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The Rushden Echo & Argus 1941, transcribed by Jim & Gill Hollis.
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Local Roll of Honour
Men and Women Who Have Enlisted in the Services
September & October 1941
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(A longer list is printed in the newspaper. We have extracted the names which have not appeared before.)
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12th September, 1941
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BARNES, A/C.2 Lawrence Arthur, 110, Glassbrook-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (C.W.S. Boot Works).
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NORMAN, Sidney, 50, Moor-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (John Cave and Sons).
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BAYES, Pte. George Ernest, 40, Wymington-road, Rushden. – R.A.O.C. (George Bull Ltd.).
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NUTTYCOMBE, Gnr. George Edward, 17, Spring Gardens, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Artillery. (Own business).
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BETTS, Driver Albert, 59, Harborough-road, Rushden. – R.A.S.C. (Tecnic Boot Co.).
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ONLEY, L.A.C. Robert William, 11, Westbourne-grove, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Covallen Engineering Co.).
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BETTS, Gnr. Frederick, 59, Harborough-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (Knight and Lawrence).
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PAGE, Teresa Frances, 69, Robinson-road, Rushden. – N.A.A.F.I. (John White, Ltd.).
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CALDWELL, Recruit Freda, 118, Harborough-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (H. W. Chapman Ltd.).
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PARSLER, Prob. Edward, 5, Talbot-road, Rushden. – C.M. Police. (Rushden Heel Co.).
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CLARK, Sidney Cecil, 59, Sartoris-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (Eaton and Co.).
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PERCIVAL, Elspeth, “Trendrine,” 46, Bedford-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (Bignells Ltd.).
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CLAYTON, Charles R., “Florence,” Blinco-road, Rushden. – Royal Navy. (John White, Ltd.).
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QUENNELL, L.A.C. George Alfred, 69, Grove-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (John White, Ltd.).
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COLLINS, A/C.2 Horace Raymond, 30, Irchester-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (John White, Ltd.).
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RICHARDSON, A/C.2 Donald Frank, 14, Westfield –place, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Messrs. R. Tarry Ltd.).
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DICKENS, Gnr. Archibald Ernest, 18, Hayway, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (C. W. Horrell, Ltd.).
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SKELLHAM, Sig. George Thomas, 21, East-grove, Rushden. – Royal Corps of Signals. (Birmingham Education Committee).
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DICKENS, Gnr. William Henry, 1, Thrift Cottages, Wellingborough-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery (Gordon Boot Co.).
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SMITH, A/C.2 Donald Jack, 39, North-street, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Co-operative Building Society).
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DICKENSON, A/C.2 Sidney John, 32, Rose-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.F. (C.W.S.).
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SMITH, Gnr. Percy James, 13, Simpson-avenue, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Artillery. (B. Denton and Son).
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EKINS, A/C Dennis Edmund, 7, Manton-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.
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SMITH, P., 131, Highfield-road, Rushden. – R.A.O.C. (John White, Ltd.).
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ELMER, Pte. Frank Reginald, 131, Westfield-avenue, Rushden. – Seaforth Highlanders. (John Cave and Sons, Ltd.).
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SOUTER, John, 7, Simpson-avenue, Higham Ferrers. – Military Police. (Victoria Leather Co.).
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FARROW, Stephen, 90, Glassbrook-road, Rushden. – Northamptonshire Regiment. (John White, Ltd.).
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TEBBUTT, Joe, 15, Victoria-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (A. E. Wright Ltd.).
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GEORGE, Megan, 97, Trafford-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (Bignells Ltd.).
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TOMLIN, A/C.2 Thomas Joseph, 13, Chester-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Messrs. B. Ladds Ltd.).
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HORNE, Gnr. Arthur Herbert, 19, Carnegie-street, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (G. Selwood and Co.).
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WALKER, A/C.2 Thomas, 11, Trafford-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (R.I.C.S.).
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IRESON, Charles Alfred, 90, Glassbrook-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (Bignells Ltd.).
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WARD, Driver Sydney Stephen, 22, Co-operative-row, Rushden. – R.A.S.C. (John White, Ltd.).
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JONES, Flight Mechanic Arthur Reginald, 6, Hilly Farm Estate, Wymington-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Messrs. P. W. Bailey).
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WHEELER, Pte. Eunice Joan, “The Oakley Arms,” Rushden. – A.T.S. (John Cave and Sons).
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LEWIS, Pte. Gordon Herbert, 36, Trafford-road, Rushden. – Northants Regiment. (R.I.C.S.).
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WILLS, Alfred, “Sunnyside,” Wharf-road, Higham Ferrers. – Military Police. (Eaton and Co.).
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MITCHELL, Gnr. Arthur Reginald, 20, Milton-street, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Artillery. (W. W. Chamberlain and Sons).
