Our Roll of Honour

Kimpton – Peters Green – Blackmore End – Porters End – Ansells End – Rye End

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Men of Kimpton who died serving their country during two World Wars

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Compiled and produced, on behalf of The Royal British Legion, Kimpton Branch, by Dennis Clarke in collaboration with James Williamson with assistance from David Hanlon together with friends and relatives of the deceased who contributed photographs and information.

First World War 1914 – 1918 Military Honours in World War 1 James Mumford - 22nd October 1914 Roger Cain - 16th February 1915 Alfred JosephWhitworth - 10th October 1915 William Wells - 20th October 1915 James William Hawkes - 10th November 1915 Oswald P. Desborough - 25th November 1915 Andrew Williamson - 26th June 1916 Seamont Archibald Bigg - 3rdAugust 1916 Alfred Shepherd - 12thAugust 1916 Owen Matthews - 13th November 1916 Walter JamesWelch - 13th November 1916 Nathan Cain - 15th November 1916 Harold David Joad - 28th January 1917 David Ross - 10thApril 1917 Charles Arthur Whittering - 23rdApril 1917 Cyril Almond - 3rdMay 1917 Richard Gray - 31st July 1917 Arthur George Rose - 31st July 1917 Richard John Hatton - 11thAugust 1917 Hector A. Coleman - 19th October 1917 Hubert William Field 30th October 1917 Herbert William Whitworth - 20th November 1917 Bertram John Matthews - 24th November 1917 Leonard J. East - 12th December 1917 Albert Edward Mead - 2nd July 1918 Arthur Salmons - 3rd July 1918 Frederick Munden - 20th July 1918 Arthur Frank Smith - 15th July 1918 Charles Edward Hill - 7thAugust 1918 George E. Gatward - 7thAugust 1918 Percy Edwin Norris - 23rdAugust 1918 Albert Edward Hobbs - 30thAugust 1918 James Lawrence - 6th November 1918 Ernest Bertram Gatward - 10th November 1918

Second World War 1939 – 1945 Military Honours in World War 2 Albert Charles Cook - 17th June 1940 Thomas Ely - 5thMay 1943 Kenneth George Berry - 30thMay 1943 Albert George Cain - 15th July 1943 John Henry Daniell - 10th September 1943 John Nightingale Wardill - 28th October 1943 Edward Charles Brydges - 6th June 1944 Laurence Herbert Bozier - 22nd June 1944 Reginald George Hill - 29thAugust 1944 Ronald Peter Stagg - 21st October 1944

The Kimpton Home Guard led by Harold

Wardill march past the War Memorial, c1940