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FROM THE CONTEMPORARY LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OF NORTH BUCKS (BUCKS STANDARD, NORTH BUCKS TIMES, WOLVERTON EXPRESS)
With today’s internet a wealth of official information is available regarding those who served.
In an age before local radio and television, families often allowed letters to be published in the local press from their loved ones on active service.
However, for their descendants the letters reveal a more personal aspect, graphically describing the experience of the people and providing an insight into their personalities.

Surname
Forename
Rank/Status
Newspaper
Year
Place Date
Bailey
B.
?
W.E.
1915
Wolverton Mar. 19th
Bailey
E.
Private
W.E.
1915
Sherington Feb. 26th
Bailey
F.
Private
B.S
1915
Sherington Feb. 20th
Bailey
F.
Private
B.S.
1916
Sherington Aug. 26th
Bailey
F.
Private
B.S.
1915
Sherington Mar. 13th
Bailey
P.
Private
B.S.
1918
Sherington Nov. 9th
Baker
G.
Electrical Artificer, R.N.
W.E.
1914
Stony Stratford Sep. 11th
Baker
W.
Private
W.E.
1915
Wolverton Aug. 6th
Baker
J.
Trooper
B.S.
1915
Milton Keynes Oct 2nd
Baker
W.
Private
B.S.
1915
Wolverton Aug. 7th
Baker
J.
Private
B.S.
1915
Newport Pagnell June 26th
Baker
F.
Gunner
B.S.
1917
Newport Pagnell July 28th
Baker
J.
Trooper
B.S.
1915
Milton Keynes Sep. 18th
Baker
C.
Mr.
B.S.
1915
Milton Keynes Nov. 27th
Bale
C.
Sub Lieutenant
B.S.
1915
Newport Pagnell Dec. 11th
Ballance
F.
Lieutenant
NBT
1915
Dunstable Sep. 28th Tue.
Ballance
F.
Lieutenant
NBT
1915
Dunstable Oct. 5th Tue.
Ballance
H.
Mr.
NBT
1915
Dunstable Sep. 28th Tue.
Bambridge
A.
Private
NBT
1915
Leighton Buzzard Nov. 2nd Tue.
Bambrook
A.
Corporal
NBT
1918
Leighton Buzzard May 7th Tue.
Bamford
T.
Private
B.S.
1917
Lavendon Sep. 29th
Banks
F.
Sergeant
NBT
1917
Dunstable July 24th Tue
Barby
A.
Private
W.E.
1915
Deanshanger May 21st
Barcock
H.
Sapper
W.E.
1915
Wolverton Feb. 26th
Barcock
R.
Sapper
W.E.
1915
Wolverton Mar. 12th
Barden
A.
Sergeant
W.E.
1915
Wolverton Feb. 26th
Barden
A.
Mr.
NBT
1916 Bletchley Aug. 1st Tue
Barden
F.
Lance Corporal
NBT
1916 Bletchley Aug. 1st Tue.
Barker
R.
Corporal
NBT
1916 Bedford Jan. 25th Tue.
Barker
A.
Private
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Oct. 9th
Barley
A.
Private
W.E.
1917 Potterspury Aug. 31st
Barley
G.
Mr.
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Feb. 19th
Barley
L.
Lieutenant
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Feb. 19th
Barnes
W.
Private
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell Mar. 3rd
Barnwell
W.
Corporal
B.S.
1916 Newport Pagnell Sep. 23rd
Barnwell
W.
Corporal
B.S.
1916 Newport Pagnell Sep. 9th
Barnwell
W.
Private
B.S.
1918 Newport Pagnell Nov. 2nd
Barnwell
J.
Private
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell July 7th
Barratt
F.
 
NBT
1915 Dunstable Sep. 28th Tue.
Barratt
F.
Mrs.
NBT
1915 Dunstable Sep. 28th Tue.
Bartle
J.
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1916 Dunstable Mar 14th Tue.
Bartle
S.
Private
NBT
1916 Dunstable Mar. 14th Tue.
Bass
C.
Lieutenant
W.E.
1914 Steeple Claydon Sep. 25th
Bateman
A.
Lance Corporal
NBT
1914 Aylesbury Dec. 26th Sat.
Bates
A.
Private
NBT
1915 Leighton Buzzard Oct. 19th Tue.
Bates
C.
Corporal
W.E.
1917 Stony Stratford May 18th
Bates
F.
Private
NBT
1917 Toddington Sep. 4th Tue
Bates
H.
Private
W.E.
1918 Hanslope May 24th
Batterson
F.
Sergeant
B.S.
1917 Wolverton July 28th
Baxter
J.
Pioneer
NBT
1918 Dunstable Dec.24th Tue.
Baxter
P.
Lance Corporal
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Aug. 7th
Baxter
H.
Mr. & Mrs.
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell Jan. 13th
Baxter
J.
Corporal
B.S.
1918 Newport Pagnell June 8th
Baxter
J.
Private
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell Jan. 13th
Beaumont
R.
Sergeant
NBT
1917 Leighton Buzzard July 10th Tue.
Beckett
?
Corporal
B.S.
1915 Great Woolstone Feb. 27th
Beckley
F.
Sergeant
W.E.
1915 Miscellany May 7th
Beckwith
M.
Sergeant
W.E.
1917 Wolverton Sep. 7th
Beesley
W.
?
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Mar. 19th
Begley
F.
Private
W.E.
1916 Stony Stratford Sep. 8th
Beilby
C.
Sergeant
NBT
1917 Linslade Aug. 21st Tue.
Bell

