Shefford Platoon Bedfordshire Volunteers

Great war soldiers from various regiments - Z1306-101

Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service has a number of nominal rolls of and correspondence from the Shefford Platoon of the 1st Bedfordshire Volunteer Regiment, a kind of First World War Home Guard. This platoon was commanded by Lieutenant H.E.Perks of Wren Park and contained the following men:

Sergeant

• H.Vickers of Southbridge Street;

Corporals

• Charles Ellett of Chicksands Lodge;
• Charles Knight of Meppershall;

Privates

• Thomas Ansell of 5 Matlock Terrace, Clifton Road;
• A.Beaumont of Clifton Road;
• V.Bland of Northbridge Street ["called up"];
• E.Brown of Woodhall Farm, Meppershall ["called up"];
• W.S.Brown of Woodhall Farm;
• J.Burnage of Clifton Road;
• S.Cutler of Southbridge Street;
• T.Cutler of Southbridge Street ["called up"];
• H.Dear of Hitchin Road;
• H.Dibble of Southbridge Street;
• C.E.Dilley of Hitchin Hill;
• E.Dilley of Clifton Road;
• E.J.Dilley of Meppershall;
• S.Dilley of Clifton Road;
• R.Eccott of New Street ["called up"];
• A.J.Endersby of Clifton Road;
• H.Faulkener of Meppershall;
• H.Green of High Street;
• F.W.Gudgin of Shefford Mill ["called up"];
• A.Harris of Meppershall;
• A.Harwood of Sandpit Close;
• S.Harwood of Southbridge Street;
• W.Harwood of Clifton Road;
• G.Hawkins of Campton ["called up"];
• H.C.Hawkins of Church Farm, Campton;
• A.Hazeldon of High Street;
• E.Hazeldon of High Street;
• W.A.Hewitt of 3 Clifton Villas;
• H.Hill of 2 Hitchin Road;
• B.Hills of Clifton Road ["called up"];
• A.Ingram of Meppershall;
• B.Jackson of Meppershall;
• H.Jones of 5 New Street;
• H.C.Kempson of High Street;
• W.H.Lamb of Campton Bury ["called up"];
• W.Layton of Meppershall;
• W.C.Layton of Hitchin Road;
• G.T.Mason of Victoria Road;
• Fred Napp of Ampthill Road ["resigned"];
• E.Peacock of Clifton Road;
• G.Peacock of Clifton Road ["called up"];
• O.E.Peacock of Clifton Road;
• H.Pettifer of Meppershall;
• R.Pettifer of Meppershall;
• B.Rainbow of Beadlow, Clophill;
• F.Sharpe of Campton;
• B.Stevens of New Street;
• W.Stevens of Clifton Road;
• W.Stevens of 1 New Street;
• A.W.Simons of Meppershall;
• J.Simons of Meppershall;
• F.Stapleton of Meppershall;
• J.H.Steabben of High Street;
• F.G.Sugars ["resigned"];
• A.H.Thake of High Street ["secretary and treasurer"];
• H.C.Tinkler of Hillside House;
• E.S.Udell of 1 Victoria Terrace;
• C.Wells of 12 New Street;
• F.Woodward of Clifton Road;
• H.Woodward of Clifton Road;
• J.Woodward of Clifton Road ["resigned"];
• H.C.Wright of 8 New Street