"Killed in Action"

This document was researched by Terry Oliver. It lists the Caddington servicemen who were killed in the World Wars 1 and 2. CADDINGTON WAR MEMORIAL NAMES AND DETAILS OF THE FALLEN The letters and figures found after the Cemetery details relate to the location of their graves/memorials KiA = Killed in Action DoW = Died of Wounds Bn = Battalion Regt = Regiment 1914-1918 Horace AUSTIN Gunner 123502 12 Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery KiA 6 December 1917 Ruyaulcourt Military CemeteryFrance G 2 Albert BRIGGINSHAW Private 269790 11 Bn Sherwood Foresters DoW 21 September 1917 Age 35 Husband of MK Brigginshaw of 1 Borough Road Dunstable Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium XXIII B 20A Harry BURGESSPrivate 27483 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regt KiA 23 July 1916 Thiepval Memorial France John COLLINGS-WELLSLieutenant-Colonel [VC]Victoria Cross [DSO]Distinguished Service Order Commanding Officer 4th Bn Bedfordshire Regt KiA 27th March 1918 Age 38 Son of Arthur and Caroline Collings-Wells of Caddington Hall. Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery France III E 12 Horace CRUMP Civilian Killed by an Explosion, at ammunition factory [Geo Kent Ltd]Luton 8 January 1917 Caddington Church Yard Frank FORDPrivate33787 1st/4th Bn Yorkshire Regt KiA 27 May 1918 Son of Mr A Ford of Market Place Reepham Norfolk: Husband of Catherine Ford of Council Houses Caddington Luton Vendresse British Cemetery France II B 5 Archer GODFREYPrivate 3/6526 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regt KiA 9 November 1914 Age 22 Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Godfrey of St Saviours Crescent Luton. Le Touret Memorial - France John GODFREYSapper 1611 2nd East Anglian Division Royal Engineers Died 24 July 1916 Age 32 Son of Alfred Godfrey Husband of Clara Godfrey 5 Dane Road Luton. Caddington Church Yard Charles GRACE Private 23835 12th Bn South Wales Boarders KiA 13 August 1916 Age 22 Son of Arthur and Kate Grace of Lower Woodside Luton. Loos British Cemetery France XVIII D 10 William HART Corporal 49036 6th Bn Northamptonshire Regt DoW 1 October 1918 Age 34 Son of Thomas and May Ann Hart of Woodside Luton Husband of Elizabeth Hart of Caddington. St Sever Cemetery Extension France S II E 21 Harold LAWSONPrivate 201403 1st/4th Bn Norfolk Regt KiA 11 December 1917 Age 19 Son of George and Ellen Lawson of Chaul End Caddington Ramleh War Cemetery Palestine D 53 Charles MARDLEPrivate 20175 4th Bn Bedfordshire Regt KiA 13 February 1917 Age 37 Son of Thomas and Betsy Mardle of Council Houses Caddington Beaumont Hamel France VII F 57 Horace MARDLE Private 4065 5th Bn Bedfordshire Regt DoW 16 August 1915 Gallipoli Helles Memorial - Turkey Frederick MATTHEWSPrivate 35792 136 Coy Machine Gun Corps KiA 24 April 1917 Son of Henry and Emily Matthews Tipple Hill Woodside. Basra Memorial Iraq Harry MATTHEWSGunner 123535 A Battery 58th Bde Royal Field Artillery KiA 17 June 1917 Son of Henry and Emily Matthews Tipple Hill Woodside. Bailleul Com Cemetery Extension France III D 47 John MATTHEWSCorporal 19483 11 Field Company Royal Engineers. MM [Military Medal] KiA 4 October 1917 Son of Henry and Emily Matthews Tipple Hill Woodside Mont Huon, Le Treport Cemetery France IV O. 5A Thomas OWEN Private 10852 3rd Bn Bedfordshire Regt Died 15 October 1915 at Felixstowe Son of John and Caroline Owen. Felixstowe East Suffolk Cemetery John SWAIN Private 202783 11th Bn Essex Regt formerly 9151 Hertfordshire Regt KiA 30 November 1917 Aged 35 Husband of Matilda Swain The Cricketers PH Caddington. Cambrai Memorial France Charles WEBB Private 13085 6th Bn Bedfordshire Regt KiA 10 July 1916 Age 18 Son of Mr J & Mrs E Webb of Farley Green Caddington. Becourt Military Cemetery Becordel-Becourt France I R 4 Continued Josiah WEBB Private 18683 2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regt KiA 12 July 1916 Son of Mr J & Mrs E Webb of Farley Green Caddington Dive Copse British Cemetery France II E 9 Frederick WHITMOREPrivateM2/103008 906th MT Company Royal Army Service Corps, Drowned as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 4 May 1917 Age 32 Husband of F L Whitmore of Wisteria Cottage, Cookham Berks. Savona Town Cemetery Italy E 19 1939 1945 Ernest ROE Pilot Officer [RAFVR]176769 Air Gunner 44 Squadron KiA 7 June 1944 Age 28 Son of John and Mary Roe of Caddington La Delivrande War Cemetery FranceIII G 8 Charles SNOXELL Aircraftsman 1stClass RAF 1219969 242 Squadron RAFVR 23 November 1942 while a prisoner of war lost at sea Singapore Memorial Column 418 Not yet Commemorated on the War Memorial John BROWNINGCorporal 1875374 Royal Engineers 30 June 1952Age 34 Husband of G E Browning Chaul End Road Caddington Died as a result of experiences as a prisoner of war Gertrude PITTCivilian Evacuee of Walthamstow London 19 March 1941 Age 52 Died as a result of an Air Raid when enemy bombs dropped close to houses in Mancroft Road. Caddington Church Yard