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WRIGHT, Driver Sylvia Doreen, 23, Trafford-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (John White, Ltd.).
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NEVILLE, Gnr. Thomas Henry, “Harnor,” 55, Hall-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (John Cave and Sons Ltd.).
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AMBRIDGE, L.A.C. Ken, 127, Newton-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (P.X., Ltd.).
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HART, L.A.C. Frederick W., Upper Dean, Hunts. – R.A.F. (Colonel Wade).
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BAYES, Lance-Bombardier Wilfred Stanley, 56, Moor-road, Rushden. – North Staffs. Regiment.
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HOOTON, A/B Raymond, 27, Westfield-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Navy. (Tecnic Boot Co.).
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COX, Sergt. Air Gunner Ronald W., 45, Park-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Worksop Co-operative Society).
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JOLLEY, Corpl. Horace, 130, High-street South, Rushden. – R.A.F.
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EYLES, L.A.C. Kenneth B. A., 75, Irchester-road, Rushden. – Royal Air Force. (John White, Ltd.).
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WEST, Sergt. (M.T.) Frank, 12, Gordon-street, Rushden. – Royal Engineers. (P. X. Ltd.).
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19th September, 1941
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CLARK, A/C.2 Bernard, “Wellingtonia,” Irchester-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Bignells Ltd.).
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NICHOLSON, Driver Robert E., Manton House, Griffith-street, Rushden. – Royal Engineers. (Clark and Co.)
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HAINES, Francis Gordon, “St. Michael’s,” Bedford-road, Rushden. – Military Police. (Walter Sargent and Co.).
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OVERTON, Pte. Thomas, 43, Hayway, Irthlingborough. – Pioneer Corps. (Gammidge and Co.).
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HILL, A/C.2 John Thomas, 49 Cromwell-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. Service Police. (John White, Ltd.).
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RODDIS, Charles Leonard, 2, Denmark-road, Rushden. – Pioneer Crops. (John White, Ltd.).
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MAGEE, Vernon Frank, 8, Harborough-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (Tecnic Boot Co.).
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THOMPSON, Trooper Percy John, 52, Washbrook-road, Rushden. – R.A.C. (C.W.S.).
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MITCHELL, Richard, 10, Grove-road, Rushden. – Royal Corps of Signals. (Walpole Smith).
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WOODS, A/C.2 John Thomas, 30, Wharf-road, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F. (Sanders and Sanders).
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HARRIS, A. B. Kenneth William, 26, Westfield-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Navy. (Eaton and Co.)
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ROBINSON, L.A.C. Ron, 92, Crabb-street, Rushden. – Royal Air Force.
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NEWELL, 2nd. Lieut. Robert, 6, Robinson-road, Rushden. – Pioneer Corps. (Bignells, Ltd.)
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26th September, 1941
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ADAMS, Donald Walter, 103, Irchester-road, Rushden. – Royal Navy. (Covallen Engineering Co.).
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HODGKINS, A/C.2 Ronald G. F., 81 Wellingborough-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Tecnic Boot Co.).
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BARRETT, A/C.2 George William, 7b, High-street, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F. (W. Colton).
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JOYCE, Pte. Douglas, 1, Sartoris-road, Rushden. – Leicestershire Regiment. (R. Marriott).
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BAXTER, Leonard, Water-lane, Chelveston. R.A.F. 9Higham Ferrers Boot
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PARKER, A/C.2 Arthur W., 118 Highfield-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Sanders and Sanders).
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BROWN, Wilfred, 10, Kings-avenue, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F. (W. W. Chamberlain and Sons).
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SAVAGE, Reginald Albert, 89, Westfield-avenue, Rushden. R.A.F. (R.I.C.S.).
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CHAMBERS, Pte. Arthur Frank, 44a, Jackson-street, St. Kilda, New Sealand, late of 66, Moor-road, Rushden. – N.Z.E.F.
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TRAVILL, Vera Irene, 14, Trafford-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (C.W.S.).
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HESTER, Jeanne, 16, Station-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (G. W. Battersby).
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WILSON, Albert John, 11, corporation-terrace, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Corps of Signals. (B. Denton and Son).
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HODGKINS, A/C.2 Albert Roland, 91, Highfield-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (C.W.S.).
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WOOD, A/C.2 Edward Ernest, 63 Queen-street, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Central Machinery Co., Higham Ferrers).
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COX, L.A.C. Jack, 41, St. Margaret’s-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (R.I.C.S.)
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HOMAN, Cpl. Harold Arthur, 109, Trafford-road, Rushden – R.A.S.C. (John White, Ltd.).