Sir Hugh & Lady
NBT
1915 Wing Aug. 31st Tue
Benbow
G.
Private
NBT
1916 Bletchley July 25th Tue.
Bennett
F.
Sapper
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Dec. 17th
Bennett
J.
Sergeant
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Mar. 19th
Bennett
T.
Private
B.S.
1915 Lathbury Mar. 27th
Benning
D.
Miss
NBT
1917 Dunstable July 10th Tue.
Bentley
F.
Private
NBT
1915 Leighton Buzzard Oct. 12th Tue.
Berrill
W.
Private
B.S.
1917 Olney May 5th
Berry
S.
Private
NBT
1917 Woburn Mar. 20th Tue.
Bewley
E.
Lieutenant
NBT
1917 Dunstable July 10th Tue.
Bicknell
J.
Private
B.S.
1915 Lathbury Feb. 27th
Biggs
?
Corporal
W.E.
1914 Wolverton Oct. 8th
Bignell
H.
Bombardier
B.S.
1917 Moulsoe Nov. 24th
Bignell
A.
Sergeant
B.S.
1918 Moulsoe Oct. 12th
Bignell
G.
Sergeant
B.S.
1917 Moulsoe Feb. 17th
Bignell
J.
Private
B.S.
1918 Moulsoe Apr. 17th
Bilcock
J.
Private
NBT
1916 Miscellany Jan. 18th Tue.
Billington
F.
Gunner
NBT
1918 Aspley Guise Aug. 6th Tue.
Birchall
E.
Captain
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Apr. 30th
Birchall
E.
Captain
W.E.
1915 Wolverton May 14th
Birchall
E.
Captain
W.E.
1915 Miscellany Oct. 1st
Bissell
S.
Private
B.S.
1916 Wolverton Aug. 5th
Blackwell
?
Private
W.E.
1915 Wolverton July 16th
Blackwell
L.
Private
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell June 26th
Blake
C.
Sergeant
NBT
1915 Luton May 18th Tue.
Blake
E.
Mr.
NBT
1916 Linslade July 11th Tue.
Blake
H.
Sergeant
NBT
1916 Linslade July 11th Tue.
Blakeman
F.
Sergeant
NBT
1916 Leighton Buzzard July 25th Tue.
Bland
A.
Private
B.S.
1918 Stoke Goldington Nov. 30th
Blanshard
A.
Lance Corporal
NBT
1916 Aspley Guise July 18th Tue.
Blanshard
 
Mrs.
NBT
1916 Aspley Guise July 18th Tue.
Bleason
A.
Mr.
W.E.
1914 Gayhurst Nov. 6th
Bleason
F.
Pioneer
W.E.
1914 Gayhurst Nov. 6th
Bliss
H.
Gunner
NBT
1915 Dunstable July 27th Tue.
Bliss
 
