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In
Loving Memory of our Fallen
THE FALLEN OF THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
Surnames H
to M
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HALL, G. A..
George Arthur Hall was born in Whaddon on 21 August 1919. He
was the son of Reginald Arthur Hall, born 17 October 1894, and his wife Eva Emma, née King, who
had married in 1919. He had a younger sister, Eva M, born on Christmas
Day 1924 in
Newport Pagnell; she married Leonard Watts in 1947. Mr Reg Hall was a
bellringer at SS Peter and Paul, Newport Pagnell
A member of Newport Pagnell FC, He was working as an
apprentice bodymaker, probably carpenter, at the Wolverton Carriage
Works when he joined up in November 1939. He went overseas in 1941, not
long after he married Kathleen E Spriggs. He was a Leading Aircraftman
in the RAFVR, 940901, and in February 1943 was reported missing. By
August the International Red Cross had been able to establish he was a
PoW in Japanese hands. He had been captured on 8 March 1942 at
Tasikmalaya.
LAC Hall died on 29 October 1943. He was
originally buried at Cape Marakee, Kario Village, Haruku Island, but on 5
April 1947 he was reburied in the Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia, grave 4
B 13. At the foot of his headstone are the words, "To one we love but
could not save, he awaits us in a foreign grave".
His parents and his wife, who was on nursing duties
during the war, lived at 37 Greenfield Road. Mrs Eva Hall, born on 12
July 1895, died in 1973.
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HARDY, A. A.
Arthur A Hardy was a Stoker 1st Class in the Royal Navy,
P/KX157064. He was 20 when he died on 22 August 1944 on war service with HMS Abercrombie.
He is buried in the Malta (Cappuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta, Prot. Sec.
(Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 124. On his headstone are the words, "He will be a likeness of God who gave him work to do which he did do
so well".
He was the son of Arthur W and Martha Hardy, from
Newport Pagnell. The couple may have been living in 1939 at 18 Neate
Street, Camberwell, with Mr Hardy working as a salesman with a mineral
water van.
Note: if so their dates of birth were
22 May 1895 and 3 February 1896.
This may be Arthur Andrew Hardy, aged 17, a lorry driver's mate of 21
Union Street, who in the autumn of 1941 was fined 10s at Newport
Pagnell Police Court for riding a bicycle without lights.
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HIGGINS, R. G.
Robert Geoffrey Higgins was the son of Arthur Higgins and his
wife Edith Annie, née Ireland. The couple had married in 1915 and
 had
three children; Denis A on 4 October 1916, Margaret K, on 19 September
1919, and Robert, about 1923. In 1939 the family were living at 15 Union
Road, with Mr Higgins working as a hay tier. Denis was a works transport
driver and Margaret was in domestic service.
Robert became a Pilot Officer, 143695, in the RAFVR,
161 Squadron. The Squadron was based at RAF Tempsford, near Sandy,
Bedfordshire, and was involved in transporting personnel to and from
occupied Europe.
Pilot Officer Higgins was lost on 23 June 1943, and is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, panel 132, above.
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Illustration; detail from a gate at the Runnymede
memorial
Bob Higgins, Bob Mills, Harold Young, Ron Groom, and Len Chapman were
friends. They were keen to be pilots and volunteered early. Ron became a
Wireless Operator, the others all fliers. Of the five friends, only Ron
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 INWOOD, E. W.
Eric William Inwood was born in 1914, the son of Arthur
William Inwood and his wife Agnes Emily, née Clare, who had
married in 1904. Born on 13 April 1881 and 9 September 1881
respectively, they were in 1911 living at 37 Spring Gardens, with Mr
Inwood working as a tool fitter at the railway company carriage works.
With them were two children; Agnes Marjorie, born about 1906, and Arthur
Gerald, born in 1909. Another sister, Daphne Joan, was born in 1911.
In 1939 the Inwoods were living at 68 Wolverton Road. Mr Inwood
was still working for the railway, his job being considered heavy work. Also at the address was Alfred Frederic Akehurst, a schoolboy born on 3 September 1932.
