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Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Hudnall
Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Hudnall
Remembering those from Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Hudnall who served in the First World War. It is based on the restored Roll of Honour which hangs in St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Little Gaddesden and names 119 men who “answered their country’s call in defence of a Scrap of Paper”. The Roll lists a service unit for all but six men, though a number served in more than one regiment or corps. Some were men from village families, attended the village school, were founder members of the Boy Scouts or taught in Sunday School. Some came for work or upon marriage and some were servants of Lord and Lady Brownlow at Ashridge. For a few, no village link has been found. All are included where there is sufficient information to link them to one military record. However, the Roll does not give a complete picture: the pre-Second World War left hand panel of the War Memorial on the Village Green was inscribed. “This memorial is erected in honour of the one hundred and thirty six men who went from the villages of Little Gaddesden, Hudnall and Ringshall and served in the War of 1914 - 1918. The names of those who gave their lives for their country are cut on the stones here. The names of those who returned to England are preserved in the church.” The missing men found have been included in this community too. The men who fell are commemorated on the village War Memorial https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/63601
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Born 1890
Died 1915
British Army 13330 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 15603 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1897
British Army 1580 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry
British Army 105144 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army 10090 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion
British Army 10090 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1879
British Army 3633 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps
British Army 14452 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army R/13924 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 15th Battalion
British Army R/13924 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th (Service) Battalion
British Army R/13924 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion
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Born 1898
Died 1916
Royal Navy J31811 Boy II HMS Powerful
Royal Navy J31811 Boy I HMS Powerful
Royal Navy J31811 Boy I HMS Pembroke I
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Born 1885
Died 1942
British Army 14374 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 14546 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Battalion
British Army 147225 Pioneer Royal Engineers Special Brigade, 5th (Mortar) Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1917
British Army 1849 Private Hertfordshire Regiment
British Army 265166 Private Hertfordshire Regiment
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Born 1874
Died 1947
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198663 Private 2nd Class Reserve Depot
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198663 Private 2nd Class S.E. Area
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198663 Private 2nd Class 1st Motor Transport Division
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Born 1889
Died 1957
British Army 6024 Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 13785 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army 13785 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1899
Died 1973
British Army 170875 Private Sussex Yeomanry 2nd Battalion
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Born 1887
Died 1954
British Army 20418 Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion
British Army 10243 Private Royal Defence Corps 259 Protection Company
British Army M/398035 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport
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Born 1892
Died 1984
British Army 20926 Private Coldstream Guards Army Reserve
British Army 20926 Private Coldstream Guards 5th Battalion
British Army 20926 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1964
Royal Navy J9406 Boy II HMS Ganges II
Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Ganges II
Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Victorious
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Born 1899
Died 1953
British Army 78220 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion
British Army G/44968 Private Middlesex Regiment
British Army G/44968 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1965
British Army RTS/2960 Private Army Service Corps Remount Squadrons
British Army 52619 Private Training Reserve 83rd Battalion
British Army Private Durham Light Infantry 25th Battalion
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Born 1886
Died 1959
British Army T/23834 Acting Staff Sergeant Major Army Service Corps Horse Transport
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Born 1899
British Army G/29661 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion
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