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This
site is dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their
country. Recorded here are various war memorials within Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire plus a few that lie on the borders.
Where possible photographs have been taken of the memorials, details
of the men included and their photographs as far as possible.
Much
of the information has been found using the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission site. To supplement this information
the Soldiers Died Cd's and the Roll of Honour books all available
from Naval
& Military Press were also used. Other resources
include the London Gazette, Local Newspapers, facts from family
member's and various other pieces of information from old books
and magazines.
All
the information here has been supplied by volunteers.
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| Suez
War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
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Suez
War Memorial Cemetery is situated on the western outskirts
of town about 3 kilometres from the town centre towards
the main Cairo to Suez road. The cemetery is in a semi-derelict
area of town next to a drainage canal. The cemetery is open
7.30 to 14.30, Saturday to Thursday. Allan Septimus Edwards
is buried there.
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| Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France |
The
Thiepval Memorial commemorates over 70,000 names of soldiers
killed during World War 1 with no known grave. The memorial
is situated south of Thiepval about 8 kilometres north east
of Albert. Hubert Edwards is commemorated here. |
| Kempston
Barracks, Bedford |
The
Victorian barracks at Kempston, the Regimental Depot of the
16th Foot or Bedfordshire Regiment, were built in 1875-6 at
the cost of about £50,000. The first troops arrived on 29th
May 1877 and over the next sixty years thousands of men were
trained here. Between 1886 and 1900 the southern frontage
of the Bedford Road was developed from New Town as far as
the parish boundary, linking Kempston to Bedford. During the
Second World War the barracks were used mainly as a convalescent
centre, other functions having been transferred to Bury St.
Edmunds. |
| The
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment |
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The
16th Foot or Bedfordshire Regiment was raised in October
1688 by James II in an effort to muster loyal regiments
and thereby counter the threat from William of Orange. The
regiment was raised by Colonel Archibald Douglas at Reading.
The regiment was known by the names of its successive colonels
until numbered 16th in 1751, and only became known as the
Bedfordshire Regiment in 1881.
| 1688 |
The
raising of the Regiment (16th Foot) by Colonel Archibald
Douglas at Reading. |
| 1689-1713 |
Service
in north-west Europe. The battles of Namur, Blenheim,
Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. |
| 1713-1745 |
The
north of England and Scotland. |
| 1745 |
Belgium. |
| 1746-1749 |
Scotland. |
| 1749-1767 |
Ireland. |
| 1767-1781 |
America.
New York, Pensacola, West Florida, Baton Rouge. |
| 1782-1791 |
Ireland. |
| 1791-1796 |
Nova
Scotia, Jamaica, the Maroon War. |
| 1796-1802 |
Home
Service. |
| 1803-1815 |
America,
the West Indies, Canada, Barbados, Surinam, Paramaribo,
Quebec. |
| 1815-1819 |
Home
Service, Cork. |
| 1820-1840 |
Ceylon
and India, Colombo, Calcutta, Cawnpore. |
| 1841-1845 |
Home
Service. Ireland. |
| 1846-1857 |
Gibraltar,
Corfu, Jamaica, Quebec. |
| 1858-1889 |
Home
Service, Montreal, Halifax, Ireland. |
| 1890-1898 |
Malta,
India, North-West Frontier, Chitral. |
| 1899-1902 |
The
Boer War. |
| 1903-1914 |
India,
Aden, Ireland, South Africa. |
| 1914-1918 |
The
First World War. Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Ypres, Suvla,
Somme, Passchendaele, Palestine, Arras. |
| 1919-1939 |
India,
Ireland, China, Palestine. |
| 1939-1945 |
The
Second World War. dunkirk, Greece, Syria, Tobruk, Singapore,
North Africa, Cape Bon, Chindits, Italy, Cassino, Gothic
Line. |
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