In 1926 Eric gained a scholarship to the Wolverton
Secondary School and in 1930 gained an award while in form 5a. After
leving school he worked for the Newport Pagnell Rural District Council
in their rating department, and then worked in a similar rold at the
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Urban District Council.
On Whit
Monday, May 1934, Eric was best man at the wedding of his sister Daphne to Isaac Kenneth Kennedy at the Parish
Church. In 1941 he married Vera Haworth and the next year they
had a daughter, Janet. The Inwoods and the Haworths were neighbours; Mr
James and Mrs Annie Haworth, Vera's parents, were living at 74 Wolverton
Road. Mr Haworth also worked for the railway, as a cashier at the
railway carriage waggon building works.
 During the war Mr Inwood served as an officer in the
Home Guard. Eric served as a Sergeant, 1207661, in the RAFVR, 57
Squadron. He trained for the air force in America.
Eric was reported as missing in action and then as
having died on 11 February 1943. He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial,
 Surrey, panel 154,
left.
The grave, above left, is in Newport Pagnell cemetery. The
headstone reads, "In loving memory of my dear husband, Arthur Inwood,
who was called to rest Nov 22 1950, aged 69 years. Also of Flt Sgt Eric
Inwood, reported missing on Feb 11 1943, aged 28 years, son of the
above. Also of his wife, Agnes E Inwood, Oct 10 1971, aged 90,
re-united". The stone book in front reads, "In memory of Daphne Joan
Kennedy, died 4 April 1974, aged 62, also her husband, Isaac Kennedy,
died 28 Jan 1999, aged 89".
Mr Inwood may have been the bellringer known as Billy
Inwood; picture available.
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 JACKSON,
R.
Roger Jackson was born in 1920 to Lewis Robert Jackson and
his wife Rose Olive, née Bishop, born 5 October 1889. The couple had married in 1911 and they
had another son, Lewis Oliver, born on 10 December 1916.
In 1939 the family were living at 28 Wolverton Road,
Newport Pagnell. Mr Jackson, born 21 May 1887, was working as a
handicraft teacher. Also there was Frederick C Reedman, a retired
schoolmaster. The year afterwards, probably, Roger married Minnie
Jackson.
Roger became a Leading Aircraftman Pilot, 1190957, in
the RAFVR. He died when he was 23 and is buried in the Newport Pagnell
cemetery. At the foot of his headstone are the words, "His life a
beautiful memory, his death a silent grief".
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LAWMAN, C. S..
Charles Sidney Lawman was born in 1918, a younger brother to
Frances Mabel, born 1910, and Marjorie V, born 1915. They were the
children of Sidney Lawman, born 30 December 1897, and his wife Emily,
née Barnes, born on 16 April 1877. The couple had married in
1909.
In 1911 Mr and Mrs Lawman and Frances were living at
10 the High Street, Newport Pagnell, with Mr Lawman working as a baker.
In 1939 they were at the same address, with Mr Lawman being a master
baker. Charles carried on his father's profession, becoming a Privat,
5952096, in the Royal Army Service Corps, 2 Field Bakery.
He died on 17 June 1940, and is commemorated on the
Dunkirk Memorial.
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LINE, E. J.
Edward John Line was the son of (probably) Albert Line or
Lines and
his wife Ethel, née Higgins, who had married in Newport Pagnell in 1917.
A son, Albert H, was born in 1918, followed by Edward in 1922.
Edward became a Sergeant Navigator, 1579769, in the
RAFVR, 115 Squadron. In 1944 he married Marie Ballinger, only to lose
his life very shortly afterwards, on 21 July 1944. Their daughter,
Linda, was born the following year.
Edward is buried at the Papendrecht General Cemetery,
Netherlands, plot G, row 1, grave 6. On his headstone are engraved the
words, "Beloved husband of Marie and father of Linda. Forever in our
thoughts".
Mrs Line remarried in 1949 to Roland H Child.