Miss
NBT
1915 Dunstable July 27th Tue.
Blunt
H.
Private
B.S.
1917 Wolverton Nov. 17th
Bocock
J.
Mrs.
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell June 12th
Bodley
A.
Gunner
W.E.
1918 Loughton June 14th
Bodsworth
?
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1916 Leighton Buzzard Feb. 22nd Tue.
Bodsworth
C.
Mr.
NBT
1916 Linslade Jan 4th Tue.
Bodsworth
P.
Private
NBT
1916 Leighton Buzzard Feb. 22nd Tue.
Bodsworth
T.
Lance Corporal
NBT
1918 Linslade Dec. 3rd Tue.
Bond
J.
Sergeant
W.E.
1915 Deanshanger May 21st
Borton
J.
Private
B.S.
1917 Sherington Jan. 20th
Boswell
J.
Lieutenant
B.S.
1917 North Crawley Nov. 17th
Bottoms
A.
Private
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell May 12th
Boughton
H.
Private
B.S.
1918 Newport Pagnell Sep. 14th
Bowler
T.
Lieutenant
NBT
1917 Woburn Sands July 24th Tue.
Bowler
T.
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1917 Woburn Sands July 24th Tue.
Bowles
F.
Private
B.S.
1916 Wolverton May 27th
Bowyer
W.
Lt. Col.
NBT
1914 Olney Dec. 19th Sat.
Bowyer
W.
Lieutenant Colonel (retired).
B.S.
1915 Olney Jan. 9th
Bowyer
R.
Lieutenant
B.S.
1917 Weston Underwood Mar. 24th
Bowyer
G.
Captain
B.S.
1915 Weston Underwood May 15th
Bowyer
E.
Mrs.
B.S.
1916 Weston Underwood Apr. 15th
Boxford
E.
Private
NBT
1917 Aspley Guise Jan. 2nd Tue.
Boyce
G.
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1918 Heath & Reach Oct. 1st Tue
Boyce
P.
Lance Corporal
NBT
1918 Heath & Reach Oct. 1st Tue
Brandom
W.
Corporal
NBT
1915 Leighton Buzzard Oct. 12th Tue.
Branson
G.
Mr. and Mrs.
B.S.
1917 Newton Blossomville Apr. 21st
Branson
E.
Private
B.S.
1917 Newton Blossomville Apr. 21st
Branson
A.
Lance Corporal
B.S.
1918 Stantonbury June 8th
Brantom
W.
Private
NBT
1915 Linslade July 13th Tue.
Brantom
W.
Mr.
NBT
1916 Linslade July 11th Tue.
Brantom
W.
Second Lieutenant
NBT
1916 Linslade July 11th Tue.
Brawn
W.
Driver
W.E.
1916 Wolverton May 12th
Brawn
A.
Lance Corporal
B.S.
1914 Newport Pagnell Nov. 14th
Brawn
A.
Corporal
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell June 9th
Breed
A.
Lance Corporal
NBT
1915 Shefford Dec. 28th Tue.
Brett
B.
Mrs.
NBT
1917 Woburn Sands Aug. 21st Tue.
Brett
B.
Private
NBT
1917 Woburn Sands Aug. 21st Tue.
Brice
W.
Lance Corporal
B.S.
1918 Castlethorpe May 11th
Brice
C.
Private
B.S.
1916 Newport Pagnell Apr. 15th
Brice
P.
 
B.S.
1914 Lathbury Dec. 5th
Briggs
H.
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1917 Linslade June 26th Tue.
Briggs
H.?
 
