May 1917
Thiepval Memorial Pier & Face 13A & 13B.
Arthur Percy PAGE
12 Sep 1917
Gwalia Cemetery
II. A.17.
Alex RAE
20 Jul 1943
Khayat Beach War Cemetery -
Ernest Edward SAWFORD
24 Nov 1914
Earls Barton Cemetery, NTH 1155.
Victor Sidney SMITH
06 Oct 1917
Deir El Belah War Cemetery D.47.
William James SMITH 04 Apr 1918 Pozieres Memorial Panel 14 and 15.
William STANILAND
02 Jun 1915
Ypres Memorial Panel 3.
Percy Victor STEEL
09 May 1915
Le Touret Memorial Panel 28 to 30.
Percy TAYLOR
13 Apr 1918
Thiepval Memorial Pier & Face 11A & 11D.
William THOMAS
21 Dec 1916
Chatham Naval Memorial Panel 16.
Lawson Herbert TOMPKINS
22 Oct 1917
Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.
W H TOMKINS
28 Sep 1918
Cagnicourt British Cemetery Grave I. C.7.
Walter George UNDERWOOD
18 Nov 1916
Vimy Memorial -
Harry WEST
28 Apr 1943
Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery Grave 9. C.13.
Harold Percy WOOD
03 Apr 1944
Cassino Memorial, Italy Panel 9.
Alfred YORK
04 Apr 1916
Brandhoek Military Cemetery Grave I. H.2. 

The Rushden Echo Friday 20 February 1920, transcribed by Nicky Bates

Rushden Victims of the War Memorial Chapel at St Mary's Supplementary Panel

The dedication of the supplementary panel in the Memorial Chapel at St Mary's Church, Rushden, will take place at the evening service next Sunday. The names on the panel are as follow:

Leslie Silburn
Howard Mantle
Thomas H Barren
Donald A H Dudley
William Driver
Sidney J Bunning
Sydney Charles Green
Frank Short
George Souter
William Abbott
Enos Percival
Elsie Priestley

A few seats will be reserved for the relatives and friends of the above who care to attend until 5.50p.m.  Will they kindly accept this as a personal invitation to be present. Percy Robson, Rector.



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