From Luton and South Bedfordshire there are probably hundreds of men serving in the Regular Army and Navy. Many of these may find themselves on the fighting lines, either on land or water, and as this is so we shall be glad of assistance in publishing lists of South Bedfordshire contributions to His Majesty's forces.
Names already in our possession are:
NAVY
BENNING C.S., Lieut-Commander (submarine) - West Street, Dunstable
WORMELL, Lieut (late of the Amphion) - 117 Ashburnham Road, Luton
ABBOTT C.J., Officer's Steward II, HMS The Legion, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - 96 Oak Road, Luton
ANDERSON A., Leading Stoker, 34 Mess, HMS Hannibal, RFR., North Sea, official number 285,415 - 17 Liverpool Road, Luton
BARTRAM Frank Albert, Signalman, HM torpedo boat 0 74 - Totternhoe
BENNETT L.S., RNVR - Luton News office
CHANDLER F., RNR - Cumberland Street, Houghton Regis
CLARK Edwin Charles, (No 239) HMS Vanguard - 7 Park Road West, Luton
CHALK F., Royal Marines, HMS Lowestoft - 17 Inkerman Street, Luton
CONOLLY Daniel, ERA, HMS Dublin - Hillside Road, Luton
CONQUEST C., Gunner, HMS Defence - 155 Castle Street, Luton
COOKE F., HMS Africa - Aspley Guise
DARTON Bert, Stoker, HMS Blonde - Slip End
DAWSON C.V., ERA, HMS Albemarle - 30 Leagrave Road, Luton
DAWSON G.S., ERA, HMS Drake - 30 Leagrave Road, Luton
DAWSON S.C., CERA, HMS Drake - 30 Leagrave Road, Luton
DAY C.G., Leading Seaman, submarines - 27 Elizabeth Street, Luton
DAY Fred, Leading Stoker, HMS Boadicea, No 11 - Pepperstock, near Luton
DOVE A.J., Stoker, PO, HMS Terror - Pepperstock, near Luton
HALL George, HMS Duke of Edinburgh - Milton Bryan
HOLMES Joseph, HMS Neptune - Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
HOUGHTON H., RNR - 84 Inkerman Street, Luton
IRESON F.R., AB, HMTB No 111, Nore Defence Flotilla - Hillside, Althorp Road, Luton
KING George, Royal Naval Reserve - Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
KING George Arthur, AB, HMS Cumberland - 14 Grove Road, Leighton Buzzard
LAMBERT B., HMS Prince George - Woburn
MAILES Arthur, HMS Pincher - 50 Russell Street, Luton
MORGAN Albert, HMS Vanguard - Totternhoe
MUNN Henry, HMS Leader - Church Cottages, Aspley Heath
NICHOLLS, F.W., Seaman-gunner - 19 Bolton Road, Luton
RUTLAND H.G., AB, HMS Foyle - 10 Back Lane, Leighton Buzzard
SHORT J.A., HMS Viking - 15 Summer Street, Leighton Buzzard
SOUTHWELL E., RNR - Totternhoe
SMITH R.G., Leading Stoker, HM Torpedo Boat No 17 - 74 Spencer Road, Luton
SILVESTER C.E., RMA., Portsmouth - 35 St Saviour's Crescent, Luton
SILVESTER J., RNR, HMS Hawke, 35 St Saviour's Crescent, Luton
TUFFNELL Leo Jaimes, 2nd class boy, HMS Powerful - 6 Kimpton Road, Luton
VASS Edward Horace, HMS Audacious - 80 Hastings Street, Luton
WALTERS Frank, HMS Leviathan - Wing Road, Linslade
WARWICK George, AB, HMS Rother - Hilcote House, 238 Hitchin Road, Luton
WARWICK Harry, Armourer, HMS Inflexible - Hilcote House, 238 Hitchin Road, Luton
WEEDON George, HMS Powerful - 53 Wimbourne Road, Luton
WHARTON Arnold, Artificer Engineer Officer, HMS Irresistable - 78 Hampton Road, Luton
WINCH H., Pte, Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Vengeance - 8 Boyle Street, Luton
ARMY
NAPIER Henry D., Colonel, Special Service - Linslade
COOMBE Herbert, Major, 3rd Hussars - Aspley Guise
SERGEAUNT A.F., Royal Engineers - Aspley Guise