NBT
1917 Linslade June 26th Tue.
Brighten
E.
Lieutenant Colonel
NBT
1915 Luton Oct. 5th Tue.
Brighten
E.
Lieutenant Colonel
NBT
1916 Aspley Guise Feb.22nd Tue.
Brighten
E.
Lieutenant Colonel
NBT
1916 Leighton Buzzard Feb 29th Tue.
Brighten
E.
Lieutenant Colonel
NBT
1916 Miscellany Feb. 15th Tue.
Brightman
H.
Private
B.S.
1918 Great Linford Feb. 2nd
Brinnard
G.
Mr.
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Apr. 16th
Britchford
A.
Corporal
NBT
1916 Woburn June 13th Tue.
Britchford
C.
Private
NBT
1918 Woburn Sands Nov. 12th Tue.
Britchford
K.
Private
NBT
1917 Aspley Guise Feb. 6th Tue.
Britchford
T.
Private
NBT
1916 Toddington July 25th Tue.
Broad
D.
Lieutenant
NBT
1916 Cheddington May 30th Tue.
Broad
H.
Private
NBT
1916 Cheddington May 30th Tue.
Bromley
D.
Corporal
NBT
1915 Leighton Buzzard Oct. 19th Tue.
Bromwich
B.
Private
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Apr. 24th
Brooke Rickards
H.
Lieutenant
B.S.
1917 Tyringham Aug. 11th
Brooke Rickards
H.
Mr.
B.S.
1914 Tyringham Dec. 19th
Brooks
F.
Corporal
W.E.
1916 Wolverton Aug. 11th
Brooks
J.
Lance Corporal
B.S.
1916 Newport Pagnell Dec. 9th
Brooks
A.
Private
B.S.
1917 Sherington May 12th
Brown
A.
Second Lieutenant
W.E.
1918 Wolverton Sep. 13th
Brown
J.
Lance Corporal
W.E.
1915 Stoke Goldington June 4th
Brown
J.
Private
W.E.
1915 Cosgrove Oct. 8th
Brown
J.
Driver
NBT
1917 Leighton Buzzard July 10th Tue.
Brown
J.
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1917 Leighton Buzzard July 10th Tue.
Brown
W.
Lance Corporal
W.E.
1916 Cosgrove Sep. 22nd
Brown
F.
First Class Stoker
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell June 5th
Brown
J.
Lance Corporal
B.S.
1915 Stoke Goldington June 5th
Brown
R.
Private
B.S.
1916 Chicheley Aug. 19th
Brownsell
A.
Private
B.S.
1917 Hanslope Sep. 8th
Bruce
A.
Lance Corporal
W.E.
1915 Miscellany Apr. 9th
Buckley
W.
Private
W.E.
1915 Stony Stratford June 11th
Bull
B.
Second Lieutenant
W.E.
1915 Stony Stratford Apr. 16th
Bull
C.
Private
W.E.
1916 Haversham Mar. 31st
Bull
F.
Sergeant
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Feb. 26th
Bull
G.
Lieutenant
W.E.
1915 Stony Stratford July 16th
Bull
G.
Mr.
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Apr. 16th
Bull
O.
Private
W.E.
1915 Haversham July 16th
Bull
W.
Colonel & Mrs.
W.E.
1915 Stony Stratford July 16th
Bull
B.
Second Lieutenant
B.S.
1915 Stony Stratford Apr. 17th
Bull
G.
Mr. & Mrs.
B.S.
1915 Stony Stratford Apr. 17th
Bull
W.
Colonel
B.S.
1915 Stony Stratford July 24th
Bull
G.
Lieutenant
B.S.
1915 Stony Stratford July 24th
Bull
G.
Mr.
B.S.
1915 Stony Stratford June 19th
Bull
O.
Mr.
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Aug. 21st
Bull
O.
Mr.
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Nov. 13th
Bull
F.
Mr.
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Nov. 13th
Bull
H.
Mr.
B.S.
1915 Buckingham June 19th
Bull
F.
Private
B.S.
1915 Haversham July 17th
Bull
O.
Private
B.S.
1915 Haversham July 17th
Bullard
A.
Mr.
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Aug. 7th
Bungay
F.
Private
NBT
1918 Dunstable Dec. 24th Tue.
Bunker
H.
Private
NBT
1916 Leighton Buzzard Jan. 18th Tue.
Burch
B.
Trooper
NBT
1915 Dunstable July 8th Tue.
Burgess
A.
Private
W.E.
1916 Wolverton Sep. 8th
Burgess
E.
Private
W.E.
1916 Wolverton Sep. 16th
Burgess
F.
Corporal
B.S.
1914 Buckingham Nov. 21st
Burnage
J.
Mr. & Mrs.
W.E.
1914 Shefford Dec. 4th
Burnage
R.
Sergeant
W.E.
1914 Shefford Dec. 4th
Burnell
N.
Private
NBT
1916 Leighton Buzzard June 27th Tue.
Burnell
R.
?
NBT
1917 Leighton Buzzard Sep. 11th Tue.
Burnell
W.
Bugler
W.E.
1915 Newport Pagnell Oct. 22nd
Burnell
J.
Senior Reserve Attendant
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Jan. 9th
Burnell
F.
Private
B.S.
1918 Newport Pagnell July 27th
Burnell
H.
Private
B.S.
1918 Newport Pagnell July 27th
Burnell
W.
Private
B.S.
1915 Newport Pagnell Oct. 16th
Burnham
W.
Private
W.E.
1917 Wolverton May 5th
Burnham
 
Lord Colonel
NBT
1918 Miscellany June 11th Tue.
Burt
?
Mrs.
NBT
1917 Woburn Sands June 12th Tue.
Burt
J.
Private
NBT
1917 Woburn Sands June 12th Tue.
Burton
W.
Mr.
NBT
1917 Bow Brickhill Jan. 23rd Tue.
Butcher
G.
Mr. & Mrs.
NBT
1917 Leighton Buzzard Oct. 9th Tue.
Butcher
J.
Gunner
NBT
1917 Leighton Buzzard Oct. 9th Tue.
Butcher
T.
Trooper
B.S.
1918 Stony Stratford Mar. 28th
Butcher
A.
Private
B.S.
1917 Milton Keynes July 21st
Butcher
A.
Private
B.S.
1918 Moulsoe Nov. 30th
Butcher
L.
Driver
B.S.
1918 Moulsoe Nov. 30th
Butler
J.
Private
W.E.
1915 Wolverton Jan. 28th
Butler
J.
Second Lieutenant
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell Apr. 7th
Butler
J.
Mr. & Mrs.
B.S.
1917 Newport Pagnell Apr. 7th