STONY STRATFORD WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 - Transcribed Carolynn Langley; researched Martin Edwards
additional information Keith Henson

The Stony Stratford War Memorial is situated on Horsefair Green, Stony Stratford. It takes the form of a foliated cross, on the front face of which is a bronze sword of sacrifice, on a tall column atop a square plint on a five-stepped circular base. There are 92 names for World War 1 and 18 for World War 2. The memorial was unveiled by Lord Cottesloe in the early 1920's, the architect was Mr Cecil G Hare and the builders were Messrs. Woodbridge & Simpson. Details appeared in the Wolverton Express 25th June 1920. The war memorial garden was completed in 1922.

Photographs Copyright © 2003 - Carolynn Langley

† TO THE GLORY
OF GOD
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE OF THIS TOWN
WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

ABBOTT	THomas	[Spelt ABBOT on memorial] Private (Service No.7390) 2nd Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Thomas Abbott was the son of John and Annie Abbott of Padbury where he was born in 1885, he married his wife Lily Jones in March 1907. He was missing in action on 16 May 1915, aged 30, and he is remembered on Panel 26 of the Le Touret Memorial in the Pas de Calais in France. Lived at 7 Church Street, Stony Stratford.
ARIES	James [John]	Private 7026, 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 30 January 1916. Born Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, enlisted Northampton. Aged 31. Son of Joseph and Zilpha Aries, of 9, York Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks; husband of Gertrude Annie Aries of The Orchards, Appleshaw, Andover. Buried in FORT PITT MILITARY CEMETERY, Kent. Grave 1358.
ARIES	William	Private (Service No. 10128) 2nd. South Wales Borderers. William Aries was born in Frankford in Oxfordshire in 1886 and was the son of Joseph & Zilpha Aries (nee Addison) of Stony Stratford his elder brother was James John Aries. He died of wounds on 22 August 1915 on the hospital ship H.M.H.S. Soudan aged 29 and is remembered on Panels 80 to 84 or 219 & 220 on the Helles Memorial in Greece. He is also listed on the Deanshanger War Memorial. Lived at The Folly, Wicken / 9 York Road, Stony Stratford.
BAKER	George Brandon	Artificer Electrical 3rd Class M/399, H.M.S. "Pathfinder", Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 5th September 1914. Aged 30. Born Skipton, Yorkshire 13th November 1885. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, of Stony Stratford, Bucks; husband of Beatrice Baker, of 88, London Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, kent. panel 6.
BARTLETT	William John	Private (Service No.7682) 1st. Northamptonshire Regiment. William John Bartlett was born in 1886 and was the son of Alfred and Martha Alice Bartlett of Upper Weedon, and had a younger sister Mrs. Evelyn Elsigood of 61 West Street Lower Weedon. William John Bartlett was killed in action on 17 September 1914 aged 28 and is remembered on Stone No. 20 on the La Ferte-Sous - Jouarre Memorial in the Seine and Marne area of France, and he was employed for a time as a Labourer in Wolverton Railway Works. Lived at 16 Oak Street, Upper Weedon. Listed in the St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919 (Railwaymen) and The London and North Western Railway Gazette.
BATES	Charles [Cyril]	Corporal S/6372, 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Aged 28. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted London. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Bates, of 5, Prospect Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9.
BEARD	Edwin James	Sergeant 9107, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Aged 37. Born Calverton, Bucks, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Henry William and Jane Elizabeth Beard. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 50 and 51.
BEGLEY	Francis Arthur	Private 4806, 1/6th Battalion (Territorial), Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th August 1916. Enlisted Bletchley, resident Newport Pagnell. In 1911 he was a son, single, living with his family at 85 Wolverton Road, born Stony Stratford, aged 25, a Sweep by trade. Buried in POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row F. Grave 46.
BENNETT	William [Charles]	Private 13337, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in Salonika 2nd January 1916. Aged 23. Born Beachampton, Bucks, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Annie E. Sharpe, of Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 41.
BIDDLE	William	Private 13178, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 9th May 1917. Aged 23. Born Winson Green, Warwickshire, enlisted Smethwick, Staffordshire, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Phoebe Biddle (formerly Allen) of Stoney Stratford, Bucks. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot VI. Row J. Grave 3.
BRAMLEY	Albert Thomas	Private 40652, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Killed in action 23rd April 1917. Aged 38. Born Bessels Green, Kent, enlisted Bletchley. Husband of Beatrice Bramley, of 109, High St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Formerly 26197, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
BROWN	Edgar Archer	Second Lieutenant, Buckinghamshire Battalion (Territorial), Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 23rd August 1918. Aged 21. Son of John and Ellen Elizabeth Brown, of Belmont Villa, Wolverton Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIX. Row F. Grave 4.