SERGEAUNT A.G., Major, Royal Garrison Artillery - Aspley Guise
JACKSON John Henry, Captain, Army Service Corps - Linslade
MORDAUNT O.C., Captain, Somerset Light Infantry - Aspley Guise
BENNING M.S., Lieut, 3rd Royal East Surrey Reserve - West Street, Dunstable
RENTON Fritz, Lieut, 11th Hussars - Aspley Guise
SERGEAUNT P.R., Royal Garrison Artillery - Aspley Guise
SUTTON William Moxhay, Lieut, 1st Somerset Light Infantry - Eaton Bray
WAGSTAFF Wynter, Lieut with the Expeditionary Force - Church Square, Leighton Buzzard
ABBOT H., Pte (10598), G Company, 1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt, Landguard Camp, Felixstowe - 96 Oak Road, Luton
ALLIN F.T., Pte (11221), C Company, 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regt, Tidworth, Hants
ASHWELL Bertram, 1st Batt, Bedfordshire Regt, 15th Battery, British Expeditionary Force - 23 Dordans Road, Leagrave
BARRETT F, Gunner, 21st Battery, RHA - 22 Jubilee Street, Luton
BATEMAN George (17903), B Company, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - Regent Street, Leighton Buzzard
BENZ A., Corporal, joined Old Corps after serving 21 years in Military Mounted Police - 4 Blyth Place, Russell Street, Luton
BLISS B.A., Highland Light Infantry - 46 High Street South, Dunstable
BLISS H., Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery - 46 High Street South, Dunstable
BOLTON A., (7729), Worcestershire Regt - 31 Friday Street, Leighton Buzzard
BOSTON W.O., Air Mechanic, Royal Flying Corps - 89 Leagrave Road, Luton
BROOKS, J., Rifleman (8204), 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade - 19 Lea Road, Luton
BROWN Stanley, Corpl, Army Service Corps, Expeditionary Force - 76 Talbot Road, Luton
BROWNING D., Pte, B Company, 3rd Battalion, Beds Regt - 40 Kenilworth Road, Luton
BYRON W., Trooper, 2nd Life Guards - 32 Naseby Road, Luton
CARPENTER A.E., Bombadier (2867), Royal Field Artillery - 45 Church Street, Leighton Buzzard
CARTER F.H., 7th Battalion, Beds Regt - Lyndhurst Road, Luton
CLIFTON A., Pte, 5th Dragoon Guards, 1st Cavalry Brigade, Field Force - 46 Vernon Road, Luton
COLE F., Pte (9648), 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Base Company, British Expeditionary Force - Ivydene, Manor Road, Luton
COOK G., Driver, East Anglian Royal Engineers - 2 Langley Street, Luton
COOK Albert J., Suffolk Regt - 42 Ashwell Street, Leighton Buzzard
COOPER J., Pte (6923), A Company, 3rd Battalion, Beds Regt - late of 9 Brache Street, Luton
COOPER P., Trooper, 1st Life Guards - 111 Russell Street, Luton
CRESSWELL Arthur Robert, 4th Royal Irish Guards - Dolphin Hotel, Leighton Buzzard
DAVEY B., Beds Regt, Aldershot - 69 Beech Road, Luton
DAY H.J., Sergt, 1st Battalion, Gloucester Regt - 27 Elizabeth Street, Luton
DAY S., Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery - 27 Elizabeth Street, Luton
DAVEY W., EARE, Holt, Norfolk - 69 Beech Road, Luton
DENMARK G.T., 4th Royal Fusiliers, 3rd Division, 9th Brigade, 2nd Army Corps - 78 Highbury Road, Luton
DEWAR J., Pte (10436), 1st Beds Regt - 1 Burr Passage, Langley Street, Luton
DIXON Vernon, Seaforth Highlanders - Whitefriars, Linslade
DIXON Vivian, Seaforth Highlanders - White Friars, Lindslade
DOUGHTY W.G., Pte, 3rd Beds Regt - 14 Ebenezer Street, Luton
DRAPER W., Army Service Corps - Tavistock Street, Dunstable.
