Pte Frederick William Pestell, 30915, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on April 28th, 1917. He was aged 39.

He was called up in July 1916 and, after a spell of training at Landguard on the East Coast, returned home before being drafted out to France in October. His widow, Elizabeth, received official notification of his death two weeks later at her home at 98 Cobden Street, Luton.

Prior to call-up Frederick Pestell was employed as a straw hat blocker by hat manufacturers Read and Horn, Market Hill, Luton. He had married Elizabeth Wheatley at St Mary's Parish Church, Luton, on Christmas Eve, 1900, and they had five surviving children.