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DENTON, L.A.C. J., 86, Irchester-road, Rushden. –R.A.F.V.R. (R.I.C.S.0
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PALMER, Lance-Corporal F.R. , 45, Victoria-road, Rushden. – Pioneer Corps.
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FREER, L.A.C. R. 59, Hayway, Rushden. – Royal Air Force.
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WRIGHT, L.A.C. Donald H., 81, Wellingborough-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.
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3rd October, 1941
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ALLEN, Ernest, 5, Sackville-street, Raunds. – R.A.F. (Tebbutt and Hall, Raunds).
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JACKSON, Lce. Bmdr. Harry E., 3, St. Margaret’s-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Artillery (C.W.S.).
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ALLEN, A/C.2 Tom, 25, Little-street, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Tecnic Boot Co.).
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JACKSON, Lily Jean, Oakley Corner, Rushden. – Women’s Land Army (Phillips and Son).
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BARRINGHAM, Walter Lewis, 13, Highfield-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery (R.I.C.S.).
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JAQUES, A/C.2 Ernest C., 16, Tennyson-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Metropolitan Police).
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CHAPMAN, A/C.2 C. H. (Dick), 121, Park-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (F. Chapman).
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MAYCOCK, A/C.2 Fred, 28, Duck-street, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Weetabix, Ltd.).
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DARNELL, Trooper Lewis Edward, 30, Newton-road, Rushden. – R.A.C. (Hairdresser).
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ROBINSON, A/C.2 Owen, 39, Queen-street, Rushden. – R.A.F. (C. R. Abbott).
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FREEMAN, Norah K., 24, Wisbech-road, March, Cambs. – A.T.S. (Mrs. E. Owen, Rushden).
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STANTON, Jack Alfred, Souldrop, Beds. – R.H.A. (G. Selwood and Co.).
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HAWKINS, Edith, Oakley Corner, Rushden. – Women’s Land Army (Maison Constance).
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WILBY, A/C.2 William, 50, Wellingborough-road, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F. (C. W. Horrell, Ltd.).
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HULATT, Staff Sergt. Instr. E., 127, Cromwell-road, Rushden. – Assam Valley Light Horse.
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BROWN, Flight-Sergt. William James, 9, South-terrace, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Betterwear, Romford).
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GREAVES, Cpl. Margaret, 13, Tennyson-road, Rushden. – W.A.A.F. (John White, Ltd.).
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CHEASEMAN, L.A.C. Harold Alma, 29 Westfield-street, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F.V.R. (Weetabix, Ltd.)
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HULL, Sergt. George Ernest, 159, St. Margaret’s-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.F. Police. (Ideal Clothiers).
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DRAGE, Lce.-Cpl. W. Leonard, 160, St. Margaret’s-avenue, Rushden. – Pioneer Corps. (Tecnic Boot Co.).
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10th October, 1941
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ASHBY, A/C.2 George Thomas, 70, Shirley-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (John White, Ltd.)
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RICHARDSON, William Reginald, 28, Crabb-street, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (W. Sargent and Co.).
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BAYES, A/C.2 Donald Frederick, 1a, Harborough-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R, (Odell Leather Co.).
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ROBINSON, Stanley James, 8, Coronation-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Artillery (Sargents).
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CHERITON, Gnr. John Victor, 3, St. Margaret’s-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (Birch Bros.)
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ROPER, Stanley, 22, The Crescent, Rushden. – Royal Marines. (R.U.D.C.)
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CLAPHAM, A/C.2 Oliver Edward, 55, Spencer-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (John White, Ltd.).
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SIMPSON, Pte. Winnie, 22, Boundary-avenue, Rushden. – A.T.S. (Bignells, Ltd.).
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CLARK, A/C.2 Tom, 77, Irchester-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (R.I.C.S.).
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SMITH, Marine George K., 35, Corporation-terrace, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Marines. (C. W. Horrell, Ltd.).
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DICKENS, Donald, “Greystones,” Harvey-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Own business).
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WAGSTAFF, Sydney, 19, George-street, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F.V.R. (T. H. Leathers, Ltd.).
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HOLLOMON, Pte. Arthur William, 48, Upper King’s-avenue, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.O.C. (C. W. Horrell, Ltd.).
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WHITTON, Pte. Mary Pamela, The Bank House, Rushden. – A.T.S. (National Provincial Bank).
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BRYANT, Sergt. J. W., 25, Victoria-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.
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PARBERRY, Lce.Sergt. Leonard Frank, 95, Irchester-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (J. Bates).
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LINNITT, Cpl. Leslie Edgar, 128, High-street, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (John White, Ltd.).
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17th October, 1941
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BIRD, Driver Reginald, 13, Wellingborough-road, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Engineers. (Blousic Dairy).
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MAYES, Leslie G., 32, Spencer-road, Rushden. – R.A.O.C. (Wm. Green and Son).