ELLINGHAM W., Pte, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers - 8 Jubilee Street, Luton
FENSOME A., Pte (9017), 1st Battalion, Beds Regt, Army Reserve - Pepperstock
FIELD F., Driver, Army Service Corps in France - 33 New Town Street, Luton
FIRMIN Alfred E., Signaller and gunner, Lincoln RFA - 21 Dunstable Road, Luton
FOWLER H., Driver, RFA - Sundon, near Dunstable
FREEMAN G.H., Pte (16520), Army Service Corps in France - 4 Chequer Street, Luton
FRENCH W., (7027), Lincolnshire Regt - 8 Hockliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard
GIBBONS B., 3rd Battalion, Beds Regt - High Street North, Dunstable
GODFREY George, Pte, West Kent Army Service Corps - 36 Cumberland Street, Luton
GOODWIN C.W., Corpl, F Company, Rifle Brigade - 31 Ashton Road, Luton
GORE H., Gunner, (40542), 107, S Company, 6th Battery, RGA, Eggbuckland Keep, Plymouth - 72 Ridgway Road, Luton
GOSS A., Gunner, B Battery Royal Horse Artillery - 74 Highbury Road, Luton
GRAY Pte Cyril Walter, Royal Army Medical Corps, Havre, France - 75 Hastings Street, Luton
GURNEY E.T., Driver, Royal Engineers - 36 George Street, Luton
HALSEY F., Pte, (2473), RAMC 5th Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance, attached to No 2 Stationary Hospital, British Forces Active Service - 6 New Town Street, Luton
HENLEY Fred, Grenadier Guards - Eaton Bray
HEWETT F., Corpl (9273), 3rd Suffolk Regt - 19 Ebenezer Street, Luton
HORN J.T., Pte (5678), 20th Hussars, Expeditionary Force, Havre, France - 112 Ridgway Road, Luton
HULL Charles Arthur, Natal Mounted Rifles - Dudley Street, Leighton Buzzard
HUMPHREY Ed., G Company, 4th Battalion, Beds Regt, Dovercourt - lately lodging at 69 Beech Road, Luton
HYDE C.F., Pte, 24th City of London Rifles, The Queen's - 93 High Town Road, Luton
ISAAC C, Royal Garrison Artillery - Great Northern Road, Dunstable
IVES Harold, Royal Engineers - Great Northern Road, Dunstable
IVES Percy, Canadian Grenadiers - Great Northern Road, Dunstable
JANES Alec, West Kent Regiment - Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard
JEFFCOATE Alfred, Beds Special Reserve - 54 Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
JEFFCOATE Ernest, Royal Berks Regt - 54 Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
JEFFCOATE Walter, Northamptonshire Regt - 54 Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
JENKINS John, Royal Garrison Artillery - Hardwicke Road, Aspley Heath
MOORE F., (16748), 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards - 43 Mill Road, Leighton Buzzard
MORGAN E.P., F Company 4th Battalion, Beds Regt - 16 Wimbourne Road, Luton
MORGAN W.H., Corpl, Beds Regt - Dunstable
MUNN Jonathan V., 1st Battalion, Beds Regt - Church Cottages, Aspley Heath
MUNN Albert A., West Riding Regiment - Church Cottages, Aspley Heath
MUNNS C., Royal Engineers - 34 Russell Street, Luton
O'DELL F., Driver (93838), 3rd Battery, 12th Division, RFA - 38 Vicarage Street, Luton
PALFREY Walter John, Rifleman (2899), B Company 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade - 19 Grove Road, Luton
PAGE F., Pte (9801), C Company, Loyal North Lancs Tournay Barracks, Aldershot - Oak Road, Leagrave
PICKERING Fred, Cornwall Light Infantry - Woburn
POWERS John, Driver (25671), 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers - 2 Brantwood Road, Luton.
