Great War Memorial- Bourne End, Herts
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Norfolk12
N 51° 44.760 W 000° 31.332
30U E 671050 N 5735693
A small war memorial to those of this village who never returned from the war.
Waymark Code: WM3CA1
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/14/2008
Views: 17
Tucked away at the end of the Car park of the Water Mill Hotel,at Bourne End, Herts,on the A41 London Road.
The Jessie Bunker who died on May 19th 1918 was my Great Uncle.
In Memory of
Private JESSE BUNKER
G/14271, 7th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment
who died age 19
on 19 May 1918
Son of William Bunker, of Bourne End, Boxmoor, Herts., and the late Frances Bunker.
Remembered with honour
MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
also remembering:
Ball, WA 03/07/1916 Private 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry Estaires Communal Cemetery France
Bunker, J 19/05/1918 Private 7th Bn. Sussex Mailly Wood Cemetery France
Coker, F 01/10/1916 Private 18th Bn. Canadian Infantry Regina Trench Cemetery France
Crockett, T 09/10/1916 Private 1st/8th Bn. Middlesex Abbeville Cemetery Extension France
Crockett, W 11/03/1915 Private 1st Bn. Worcestershire Le Touret Memorial France
Franklin, J 29/07/1917 Gunner “Y” 4th TM Bty. Royal Field Artillery Arras Memorial France
Goodman, J 11/08/1917 Private 9th Bn. North Lancs. Menin Gate Belgium
Grover, G 15/07/1916 Private 6th Bn. Bedfordshire Pozieres British Cemetery France
Hart, G 03/05/1917 Gunner “D” AA Bty. Royal Field Artillery St. Nicholas British Cemetery France
Howard, WC 01/09/1918 Lance Corporal 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade Vis-en-Artois Memorial France
Messenger, F 17/10/1914 Private 18th Bn. Hussars Trois Arbres Cemetery France
Putman, J 03/03/1917 Private H.T. Army Service Corps Bourne End (St. John) UK
Roy, W 08/08/1915 Private 15th Bn. Australian Infantry Lone Pine Memorial Turkey
Taylor, RC 04/10/1917 Lieutenant 7th Bn. South Staffordshire Bard Cottage Cemetery Belgium
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
London Road
Bourne End, Herts United Kingdom
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