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BOND, A/C.2 Clifford, 8, Wentworth-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (Student, University College, Nottingham).
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MITCHELL, A/C.2 H., 45, Newton-road, Little Irchester. – R.A.F.V.R. (Nicholson, Son and Daniels).
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GIBBS, Edward, 115, Westfield-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.F. (A. Sargent and Sons).
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PITTS, A/C. W.2 Ella, 15, Milton-street, Higham Ferrers. – W.A.A.F. (Victoria Leather Co.).
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JEFFRIES, Clifford Frank, 45, Oval-road, Rushden. – Royal Navy (P. Collins and Co.).
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SHAW, A.B. Eric Ralph, Band Club, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Navy (John White, Ltd.).
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LAWRENCE, Albert Edward, 88, Irchester-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Robinson’s Fish Shop).
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SKEELES, A/C.2 Arthur Ernest, “Greenwood,” Knuston Spinney, Irchester. – R.A.F.V.R. (John White, Ltd.).
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LINE, Walter, 10, Trafford-road, Rushden. – Royal Artillery (John White, Ltd.).
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HARRISON, Sergt. Harold J. B., 23, King’s-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (R.I.C.S.).
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POLLARD, Lce.cpl. Leonard, 6, Albion-place, Rushden. – Military Police (John White, Ltd.).
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MORRIS, Pilot Officer Howard B., 78, Moor-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.
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SPENCER, Sergt. Fred, 78, Robinson-road, Rushden. – R.A.F. (S. L. Hunt).
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24th October, 1941
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BATHURST, Pte. Wallace Edmund, 56, Tennyson-road, Rushden. – R.A.O.C. (C.W.S.)
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GOMM, Gnr. Frank William, 2, Fern-road, St. Crispin Estate, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (John Cave and Sons, Ltd.).
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BAYES, Joseph, 55, Duck Street, Rushden. – Royal Artillery (Eaton and Co.).
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MARGETTS, A/C.2 Keith H., 1, Tennyson-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.V.R. (Wm. Green and Son).
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DENTON, Reginald, 11, Upper Queen-street, Rushden. – R.A.M.C. (B. Denton and Son).
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REEVES, Pte. William George, 22, Bedford-road, Rushden. – R.A.O.C. (R.I.C.S.).
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FOSKETT, Gnr. Herbert, 5e, Westfields-terrace, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Artillery. (C.W.S.).
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ROBINSON, Jack Clarence, 8, Coronation-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.C. (Sargents).
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ELLINGHAM, Flight-Sergt. W., “Trefcon,” Wellingborough-road, Rushden. – R.A.F.
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WRIGHT, L.A.C. George Frederick, 1, King’s-avenue, Higham Ferrers. – R.A.F. (Eaton and Co.).
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31st October, 1941
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FREEMAN, Kenneth Horace, 10, Simpson-avenue, Higham Ferrers. – Royal Navy. (W. Hector).
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NEWITT, Ronald Frank, 117, Irchester-road, Rushden. – Royal Marines (John Cave and Sons, Ltd.).
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FREEMAN, Pte. Margaret G., 107, Newton-road, Rushden. – A.T.S. (Wm. Green and Son).
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SANDERS, A/C.2 Arthur Edwin, “Zennor,” 54, Prospect-avenue, Rushden. – R.A.F. (L.M.S. Railway).
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HANCOCK, Fus. William John, 31, Sartoris-road, Rushden. – Royal Fusiliers. (Buckby Bros., Burton Latimer).
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SMEATHERS, Stoker Sydney James, 162, Cromwell-road, Rushden. – Royal Navy. (C. W. Horrell, Ltd.).
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HENNINGSEN, Pte. Cornelia, 13, Duck-street, Rushden. – A.T.S. (C. W. Horrell, Ltd.).
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SMITH, Dorothy, 43, Harborough-road, Rushden. – Women’s Land Army. (John Cave and Sons).
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JONES, Raymond, 25, Sartoris-road, Rushden. – The Border Regt. (Blackburn Assurance Co., Ltd.).
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WEBB, John Joseph, 10, Co-operative-row, Rushden. – Northamptonshire Regiment. (C.W.S.).
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BIRD, A.S. D. L., “Rosaleigh,” Hall-avenue, Rushden. – Royal Navy.
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RANDALL, Corpl. Frank William, 1, York-road, Kettering. – R.A.F. (S. W. Essex Technical College, Walthamstow).
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PERKINS, Corpl. Donald William, 86, Rushden-road, Wymington. – R.A.F. (C.W.S.).
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STEVENS, Lce.-Bmdr. Alfred Ernest, 3, Queen’s-terrace, Queen-street, Rushden. – Royal Artillery. (Harris Bros., Higham Ferrers).
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