PRATT F., Grenadier Guards - Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
RANDALL William, Yorkshire Light Infantry - West Street, Aspley Guise
RICHARDS Ray, Pte, A Squad, 4th Troop, 5th Dragoon Guards, 1st Cavalry Brigade, at the Front - 30 Spencer Road, Luton
RICHARDS T., Corpl, 3rd Battalion, Beds Regt - 178 Park Street, Luton
RIX Percy, Pte, West Kent Army Service Corps - 19 Chatsworth Road, Luton
ROBINSON H., Pte (6463), 1st Battalion, Beds Regt (attached to 3rd Beds) - 15 Tavistock Crescent, Luton
RODGERS F., Sapper, 57th (Field) Company, RE, 3rd Division, Expeditionary Force - 40 Court Road, Luton
SELL William, Army Service Corps - Stanbridge
SHACKLETON Charles, Royal Garrison Artillery - Friday Street, Leighton Buzzard
SIMMONS H., Pte (1672), 7th Section, Army Veterinary Corps, Army Field Veterinary Hospital, Expeditionary Force - 54 Stuart Street, Luton
SLOUGH Edgar, Corpl (2289), Lancashire Fusiliers, with the Expeditionary Force in France - 2 Conway Road, Luton
SMART F.G., F Company, 4th Battalion, Beds Regt - 36 Harcourt Street, Luton
SMITH H., Pte, RAMC, No 5 Cavalry, Field Ambulance, Expeditionary Force - 27 New Street, Luton
SNOXELL P., Driver, 68th Battalion, RFA, in France - 64 Grange Road, Luton
STEVENS A., (5744), Oxford Light Infantry - 19 Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard
TEW Edward John, (8019) 1st Battalion, Beds Regt - 45 Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard
THOMS, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery - 26 Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard
THORNE F., Pte, 118 Battery, RFA, E Sub, British Expeditionary Force - Dunstable
THRIPP B., Gunner, 35th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - 68 May Street, Luton
TUCKER William C., Lance-Corpl, Beds Regt - Hockliffe
TROUBRIDGE T., Pte, Yorkshire (King's Own) Light Infantry - 25 Granville Road, Luton
TUFFNELL Alfred, Pte, 1st Battalion, Beds Regt, with the Expeditionary Force - 15 York Street, Luton
TUFFNELL Harry, Pte, 1st Battalion, Beds Regt, with the Expeditionary Force - 15 York Street, Luton
VASS Eric Harry, Royal Engineers - 80 Hastings Street, Luton
WALKER S.F., Gunner, 35th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - Fairholme, St Peter's Road, Dunstable
WEBB Frederick Charles, Pte, D Company, 1st Battalion, Beds Regt, British Expeditionary Force - 43 Dorset Street, Luton
WEEDON H., Pte, 2nd Battlion, Grenadier Guards - 53 Wimbourne Road, Luton
WEEDON J., Pte, 3rd Battalion, Beds Regt - 53 Wimbourne Road, Luton
WHARTON Philip H., Royal Engineers - 78 Hampton Road, Luton
WHITE George, Yokshire Light Infantry - Salford Road, Aspley Guise
WHITTEMORE H., Pte, 1st Battalion, Beds Regt, Expeditionary Force - 372 Hitchin Road, Luton
WINCH F., Pte, No 2 Company, Royal West Kents - 8 Boyle Street, Luton
WILTSHIRE H., Gunner, 55th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Expeditionary Force - Slip End
WORBOYS Percy, Pte, Beds Regt - 51 Cobden Street, Luton
WRIGHT A., Pte, Beds Regt - 23 Malvern Road, Luton
WRIGHT E., Pte (7050), 3rd Reinforcements, British Expeditionary Force, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers - 38 Guildford Street, Luton
WRIGHT Dr G., (9838) 2 Section, 3rd Division, Ammunition Column, British Expeditionary Force - 38 Guildford Street, Luton
YOUNG S., Pte, 1st Battalion, Beds Regt
NURSING
Madame Marie ALBERT, hospital near French frontier - Mother Prioress of the Dominican Convent, Luton
Mdlle de BOURGE, Red Cross Field Hospital - Dominican Covent, Luton
Madame CHRISTINE, hospital at Knocke, Belgium - Dominican Convent, Rothesay Road, Luton
Nurse Ethel HEBBES, Red Cross Hospital, Belgium - Church Street, Aspley Heath