They had a son, Peter, in 1952.
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MAPLEY, J. W.
Jack William Mapley was born on 24 June 1917 to William
Charles Mapley, born 12 June 1884, and his wife Florence Mary Ann, née Hill,
born 6 July 1884. The couple had
married in 1909, and in 1911 were living at 5 Greenfield Road, with Mr Mapley working as a labourer carter.
In 1939 they were still at the same address, with Mr Mapley working as a
warehouseman at a flour mill. There were three other people there,
including schoolgirl Rita Rowe.
Jack became a Private, 5950730, in the Bedrodshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment, 5th Battalion. He was captured and became a
PoW on 15 February 1942; his occupation then was given as a railway
carriage fitter. He died with 1159 other PoWs when the Rakuyo Maru, on
which they were being transported was torpedoed by USS Sealion near
Hainon island. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, column 64.
Mrs Mapley died in 1955, Mr Mapley in 1958
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MILLS, R. J. A
Robert John Alexander Mills, 124501, was a Flying Officer
Pilot in the RAFVR, 230 squadron. Said to have been "handsome", he was 21 when he died on 29 December
1943. He is buried in the Nairobi (Forest Road) cemetery, Kenya, block
16, grave 44. At the foot of his headstone are the words, "In loving
memory of our beloved son. Though miles divide we shall meet again".
Robert was born in 1922, the only son of Robert James
Mills, born 18 August 1885, and his wife Grace Rosina, née Williamson,
born 16 January 1894, who had married in
1915. In 1939 they were living at 87 Lakes Lane, with Mr Mills working
as a motor cellulose polisher. He had been engaged to be married
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Bob Higgins, Bob Mills, Harold Young, Ron Groom, and Len
Chapman were friends. They were keen to be pilots and volunteered early.
Ron became a Wireless Operator, the others all fliers. Of the five
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 MUMFORD, R. J.
Robert John Mumford was born on 6 June 1918 at Station Road
in Castlethorpe. He was the first child of Robert George Mumford and his wife
Fanny Kate, née Collier, of 7 North Square, Newport Pagnell, who
had married in 1916. Mr Mumford was serving as a stoker aboard the
destroyer HMS Satyr when his son was born. Robert later gained a younger
sister, Margaret, born in 1922.
An old Bury Street (now Cedars) schoolboy, Robert
worked at Salmons and Sons, Newport Pagnell, as a bodymaker before
taking employment at Vauxhall in Luton as a patternmaker. Described as
having a "cheery disposition" and as being "extremely popular", he was a
very keen cyclist and member of Wolverton Athletic Club. He had
represented the club often, gaining victories on many occasions
including at Coventry, Luton, and Wolverton. He also gained successes in
events promoted by the Northampton Amateur Athletic Club, and used to
ride out on the Lathbury Road to the Queen Eleanor in Northampton.
Robert was on active service from virtually the
beginning of the war. In France from 1939 he was
 part
of the evacuation of 1940, escaping from Rouen to Brest and returning to
England on a Dutch liner. In 1942 Robert was serving in Libya as Sapper
1886458, the Royal Engineers. He was engaged to be married and had sent
word to his
 parents just before Christmas 1941 that he was quite well
and having some rest. Sadly, on 17 January 1942, he lost his life by
stepping on a mine.
Robert was buried some 38 miles
north of Ajdabiya (previously Agedabia). On 14 September 1944 his body
was re-interred at the Benghazi War Cemetery, grave 3 E 17 (right). At the foot
of his headstone were engraved the words chosen by his mother:
"In life, one of the finest
In death, one of the brave
He failed not in his duty." |
Robert is also commemorated on the
Vauxhall Motors memorial (left, detail right).
Robert's father died in 1959; his
mother in 1977.
Mrs Mumford was a first cousin to
William Henry
Collier
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with thanks to Mrs
Raffe
photos by courtesy of Mrs Raffe
Vauxhall memorial photos by courtesy of Forscher |
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