COWLEY
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2014
The
memorial takes the form of a lychgate and a metal plaque within St Laurence's
Church, Cowley. There are 32 names listed for those who died split between
those within the parish (20) and those connected to the parish (12).
The names have been sorted into alphabetical order within each group
for ease of reading and research.
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Photographs
Copyight © Helena Plowright 2014 |
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THE
LYCHGATE AND THIS
TABLET ARE ERECTED IN
HONOURED MEMORY OF
THOSE FROM THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
GOD, KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
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] |
Sick
Berth Attendant 1st Class M/4751, H.M.S. Hawke, Royal Naval Auxiliary
Sick Berth Reserve. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
15 October 1914. Aged 23. Born Uxbridge 27 April 1892. Son of Edward
and Emma Evans, of 2, Clisby Cottage, Cowley, Middx. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 6.
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. |
WE
DESIRE TO COMMEMORATE THE FOLLOWING
CONNECTED WITH THE PARISH |
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 |
Air Mechanic 2nd Class 33728, 14th Wing (Italy), Royal Flying Crps.
Killed in action 25 January 1917. Aged 41. Born 3 December 1875
in Cowley, Hillingdon, London. Husband of Dora M. Hartley, of 39,
Gilbert Avenue, Toronto, Canada. In the 1881 census he was aged
6, born Cowley, Middlesex, a scholar, son of Charles and Cecilia
Hartley, resident Iver Lane, Cowley, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
In the 1891 census he was aged 15, born Cowley, Middlesex, a Mat
Maker, son of Charles and Cecilia Hartley, resident Myrtle Cottage,
High Street, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Middlesex. In the 1901 census
he was aged 25, born Cowley, Middlesex, a Domestic Gardener, son
of Charles and Cecilia Hartley, resident Cowley Street, Cowley,
Uxbridge, Middlesex. Attested 4 July 1916. In France from 20 July
1916. Buried in DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row J. Grave 12. |
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. |
LORD
ALL PITYING JESU BLEST
GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST |
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.
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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. |
"WE
WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Last updated
22 December, 2020
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