BULL	Bernard George Sheen	[Transcribed as B S G BULL from memorial] 2nd. Lieutenant. Royal Engineers. Bernard George Sheen Bull was born in Winslow and was the only son of Mr. George William Bull (manager of Lloyd’s Bank, Stony Stratford) and Mrs. Ada Florence Bull of Stony Stratford.. He had celebrated his 19th birthday on the battlefield and it was during dangerous reconnaissance work for which he had volunteered when he was killed by a German sniper on Sunday, April 4th.1915 and he is buried in Plot XX1.C.7. in the Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez in France.. Lived at Bank House, 67 High Street, Stony Stratford.
BULL	Godfrey John Oswald	Lieutenant, 2nd (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial). Killed in action 8th July 1915. Aged 26. Son of the late Col. William Henry and Emma Cherry Bull. Educated at Wellington College and Magdalene, Cambridge. Buried in PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES, Turkey. Special memorial 11. See also Cambridge University, Magdalene College. Note: There are now 602 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 250 of the burials are unidentified, but special memorials commemorate 219 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour the following: Godfrey John Oswald Bull, Lieutenant, 2nd East Lancashire Field company, Royal Engineers. 3rd son of Colonel William Henry Bull, F.R.C.S., K.H.S , V.D., J.P. , Assistant Director of medical services, South Midland division by his wife Emma Elizabeth Cherry, daughter of the late Edward Hoare Garole of Ballinacurra House Midleton co Cork. Born St Oswalds house Stony Stratford co Bucks 3-8-1890, educated Wellington College and Magdalane College, Cambridge (B.A 1st class honours). On leaving Cambridge he became a pupil at the Westinghouse works , Manchester, and joined the East Lancs R.E (T.F) as a 2nd Lieut 10-6-1913, and was promoted Lieutenant 7-1-1914. He left for Egypt in sept 1914 and proceeded to the Dardenelles in the following May, was slightly wounded in the leg during the fighting that month and was killed in action there 8th July following. His commanding officer wrote "He met his death early in the morning whilst surveying the work his men had been engaged on during the night in orderto send his report which is called for each morning. Death was instantaneous, being shot through the brain by a sniper. Your son was a noble lad and a good soldier, and a untiring worker. If any man ever served his country as a junior officer it was your son and our comrade." His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, Capt W.E.H. Bull with the mounted brigade, field ambulance R.A.M.C (T.F.) and Capt H.C.H. Bull with the 8th battalion Kings Own Yorkshire L.I.
BULL	Wilfred Henry	Private 766139, 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died of shrapnel wounds on 10th August 1918 in No 47 Casualty Clearing Station, Crouy-Sur-Somme. Born Stony Straford 5th January 1895, resident 54 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada. Son of Benjamin Bull, and the late Mrs Emma Bull, of 97 High Street, Stony Stratford; husband of Margaret Bull of 20 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. Farmer by trade. Enlisted and passed fit at Toronto, Canada 20th November 1915. Height 5 feet 5 inches, girth 37½ inches, complexion dark, eyes haxel, hair brown; religion Methodist. Enlisted aged 22 years 10 months. Buried in CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot VI Row A Grave 4. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1253 - 8
BUTCHER	Leonard Harry	Private 42642, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Bletchley. on of Joseph Harry and Mary Elizabeth Butcher, of 47, The Green, Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C.
BUTCHER	Thomas W	Private 29889, 10th (Prince of Wales' Own Royal) Hussars. Died of wounds 9th March 1918. Aged 27. Born Stony Stratford, enlisted and resident Coventry. Husband of Florence A. Butcher, of 2, Trentham Rd., Coventry. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 12.
CAVE	Frederick William	Lance Corporal 1325, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 23rd August 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, Bucks. Son of Mrs. Henrietta Cave, of 4, King St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
CHURCH	George	Private 13864, 6th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Died of wounds 8th June 1917. Aged 27. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, Bucks. Son of Thomas and Ada Church, of 129, High St., Stony Stratford, Bucks; brother of Herbert (below). Formerly 14137, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row D. Grave 10A.
*CHURCH	Herbert	Private 13224, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds in Salonika 22nd May 1917. Aged 30. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, Bucks. Son of Thomas and Ada Church, of 129, High St., Stony Stratford, Bucks; brother of George (above). Buried in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 1046.
CHURCH	William	Private 17581, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 17th October 1915. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39.
CLEAVER	Arthur Henry	Lance Corporal 9222, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th April 1915. Born Baunston, Deventry, enlisted Rugby. In the 1911 census he had been married for 2 years to Mary Catherine and they had a son Edward (5 months old); Arthur was 27 years old, a Postman, born Braunston, living at 94 Wolverton Road, Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8.
COOPER	Arthur C	Private 13295, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 28th April 1917. Aged 20. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, Bucks. Son of Emily H. Hull, of 44, Clarence Rd. East, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot VI. Row G. Grave 9.
