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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 1894
Died 1916
British Army 1847 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
British Army 1847 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 1847 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 22068 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1915
British Army 12593 Private Bedfordshire Regiment
British Army 12593 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 4829 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1933
British Army SE/3322 Private Army Veterinary Corps
British Army SE/3322 Temporary Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps att. 123 Brigade R.F.A. B Battery
British Army SE/3322 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps Depot
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Born 1888
British Army 17231 Bedfordshire Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1926
British Army TF/241961 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/5th Battalion
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Born 1870
Died 1954
British Army Acting Chaplain to the Forces Army Chaplains' Department Woolwich
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Born 1888
Died 1963
Royal Navy F9680 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service HMS President II
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Born 1888
Died 1951
Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Royal Montreal Regiment 14th (Overseas) Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1959
British Army 2033 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion
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Born 1879
Died 1957
British Army 22376 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1971
British Army 58291 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1884
Died 1960
British Army 29592 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1947
British Army T2/015674 Driver Army Service Corps 18th Auxillary Horse Company
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Born 1877
Died 1962
British Army 5704 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Depot
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British Army 5704 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Army Reserve
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Born 1897
Died 1955
British Army 47454 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/8th Battalion
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Born 1886
Died 1958
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Born 1881
Died 1961
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Born 1883
Died 1942
British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
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