BARNET

William

[Spelt BARNETT on CWGC & SDGW] Private G/2183, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died 25 March 1915. Aged 38. Born and enlisted Uxbridge, Middlesex. Son of William and Margaret Barnett, of Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge; husband of Fanny Barnett, of 2, The Clamas, Cowley, Uxbridge, Middx. Buried in LE TOUQUET-PARIS PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 19.

BELCHER

William [Joseph]

Corporal 9382, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 2 October 1918. Aged 26. Born and resident Cowley, Middlesex, enlisted Hounslow. Husband of Florence May Belcher, of 3, Virginia Cottages, Heath Rd., Hillingdon Heath, Middx. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XV. Row E. Grave 2.

BRISTOW

Edward [George]

Private G/18812, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action 29 October 1916. Aged 37. Enlisted Hounslow, resident Cowley, Middlesex. Son of Thomas William Bristow, of 3, The Clamas, Cowley, Middx. Formerly 6414, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C.

CLARKE

John

Corporal G/6152, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 14 May 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Cowley, enlisted Uxbridge. Son of John and Emily Clarke, of High Street, Cowley, Middlesex. Buried in CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 9.

CLARKE

Thomas

Private 35100, 8th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 3 April 1917. Born Cowley, Middlesex, enlisted Kingston-on-Thames. Formerly 6541, Durham Light Infantry. Buried in SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 18.

EVANS

Edward [Frank]

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, page 126:

EVANS, EDWARD FRANK, S.B.A., M. 4751, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Edward Evans, of 2,Clisby Cottages, Iver Lane, Cowley, co. Middlesex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

FIELD

George [Stanley]

Corporal T.F./724, 1/8th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 26 April 1915. Aged 25. Born Wickham, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Uxbridge, resident Cowley, Middlesex. Son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Field, of Red Cottage, Cowley, Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.

HUZZEY

[Stephen] John

Private 37837, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 7 August 1918. Aged 32. Born Ash, Hampstead, enlisted Uxbridge, resident Cowley. Husband of Emmeline Mary Huzzey, of I, Myrtle Terrace, Nep Taun, Henfield, Sussex. Buried in BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE, Somme,. France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 4.

LATHAM

Olive [Rebecca]

Birth registered in the Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex, July to September Quarter 1898. Baptism register gives her birth date as 2 August 1898 and her baptism 11 September 1898 in Cowley Parish Church. In the 1901 census she was aged 2, born Cowley, Middlesex, resident with her parents, Richard and Amelia as well as her sisters Emily and Alice, in Cowley, Middlesex. Death recorded in the Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex, July to September Quarter 1916. Aged 18. Burial register for Cowley states she was buried 5 September 1916, aged 18.

POPE

Charles

Private 6059, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 25 April 1917. Born Cowley, enlisted Uxbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.

SIBLEY

William [George]

Private 9158, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 10 March 1915. Aged 21. Born and resident Cowley, Middlesex, enlisted Reading. Son of William George and Margaret Amelia Sibley, of 1, Rose Cottages, Cowley, Uxbridge, Middx. Awarded the Delhi Durbar Medal (1911). No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30.

SNOW

John

Private T.F./1686, "D" Company, 1/8th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 26 April 1915. Aged 18. Born Caversham, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Uxbridge, resident Cowley, Middlesex. Son of David Everett Snow and Sarah Ann Snow, of 3, Virginia Cottages, Heath Rd., Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge, Middx.; brother of William (below). No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.

SNOW

William [David]

Private 7948, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 1 September 1914. Aged 27. Born Dunsden, Oxon, enlisted Reading, resident Cowley, Middlesex. Son of David Everitt Snow and Sarah Ann Snow, of 3, Virginia Cottages, Heath Rd., Hillingdon Heath, Middx.; brother of John (above). No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France.

STONE

Edward

No further information currently available

TAYLOR

William [Charles]

Private 235101, 8th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 26 September 1917. Aged 29. Born and enlisted Uxbridge. Son of Charles Henry Taylor, of 6, Bird's Row, Cowley, Middx., and the late Ann Rosa Taylor.Formerly R/217, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 18 to 19.

