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Great War Remembrance
Royal British Legion
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age Shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
The First World War brought immeasurable tragedy to families across the UK, who lost their sons, husbands and fathers to the trenches.
Here, we will publish the names of the fallen, from our
local war memorials, exactly 100 years ago to the month.
Having worked with the Royal British Legion, we have the names of the men, alongside their unit and rank, below.
Name
Benjamin Furness Edward Lake
Frederick Freeman Harry Bunker
John (Jack) Harris Harry (Henry) Ross William [Charles] Harris
Date of Death
14/09/1914 15/09/1914 17/09/1914 17/09/1914 17/09/1914 17/09/1914 22/09/1914
Age Rank
Gunner 67629 32 Private 7789 Corporal 9286 Private 6336 31 Private 7072 Private 7479
27 Stoker 1st Class SS/107618
Unit
56th Battery, Royal Artillery
1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
1st Btn, Northamptonshire Regiment Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Northamptonshire Regiment
H.M.S. “Hogue”, Royal Navy
Memorial
Turvey
Newport Pagnell Olney
Newport Pagnell Stoke Goldington Bozeat
Stoke Goldington
William Crook Update
As I’m sure many of you know, William passed away on 4th June this year at The Royal Free Hospital in London, he became unwell whilst en route to GOSH for dialysis, so was
taken to the nearest hospital. He had suffered a number of setbacks in the months preceding his death including losing his vision and his brain development being very delayed. His loss to the whole family and friend’s network has been devastating, but from this tragedy we aim to make a positive outcome.
We held his funeral on June 19th at St Peter and St Paul and wow what an amazing and uplifting day it was. The church was awash with a sea of purple and blue, Claire and Justin had asked for people to wear these colours in honour of GOSH, also to bring balloons in the same colours to make the day a party and celebration. As a family, this was hugely appreciated and made a sad occasion so much better. Later in the day we released some of the balloons for William to play with in the sky, three of them held a message that if found to make contact. Amazingly a week later a gentleman in France contacted us to say he had found it, the balloons had travelled an astounding 600+ miles!
Since the funeral we have raised in excess of £12,000 with £2865 raised as a result of the funeral itself. We have set up a Brighter Future Fund in William’s name in association with Great Ormond Street to fund a blood filtration machine and an isolation room on Eagle Ward, which is where William was treated. It will be an ongoing legacy of William’s impact on all of our lives and something 80 Phonebox Magazine
Brighter Future Fund
positive to focus on in the coming months and indeed years. If you would like to donate follow this link, also if you want to fundraise in William’s name you can do so from the same page or contact us via our Facebook page. Give us a “like” to keep updated on forthcoming events and news!
Just giving: justgiving.com/remember/137463/William-Crook Facebook: facebook.com WilliamsBrighterFutureFund
Thank you all once again for your continued support during what has been a tough year.