Pte Hedley Euinton, 2726, 1/24th London Regiment, was killed in action in a charge near Givenchy on May 26th, 1915.

Born at Wingfield in 1895, he was a brass finisher living with Parents Alfred and Hannah at 19 Bailey Street, Luton, at the time of the 1911 Census. He had two younger brothers, Ernest and Alfred, and a toddler sister, Janet,

Hedley was one of three cousins to die on the battlefield within a space of about six weeks. Arthur Euinton, 3rd Royal Fusiliers, was killed in action at Hill 60 on April 14th, 1915, and Bert Euinton, 24th Londons, died on May 29th, 1915, three days after being wounded in action.