WELLS

Leonard [John]

Private T.F./204016, 1/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 17 May 1917. Aged 19. Enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex, resident Cowley. Son of Mr. J. W. Wells, of Moorfield Rd., Cowley, Uxbridge, Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

WHATLEY

Harry [William]

Private 14072, 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 17 August 1915. Aged 18. Born Cowley, Middlesex, enlisted Oxbridge (sic - should be Uxbridge), Middlesex. Son of George and Emily Whatley, of 2, Anchor Cottages, High St., Cowley, Middx. Formerly 15948, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 190 to 196.

WOODMAN

Walter

Private 21599, 1st Garrison Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in India 22 April 1918. Born Cowley, Middlesex, enlisted Uxbridge. Formerly 7656, Middlesex Regiment. Buried in Karachi Cemetery, Pakistan. Plot A/E/ Row A. Grave 4. Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE), India. Face 1.

WOOLDRIDGE

Bertrand [Cyril]

[SDGW lists him as Bertram] Private 6034, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 15 July 1916. Aged 19. Born and resident Cowley, enlisted Uxbridge. Son of Josiah Charles and Helen Wooldridge, of 2, Station Rd., Cowley, Uxbridge, Middx. Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 20.

WOOLFORD

Thomas [John]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman C.G.) 155146, H.M.S. Clan McNaughton, Royal Navy. Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action 3 February 1915. Born 24 January 1874 in Kensington, London. Husband of Eliza Woolford, of The Lodge, Cowley Hall, Cowley, Uxbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 10.

BATEMAN

Frederick

No further information currently available

BROWN

John

No further information currently available

DURRANT

William [Harold]

Serjeant T.F./203463, 1/8th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16 August 1917. Born Maidstone, Kent, enlisted and resident Uxbridge. Engaged to Elsie Jane Green of Cowley and spent time with her parents inwho lived in Cowley Road. Blacksmith by trade. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 113 to 115.

EVANS

Laurence

No further information currently available

EVANS

Stanley

No further information currently available

FINCH

Robert [Charles]

Private 50006, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Killed in action 6 September 1917. Aged 33. Born and enlisted Uxbridge, Husband of A. Finch, of 2, Rose Cottage, Cowley, Middx. Formerly 30404, Essex Regiment. Buried in HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 23.

HARTLEY

Benjamin aka Ben

JAMES

Joseph

No further information currently available

PARKER

Arthur

No further information currently available

PEARCE

George

Private L/5975, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 8 November 1914. Aged 33. Born and enlisted Uxbridge, Middlesex. Husband of Mrs. Pearce, of 2, Rose Cottages, Cowley, Middx. Buried in RUE-DAVID MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 46.

TAYLOR

George [Henry Stevens]

Private 45779, 7th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 22 November 1918. Aged 37. Son of the late Mr.and Mrs. John Taylor; husband of Ada Taylor, of 1, Bentley Villas, Cowley Mill Rd., Uxbridge, Middx. Buried in BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY, Lebanese Republic. Grave 170.

TRY

[Charles] Augustus

Lance Corporal G/43859, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 28 April 1917. Aged 26. Born Cowley, Middlesex, enlisted and resident Yiewsley, Middlesex. Son of the late George Stone Try and Annie Try. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Soldiers Died in the Great War (CD), WW1 Naval Casualties Transcription, London Metropolitan Registers, 1939 Register, British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials

THE FOLLOWING MEN OF
THIS PARISH GAVE UP THEIR
LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
1939-1945

ADAMS

William Thomas

Sergeant 1294384, 358 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11 August 1945. Aged 24. Born 29 October 1920. Son of George Morris Adams and Catherine Hannah Adams, of Cowley, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Switch Gear Engineers Assistant Heavy Worker, unmarried, resident with his aprents, George M and Catherine H Adams at 32 Dellfield Crescent, Hillingdon, Uxbridge U.D., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 451.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

ADAMS William Thomas of 32 Dellfield-crescent Cowley Middlesex died on or since 11 August 1945 on war service Administration London 19 October to George Morris Adams electro-plater. Effects £179 6s. 10d.

BENN

Ernest James

Bombardier 1153020, 132 (The Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of Coronary Thrombosis 11 June 1945. Aged 32. Born 18 February 1913, and resident, Cowley, Uxbridge, Middlesex. Son of John and Annie Benn, of Cowley, Middlesex; husband of Margaret T (nee Woods) Benn, of Cowley, married October to December Quarter 1935 in Uxbridge Registration District, Mioddlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Plumber & Domestic Engineer, married to Margaret, resident 22 Benbow, Cowley, Hillingdon, Uxbridge U.D., Middlesex. Buried in KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY, Austria. Plot 4. Row B. Grave 7.