COOPER	Leslie [James]	Gunner 237080, 242nd Brigade, Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died 14th February 1919. Aged 27. Son of John and Emily Cooper, of Wilby, Northants; husband of Hilda Margaret Cooper, of Dorset House, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in ATH COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Ath, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 14.
CROOK	Harold Douglas	Corporal 15211, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds 25th December 1916. Aged 21. Born St Giles, Stony Stratford, enlisted Aldershot, resident Stony Stratford. Formerly R/8199, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Buried in CALVERTON ROAD CEMETERY, STONY STRATFORD, Bucks. Photograph Copyright © Keith Henson 2013
CROSS	William Henry	Sergeant 265075, 2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 6th June 1917. Born Stantonbury, Bucks, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 20.
DAVIES	Sidney George	Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 31st July 1917. Aged 31. Son of George and Mary Davies; husband of Daisy Evelyn Davies, of "Ellesmere," Pine Grove, Rhos-on-Sea. English Congregational Minister, Stony Stratford and Whaddon, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22.
DAVIS	Sidney	Private 265204, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th September 1917. Aged 22. Born Ditchley, Ofordshire, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Son of William Davis, of Silverstone, Towcester, Northants. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.
DAY	John George	Private G/58841, 20th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds 28th October 1918. Aged 43. Born and enlisted Oxford, ressident Stony Stratford. Formerly 2485, Hampshire Regiment. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 16.
ELMES	ReginaldWilliam	Private O14259, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.Died 22nd February 1919. Aged 24. Son of William Joseph and Ada M.Elmes of 85 High Street,Stony Stratford. He mobilised in November 1915 and was drafted to France where he served in the 9th Ordnance Mobile Workshop. Buried in Buried in CALVERTON ROAD CEMETERY, STONY STRATFORD, Bucks. Grave 1031 Photographs Copyright © Keith Henson 2013
FAULKNER	William Henry	Lance Corporal (Service No.12851) 7th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. William Henry Faulkner was born in 1892 in Stony Stratford and was the son of George and Alice Faulkner (nee Keys) he had one elder brother Albert and two elder sisters Alice and Emily. During his time in the Balkan theatre of war he took part in heavy fighting on the Vardar and Doiran Fronts with the 7th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry but was admitted to hospital with pneumonia, and unfortunately died on 22 December 1918, aged 26. He is buried in Plot I.D.7 in the Sofia War Cemetery in Bulgaria.He had been employed as a Coach Painter in Wolverton Railway Works.” Lived at 1 Park Road, Stony Stratford.
FRENCH	Albert [Edward]	Rifleman (Service No. C/7259)18th.Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Albert Edward French who was born in Stantonbury and was the son of Edward French and the late Mary Amelia French of Young Street, Wolverton, . Albert Edwards French was with a working party doing some sand bagging on a trench parapet when he was hit by machine gun fire and died instantly on 15 June 1916, aged 16, and he is buried in grave B.2 in Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Also listed on Wolverton War Memorial. Lived at 60 Young Street, Wolverton.
FRENCH	Albert Grovner	Private 12838, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 9th May 1917. Born Ipswich, Suffolk, enlisted Wolverton, Bucks, resident Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.
FRENCH	William Thomas	Private 38393, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 6th April 1918. Aged 37. Born Nash, Bucks, enlisted Oxford, resident Stony Stratford. Husband of M. F. French, of 37, Russell St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXXIII. Row D. Grave 10.
FROST	Ernest William	Private 8702, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Potterspury. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Frost, of 25, Russell St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 7.
GALLOP	Richard Harmon	Private 32052, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd November 1918. Born and resident Stony Straford, enlisted Bletchley. Buried in BREBIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 1.
GAMMAGE	Herbert [Harold]	Private 265168, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 14th November 1918. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Thomas and Annie Gammage, of Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot X. Row A. Grave 7A.
GARNER	Frederick Ernest	Private (Service No.81256) 91st. Royal Army Medical Corps. Frederick Ernest Garner was husband of Rose Garner (nee Culpin) and they were residents in Stony Stratford. They were married in May 1913 at the All Saints Church in Oakham in Rutland where he was born in 1890 and was the son of Tom and Eliza Garner. The service records of Frederick Garner show that he was suffering from influenza and was admitted to the 91st. Field Ambulance station on August 21st. and discharged on September 10th. 1916. The following month Frederick Ernest Garner was in hospital suffering from Acute Miliary Tuberculosis from which he died at 2-12 pm in the No.7 General Hospital in St.Omer on 18 October 1916 aged 26. He is buried in Plot IV.A.66 Longuenesse (St.Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in the Pas de Calais, France. Lived at 35 London Road, Stony Stratford.
GATES	George	Able Seaman 224805, H.M.S. "Fortune", Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 1st June 1916. Aged 28. Born Hanover Square, London. Adopted son of Mrs. Emma Tucker, of 20, The Green, Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 13.
GEARY	John Reginald	Sergeant 13249, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 9th May 1917. Born Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, resident Shenton, Warwickshire. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.
GODLEY	Herbert	Sergeant 1560, 2nd/5th South Midland Mounted Brigade, Field Ambulance (Territorial Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action in Egypt 23rd April 1916. Enlisted Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel. Panel 56.
GOODRIDGE	John	Private 42657, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action on the Menin Road on 31st July 1917. Aged 26. Born and resident Stony Straford. Son of William and Gemma Goodridge of Stony Stratford; enlisted in Bletchley June 1916. He was drafted to France in the following December and there took part in the Battles of Arras, Vimy Ridge and Messines. Formerly 22754, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34
GOSLING	Edward [Thomas]	Rifleman (Service No.11815) 2nd.Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Edward Thomas Gosling was born in Southwark in 1896 and was the son of William George and Eleanor Gosling. He enlisted in Stony Stratford and mobilised in Oxford in August 1914 joining the 2nd. Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and was drafted to France on 17 January 1915. He was listed as missing and believed to have died of wounds on 9 May 1915. He is remembered on Panels 32 and 33 of the Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret, Pas de Calais in France. He was employed as a Wheelwright when he enlisted. Lived at 13 Mill Lane, Stony Stratford
GROVES	Edward	[Spelt GROVER on memorial] Corporal (Service No.9181) 2nd. Durham Light Infantry. Edward Groves was born in 1886 in Sunderland and was the son of Edward Groves, He remobilised in Newcastle on 5 August 1914 with the 2nd. Durham Light Infantry and was drafted to France where he died in the No. 2 Clearing Hospital Bailleul on 28 November1914, aged 29, from the wounds he had received on 22 November. He is buried in Plot A.12 in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery in the Nord region of France The Wolverton Express and Bucks News reported that he had been employed for a period in the LNWR works in Wolverton where he was employed as a Labourer. Lived at Sunniside, South Hylton,Sunderland (National Probate Calendar)
HALL, MM	Charles	Lance Corporal 22236, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action 24th March 1918. Aged 20. Born Harnham, Wiltshire, enlisted Salsibury, resident Stony Stratford. Son of the late Mr. J. H. Hall and Mrs. M. A. Hall. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
HARRISON	Sidney	Private 448002, 28th Sanitary Section formerly 2nd (South Midland) Mounted Brigade, Field Ambulance (Territorial Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds 17th June 1918. Aged 23. Born St Giles, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Stony Stratford. Son of Mrs. Clara Embleton, of 4, Aylesbury St., Wolverton, Bucks. Native of Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 24.
HARRISON	Spencer Henry	Private 12929, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 9th May 1917. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Henry Harrison, of 2, Coronation Rd., Stoney Stratford, Bucks. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot VI. Row H. Grave 7.
HOLLYOAKE, MM	Arthur George	[Spelt HOLLYOAK on SDGW] Private 265119, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 26th August 1918. Aged 23. Born in Sept Quarter of 1894 and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton 8th November 1914. Son of George Frederick and Kate Emily Hollyoake, of Stony Stratford, Bucks. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) in January 1918. Carriage Works worker at Wolverton Railway Works. Buried in MAGNABOSCHI BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Special memorial Plot 3. Row D. Graves 4-6 and 8. Note: Magnaboschi British Cemetery contains 183 burials of the First World War. This includes Special Memorials to 4 burials in Plot 3. Row D. Graves 4, 5, 6 and 8, of which the burials cannot be individually identified. Photograph Copyright © Richard Hands 2016
HOLTOM	Frank Bertie	Private 434024, 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade, Field Ambulance (Territorial Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Died in Egypt 25th December 1916. Aged 20. Born St Giles, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Stony Stratford. Son of William Thomas Holtom, of 15, King St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel. Panel 56.
HULL, MM	Arthur Joseph	[Listed as Joseph Arthur HULL on SDGW] Lance Corporal 25594, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers attached 3rd Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in action 4th June 1918. Aged 19. Born Deanshanger, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Levi Thomas Hull, of 44, Clarence Rd. East, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section O. Grave 33.
JACKSON	Redvers	Private 27681, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 12th January 1917. Born Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire, enlisted Holborn, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Mr. W. C. Jackson, of 70, Buckingham St., Wolverton, Bucks. Buried in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 5.
JOYCE	Harold Douglas	Private 12933, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 9th May 1917. Aged 23. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. Son of Andrew John and Selina Joyce, of 44, London Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.
LARNER	Sidney [George]	Private 3/9168, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th May 1915. Aged 24. Born Fifield, Oxfordshire, enlisted Northampton. Son of John and Alma Larner, of 19, King St., Stony Stratford, Bucks.; husband of Laura Vera Walker (formerly Larner), of 30, King St., Portsea, Portsmouth. Buried in EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY, Devon. Grave 16.
LAWRENCE	Henry [Ernest]	Private 19471, 33rd company, Labour Corps. Killed in action 31st July 1917. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. Aged 25. Son of Mr. A. Lawrence, of 5, The Green, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Formerly 62059, 2nd Infantry Labour Company, Durham Light Infantry. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave 11.
LEGG	Albert Edward	[Spelt LEGGE on memorial] Private (Service No. G/75505) Royal Fusiliers (City of London 4th.Battalion). Albert Edward Legg was born in 1896 in Kensal Green and was the husband of Gertrude May Legg (nee Sharp) of Stony Stratford, He enlisted in Bexley Heath and joined the East Surrey Regiment (service no. 5221) before transferring to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). He served on the Western Front where he was killed in action on 22 August 1918 aged 22 and he is buried in grave VI.L. 30 in the Bucquoy Road Cemetery in Ficheux in the Pas de Calais in France. Lived at 171 High Street, Stony Stratford / Erith.
LOCK	William Henry	Private (Service Nos.1564 & 265223) 2nd. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. William Henry Lock was born in 1887 in Passenham and the son of William Stephen and Elizabeth Eliza Eunice Lock formally of the Dukes Head Inn, Passenham. He enlisted in Wolverton joining the 1st. Buckinghamshire Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Service No.1564) and was posted to France where he was killed in action on 1 October 1918 aged 21. and he is buried in Plot III. D.6 in Anneux British Cemetery in the Department of the Nord in France. Lived at 26 York Road, Stony Stratford.
LUCAS	Reginald Harry	Private 42151, 1/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th May 1918. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Bletchley. Formerly 4021, Berkshire Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.
MACKERNESS	Alfred [John]	Private 17073, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Aged 31. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. Son of the late William and Jane Mackerness. Birth registered in the July to September Quarter 1887 in the Pottersbury Registration District, Northamptonshire. IN the 1901 census he was the son of Jane Mackerness (a widow), aged 23, a coach painter, born Stony Stratford, resident 33 The Green, Calverton End, Calverton, Northamptonshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, a utcher's errand boy, born Stony Stratford, resident with his parents, William and Jane Mackerness, at 50, High Street, Stony Stratford. Commemorated in ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Urvillers German Cemetery Memorial 49. Note: There are now nearly 750, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, one-fifth are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 55 soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves could not be found. Extract from the National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 - XII - Bedford & Northampton, page 150: MACKERNESS, A. J., Pte., Oxford. & Bucks. L.I. Shortly after volunteering in February 1915 he was drafted to the Western Front, where, attached to a Trench-mortar Battery he took part in the Battles of Ypres, Loos, Albert and the Somme and other important engagements. He fell fighting at Cambrai on March 21st, 1918, during the Allies' Retreat. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. " His memory is cherished with pride" 33, The Green, Stony Stratford, Bucks. 23421/A. Photograph Copyright © Patricia Harris 2013
MAYCOCK	Henry [John]	Private 8188, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th September 1914. Born Old Abingdon, Wiltshire, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Buried in VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 8.
MEADLEY	Percy Walter	3rd. Engineer Mercantile Marine. Percy Walter Meadley was born in 1887 in Devonport and was the son of John James and Eva Mary Anne Meadley (nee Leeder) of Wolverton and husband of Laura M.Meadley from Tamsgate,Copenhagen, Denmark. The 1911 census shows him as a boarder at the Ruskin College in Oxford as a student electrician aged 24, eventually joining the Merchant Navy. He was the 3rd.Engineer on SS Somme (London) and was on a voyage from Newport to Rouen with a cargo of coal. On March 30th.1917 it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-40 ,and was one of the five crew members lost he died on 30 March 1917 aged 30 and he is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. Lived at 37 Stratford Road, Wolverton (1901 census)
MORRIS	Ernest	Private 12854, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 6th October 1915. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
MORRIS	William James	Private TR/8/17652, 53rd (Y.S.) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 4th October 1918. Born Stony Stratford, enlisted Bletchley, resident Wolverton. Buried in WOLVERTON CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire. Plot/Row/Section N. Grave 2018.
PAGE	George Harry [Frampton]	Private (Service No. 10983) Princess Charlotte of Wales (2nd.Royal Berkshire) Regiment. George Harry Frampton Page was born in 1894 in Duston, Northampton he was the son of Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Emma Sarah Page of 38 Regent Street, Northampton and the husband of Louie Page (nee Noakes) who he married in Potterspury in April 1916. He enlisted in Shoreditch, London at the outbreak of the war joining Princess Charlotte of Wales (2nd.Royal Berkshire) Regiment. He was drafted to France on 30 May 1915 where after being wounded twice and recovering he was reported missing believed killed in action on July 1st. 1916 aged 22 and he is remembered on Pier and Face 11 D on the Thiepval Memorial in the Somme district of France. The following report appeared in a local paper:- “W.E. 1916 Sep. 8th. Lieutenant Walls has written to Mrs. Page of 4, Queen Street, Stony Stratford, saying that from the enquiries that he has made there is little doubt that her husband, Private George Page, of the Royal Berkshires, has been killed, having been reported as missing on July 1st. " Lived at 4 Queen Street, Stony Stratford.
PARKER	R [P]	Air Mechanic 3rd Class 148929, Salonika Aircraft Park, Royal Air Force. Died 10th December 1918. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Parker, of 146, High St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 888.
PEARSON	[William] Henry	Private 703717, 1/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 23rd March 1918. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Whitehall. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9 or 10.
PHILLIPS	William Prior	Sergeant 7744, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 22nd October 1914. Born Huntingdon, enlisted Leeds, resident Stony Stratford. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot LIV. Row A. Grave 20.
PITTAM	Arthur Adkins	Private 8051, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 14th May 1915. Aged 27. Born Silverstone, enlisted Northampton. Son of Joseph Pittam, of Stony Stratford; husband of Caroline Ellen Pittam, of Silver St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 119.
POWELL	Albert E	Private 18506, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died of wounds 4th October 1917. Born Worcester, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Formerly 25284, Somerset Light Infantry. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XLVI. Row D. Grave 8.
PRIEST	Charles	Private (Service No.8411) 2nd. Northamptonshire Regiment . Charles Priest was born in Ingatestone in Essex in 1896 and was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Priest of Stony Stratford. The 1911 census shows that he was a soldier in the barracks of the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment in Malta and it was in November 1914 that he was drafted to the France/Belgium sector where he was killed in action on 9 May 1915 aged 26 and is remembered on Panel 7 on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. Lived at17 Market Square, Stony Stratford (1901 census).
RAISON	William Lawrence	Corporal 265170, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 16th April 1917, Born Swindon, Wilthsire, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAl MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
*READ	[Thomas] Percy [Owen]	Lance Corporal 9421, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in Mesopotamia 6th June 1916. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Northampton. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 26 and 63.
ROBERTS	George James Charles	Private 16559, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 25th June 1915. Aged 18. Born Old Stratford, enlisted Oxford, resident Stony Stratford. Son of James and Christina Roberts, of Church Lane, Potterspury, Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30.
ROBINSON	William	Private 34445, 44th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 6th August 1915. Aged 26. Born Wolverton, enlisted Stony Stratford. Son of Mr. W. Robinson, of 48, Wolverton Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave 7. See also Liverpool Street Station, London
SAVAGE	Herbert George	Private 1013, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th September 1915. Aged 29. Born Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, resident Market Harborough. Son of Daniel Savage, of 8, Buckingham St., Wolverton, Bucks; husband of Ethel Annie Savage, of Oxendon, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Buried in HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 11.
SHAKESHAFT	Archie W	Private 8398, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th November 1914. Aged 25. Born Wicken, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Northampton. Son of William and Annie Shakeshaft, of 2, High St., Wicken, Stony Stratford, Bucks.; husband of Janie Frances Shakeshaft, of 15, Zion St., Plymouth. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.
SHOULER	Sydeny [George]	Private PLY/2373, 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Missing, assumed killed in action 7th April 1918. Aged 29. Son of Mrs. E. Shouler, of 32, York Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Drilling Machinist by trade. Enlisted 14th August 1917, aged 27. Embarked Royal Marine Brigade 5th October 1917. Draft for British Eexpedionary Force 29th December 1917, joined 2nd Royal Marine Battalion 15th January 1918 until his death. Buried in MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 24.
SMART	William [Hubert]	Private (Service No.30769) 5th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. William Hubert Smart was born in 1898 in Winchcombe in Gloucestershire and was the son of William and Maud Smart of Stony Stratford, he had two younger brothers who were both born in Stony Stratford. He enlisted with the 5th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and was drafted to France where he was killed in action on 23 March 1918 aged 20 and is buried in Plot IV.E.4 in Grand Seraucourt British Cemetery in the Aisne district of France. Lived at 133 High Street, Stony Stratford (1911 census)
SMITH	Alan George	Private (Service No. 436227) 49th. Canadian Infantry Alberta Regiment. Alan George Smith was born in 1890 in Calverton and was the son of Frederick William and Martha Smith (nee Faulkner) of Stony Stratford. He volunteered in January 1915 for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in Edmonton, Canada and he proceeded to England on the completion his training in September 1915 and in 1916 was drafted to France. He was wounded on the Somme suffering from gunshot wounds to the face, hands and right leg and he died from these wounds in the No. 10 General Hospital in Rouen on 8 October 1916 aged 25. He is buried in Plot No. B. Row16. Grave 55 in St. Sever Cemetery in Rouen in France. Lived at 5 Park Road / 15 Clarence Road, Stony Stratford. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9008 - 10
SMITH	Aden William	Gunner 239827, "D" Battery, 108th brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 7th May 1918. Aged 37. Enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. Husband of Violet May Smith, of Hillside, Nash, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 1.
SMITH	J Cecil	Private 21408, 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. Killed in action 27th November 1917. Aged 21. Born Winslow, enlisted Oxford, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Frederick and Amy Smith, of Yew Tree Cottage, Winslow Rd., Nash, Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 1.
SMITH	Maurice	Private (Service No.789) 1st. Lancashire Fusiliers. Maurice Smith was born in 1888 in Nash but a resident of Stony Stratford in the parish of Wolverton St. Mary where he was remembered during the Whitsunday service a week after he had been killed in action. He joined the 1st. Lancashire Fusiliers embarking for Gallipoli where they played a major role in the landing at Cape Helles as part of the 86th. Brigade on 25 April 1915 he was killed in this action on April 25th. 1915 aged 27 and is remembered on Panels 58 to 72 or 218 to 219 on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Lived at Within the parish of Wolverton St. Mary, Stony Stratford.
SPRITTLES	Frederick Jmaes	[Listed as F C Sprittles on the memorial] Sergeant 466418, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 20 February 1919. Aged 25. Born 13 May 1892 in Stony Stratford. Son of Matilda and the late Thomas Sprittles, of Mill Lane, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Brother of Joseph (below). Trade listed as Dairy Keep. Unmarried. Enlisted and passed fit 12 July 1915 at Edmonton, Canada, aged 22 years 4 monthsd, height 5 feet 8¾ inches, girth 38 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue-grey, hair light sandy, religious denomination Church of England. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIII. Row E. Grave 9. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9207 - 38
SPRITTLES	Joseph J	Sergeant 13866, 7th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire regiment). Killed in action 7th October 1918. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. Son of Matilda Sprittles, of 11, Mill Lane, Stony Strafford, Bucks, and the late Thomas Sprittles. Brother of Frederick (above). Formerly 14139, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 27.
STRICKLAND	Reginald	2nd Lieutenant 3rd. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Reginald Strickland was born in 1892 in North Rilling, Kirby Moorside in Yorkshire and was the son of William and Elizabeth Strickland (nee Fenwick) of Home Farm Mixbury near Brackley. He was a teacher at the National School located at 30 High Street in Stony Stratford. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and mobilised to the Western Front where he suffered wounds from which he died on 25 December 1915, aged 23, he is buried in Plot II.L 5. in Bethune Town cemetery in the Pas de Calais France. Lived at- Stony Stratford.
STYLES	Thomas George	Private 17157, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th November 1917. Born Grandborough, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Oxford, resident Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 7.
TOMBS	William Arthur	Private 29008, "B" Company, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in Salonika 15th october 1918. Aged 20. Born Thornborough, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Bletchley, resident Stony Stratford. Son of William Joseph and Ellen Tombs, of 20, Park Rd., Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot VI. Row H. Grave 11.
TOOLEY	William John	Private 13221, th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in Salonika 9th May 1917. Aged 24. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. Son of John and Ruth Tooley, of 9, Russell St., Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.
TUCKWELL	Herbert	Lance Corporal (Service No.9653) 2nd. Devonshire Regiment. Herbert Tuckwell was an orphan he was born in1898 in London and was living with Joseph and Eliza Barker of Stony Stratford (1901 census). He enlisted in London and mobilised with the 2nd. Devonshire Regiment in the France/Flanders sector and embarked to France in November 1914 where he was killed in action on 30 November 1917 aged 19. He is remembered on Panels 38 to 40 of the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. Lived at 1 Vicarage Road, Stony Stratford.
WATSON	Ernest Edward	Private 14530, 7th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire regiment). Killed in action 24th April 1917 in Salonika. Aged 24. Born and resident Stony Stratford, enlisted Wolverton. Son of William and Maria Ann Watson, of 13, Clarence Rd. East, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Formerly 12870, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece.
WATTS	Joseph [James]	Private (Service No.16524) 2nd.Northamptonshire Regiment. Joseph James Watts was born in Lavendon in 1874 and was a resident of Stony Stratford he was the son of Charles Wite Watts and Elizabeth Watts (nee Holmes). He had seen previous service and had been through the South African War receiving a medal for his service and he re-enlisted in Wolverton in October 1914. He re-joined his old regiment in November and after training at Weybridge was drafted to the Western Front in January 1915 where he was killed in action on 14 March 1915 aged 40 being killed by a German shell in the battle of Neuve Chapelle and he is remembered on Panels 28 to 30 on the Le Touret Memorial in France. Before the war he had been employed as a general labourer by the Wolverton and Stratford Rural District Council, Lived at 1 Swan Terrace, Stony Stratford (1911 census).
WEST	William James	Private 51275, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5th September 1918. Aged 20. Born Aldershot, Hampshire, enlisted Great Missenden, resident Stony Stratford. Son of William Arthur and Emma Jane West, of 63, High St., Stony Stratford. Emma Jane West nee Ellis was from Puttenham in Surrey and William Arthur West originated from Guildford Surrey and had been in the Army during the Boer War 1899-1902. Formerly 2061, Royal Army Medical Corps. Buried in LIGNY-SUR-CANCHE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 31. Photograph Coipyright © Julie Goucher 2007
WESTLEY	Thomas Richard	Private 265118, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 3rd October 1917. Born old Stratford, enlisted Wolverton, resident Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.

ALSO
IN MEMORY OF

BROWN	Frederick George	Sergeant 9Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 944101, 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 30th May 1942. Aged 23. Son of Frederick and Ada Temperance Brown, husband of Dorothy Constance Brown, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Buried in VIROFLAY NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Yvelines, France. Row A. Grave 16.
BRUCE	Douglas Edgar	Able Seaman P/JX 204580, H.M.S. "Fidelity", Royal Navy. Died 1st january 1943/ Aged 27. Son of Harry and Annie Louisa Bruce, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 74, Column 1.
CONNOR	Cyril Frank	Private 5832538, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 28th September 1943. Aged 30. Son of Mrs. L. M. Connor, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 1. Row K. Grave 4.
DAVIES	Gilbert [Victor Russell]	[Listed as DAVIS on memorial] Lieutenant 161626, 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Died 18th March 1943. Aged 27. Son of Hugh and Lillian Davies; husband of Kathleen Irene Davies, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot 10. Row J. Grave 12.
DIXEY	Herbert Arthur	Trooper 7942737, 6th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 11th June 1942. Aged 36. Son of Albert and Pricilla Ruth Dixey; husband of Clara Amelia Dixey, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 22.
DOWNING	Cyril Thomas William	Flight Sergeant 652231, 224 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 29th July 1943. Aged 22. Son of Cyril Thomas Downing and Clarice Ivy Downing, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 136.
ELDRED	Eric William	Private 7636516, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died on 10th December 1940. Aged 32. Son of Harry Charles and Elizabeth Eldred of New Bradwell and the husband of Ada Hannah Eldred. Buried in CALVERTON ROAD CEMETERY, STONY STRATFORD, Bucks. Grave 94. Photographs Copyright © Keith Henson 2013
FOSSEY	Jesse Walter	Private (Service No.852952) 2nd. Wiltshire Regiment. Jesse Walter Fossey was born in Buckinghamshire and was the husband of Ivy Fossey (believed to be from Stony Stratford). He enlisted initially in the Royal Artillery then drafted as a Private into the Duke of Edinburgh 2nd.Wiltshire Regiment. Jesse Walter Fossey was killed in action on 16 March 1944, aged 25, and is remembered on the Cassino Memorial in Italy on Panel 10.
FRENCH	Douglas Ernest	Flying Officer Pilot (Service No.137332) Royal Air Force. Douglas Ernest French was the son of Ernest James and Lillian Sarah French of Stony Stratford and the husband of Francis May French of Deanshanger. He was a Flying Officer Pilot in 45 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve the squadron operated against German and Italian forces in Libya, Egypt and the Mediterranean before transferring to Burma and India in the middle of 1942 he died on 27 January 1944 his aircraft crashing into the side of a mountain in India. He is buried in the Gauhati War Cemetery in Assam in India in Plot 4.D.6. The Wolverton Express had reported some time earlier that Sergeant Observer Douglas French had his first experience of aerial warfare when he took part in the raid over Cologne which was the biggest daylight raid of the war so far. He and the other members of the crew all returned safely. Lived at 73 Clarence Road, Stony Stratford.
ISHAM	Noel	Rifleman (Service No.6969880) Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade. Noel Isham was born in1920 in the Potterspury district and was the son of Percy and Ethelyn Maud Isham (nee Gidman) and the brother of Percy Isham (National Probate Calendar) who had a hairdresser shop in the High Street in Stony Stratford. Noel was drafted initially into the 2nd. London Brigade of the 8th. Rifle Brigade as a Rifleman then joining the Prince Consorts Own in the Rifle Brigade. The theatre of war is given as the Western Europe Campaign where he died in the Picardie area of France on 30 August 1944 aged 23 and is buried in the Serifontaine Communal Cemetery,Picardie, France. Unusually his is the only war grave in this cemetery. Lived at 27 Wolverton Road, Stony Stratford.
PHELPS	Ronald Wilkie [John]	Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 644168, 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 29th October 1940. Aged 22. Son of William John and Sybil Mary Phelps of Botley, Oxford. Buried in CALVERTON ROAD CEMETERY, STONY STRATFORD, Bucks. Grave 329. Photographs Copyright © Keith Henson 2013
PICKERS	Albert Edward	Able Seaman C/JX 266322, H.M. