Serving Soldiers' Biographies
Geneological Information
Information, photos and military records of those men and woman from Eaton Bray who served in the 2 wars.
World War I WW1
- Private Edward Joseph Asbury 153810 Royal Field Artillery
- Private Arthur Baker G/17193 Royal Sussex Regiment
- Private Charles Chanin (Channings) 10141 The Queens 16th Lancers
- Private Fred Costin 31786 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private John Deeley 18772 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Lewis Dyer 8142 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Ezra Samuel Francis Emerson GS/239103 Royal Fusiliers
- Private George Farnham 5307 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Ernest Fountain 241638 Middlesex Regiment
- Private William Joseph Gadsden 25205 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Edward Groom G/37096 Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
- Private William Groom 33801 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Frederick James Hardy 33526 Royal Field Artillery
- Private Fred Henley 11027 Grenadier Guards
- Corporal William Henley DCM, MM
- Private Arthur Jackson 13119 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Arthur Janes 20744 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Uriah Francis Loughton 14552 Lincolnshire Regiment
- Private Albert Lugsden 19265 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Amos Lugsden 17048 Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
- Private Arthur Joseph Lugsden 41148 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
- Private Frederick Lugsden 201140 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
- Private Cyril Meakins 3/7465 1st Bedfordshire Regiment
- Second Lieutenant William Francis Paddock 4th Battelion Royal Fusiliers
- Private Peter Pieraccini 19744 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Jesse Pipkin 58920 Northamptonshire Regiment
- Private Theodore John Pratt 19773 Bedfordshire regiment
- Private William James Roberts 60052 Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
- Private Albert Rollings 33078 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
- Private Mark Rollings 33076 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Stephen Rose 56249 Northumberland Fusiliers
- Private Frederick Ruffett 201515 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Harold James Smallbones G/37164 'A' Company 1st Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
- Brigadier General William Moxhay Sutton 1st Battalion Somerset Regiment
- Geoffrey Alfred Sutton Lance Corporal 11686 No 1 Company 2nd Battalion Irish Guards
- Corporal Jeffrey Tearle 3/6459 Bedfordshire Regiment
- Corporal Harold Percy Timms m2/134079 Royal Army Service Corps
- Private Ernest Weedon 10866 Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Frederick William Weedon Lance Corporal 32181 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
- Private Ernest Woodcraft
- Private Harry Woodcraft G/44026 Middlesex Regiment
- Private Alfred Wildman 330931 Suffolk Regiment
World War II WW2
- Sergeant Edward John Cook - 55 Squadron
- Private Reginald Victor Day - 253 Battery 81 HAA Royal Artillery
- Flight Sergeant Richard Ernest Gray - 141 Squadron
- Private Aubrey Frederick Robert Hardy - 4th Battalion The Buffs East Kent Regiment
- Private Maurice Maunders - 8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- Private Owen Percy Maunders - Royal Army Service Corps
- Private Donald Mead - 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Private James Robert Mordecai - 2nd/5th Essex Regiment
- Private Kenneth George Rollings - Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment
- Flying Officer Reginald Francis Weedon - 100 Squadron
If you have any photos or further information to share about these or any of the other local soldiers who served, please get in touch.
See Also
You may also be interested in the following sections:
Eaton Bray's Tribute - Unveiling of War Memorial
Thirty-three men from the parish of Eaton Bray gave their lives in the war, and on Sunday afternoon the memorial cross erected in the Churchyard to their memory was unveiled by ... read more at Eaton Bray's Tribute - Unveiling of War Memorial.
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour WW1 WW2
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour WW1 WW2 lists names from both wars with the original document hanging in St Mary's Church.
World War 1 - Those Who Served
World War I - Those Who Served lists the names of those who were residents of Eaton Bray at the time of enlisting in Luton.
World War 2 - Forces Home Coming Fund
The sum of £12 each was paid to 122 Men and Women from Eaton Bray who entered the Forces or served in the Mines.
The Forces Home-Coming Fund page describes the fund and how the money was raised.
World War 2 - The People's War
WW2 People's War provides a number of accounts written by people associated with Eaton Bray and submitted to the BBC's WW2 People's War archive.