HARRIES

John Howard

Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1258385, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. On night operations from Marham to Gennevilliers in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number X3593, he was killed when his aircraft crashed at Bievres, south-east of Versailles 29 April 1942. Aged 20. Son of Sydney Hermann Harries and Daisy Harries; husband of Mary Josephine Harries, of Cowley, Middlesex. Buried in BIEVRES COMMUNAL CHURCHYARD, Essonne, France. Collective grave 1-11.

HARTLAND

Arthur Kitchener

Driver 1878807, 135 Mechanical Equipment Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 10 December 1940. Aged 24. Born 8 June 1916 in Middlesex, resident London W. Son of Charles Henry and Sarah Jane Hartland: husband of Rosalie Mary Hartland, of Harefield. In the 1939 Register he was a Lorry Driver (On Heavy Work), single, resident with his parents at 14, Benbow, Cowley, Hillingdon, Uxbridge U.D., Middlesex. Buried in TEDDINGTON CEMETERY, Middlesex. Section C3. Consecrated Grave 1867.

HARTLEY

Benjamin [Thomas]

Leading Stoker C/KX 75538, H.M.S. Wryneck, Royal Navy. Died at sea 27 April 1941. Born 11 May 1907 in Uxbridge, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 3, born Cowley, Middlesex, son of Harry james and Elizabeth Sarah Hartley, resident Orchard Place, Cowley, Uxbridge, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 47, Column 1.

HAWES

William James

Able Seaman P/JX 263852, H.M.S. Tweed, Royal Navy. Died at sea 7 January 1944. Aged 30. Born 12 July 1913 in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Son of William and Jemima Hawes; husband of Elizabeth Mary Hawes, of Cowley, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a General Worker (Horticulture ), married to Elizabeth, resident 2 Edward Nelson Cottages, Hillingdon, Uxbridge U.D., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 82, Column 2.

HORSMAN

Walter E

No further information curently available

JOHNSON

William S

No further information curently available

MASSEY

William John

Supply Assistant P/MX 80324, H.M.S. Arrow, Royal Navy. Died 4 August 1943. Aged 30. Born 26 July 1913. Son of Harry Joseph and Emma Massey; husband of Irene Doris Massey, of Ickenham, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was an Engineers Book Keeper, married to Irene, resident 58 The Green, Twickenham, Twickenham M.B., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 79, Column 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

MASSEY William John of 50 The Chase Ickenham Middlesex died 4 August 1943 on war service Administration Llandudno 26 November to Irene Doris Massey widow.
Effects £319 4s. 1d.

NICHOLLS

Ernest Arthur

Fusilier 14800623, 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers transferred from East Surrey Regiment. Accidentally killed 8 May 1945. Aged 18. Born and resident Middlesex. Son of Henry and Emma Nicholls, of Cowley, Middlesex. Buried in HAMBURG CEMETERY, hamburg, Germany. Plot 1A. Row B. Grave 7.

PERRIN

John George

Private 6855650, 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 6 June 1944. Aged 23. Born 6 June 1921, and resident, in Middlesex. Son of John and Florence Perrin; husband of Eileen Dorothy (nee Grappe) Perrin, of Cowley, Middlesex, married October to December 1941 in Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Carpenter Labourer (Heavy Worker), unmarried, resident 4, Ashwood Avenue, Hillingdon, Uxbridge U.D., Middlesex. Buried in HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot 1. Row O. Grave 15.

ROSS

James MacLean

Corporal 5338761, 10th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte Of Wales'). Died as a result of accident 23 October 1941. Aged 22. Born 8 April 1919 in Ross and Cromarty, resident Middlesex. Son of Kenneth U. Ross and Janet M. Ross, of Cowley, Middlesex. In the 1939 Register he was a Police Constable Metropolitian, resident with his parents at 12 Clayton Way, Hillingdon, Uxbridge U.D., Middlesex. Buried in SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY, Kent. Section Q. Grave 1109.

SARGOOD

Lionel John

Private 6294357, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died 15 December 1942. Aged 30. Born and resident Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 56.

WEBBER

Peter Rodney

Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1605166, 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying from Binbrook on night operations to berlin, flying in Avro Lancaster I, serial number DV296, he was killed when the aircraft came down at Tetlow, near Berlin, 2 December 1943. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 5.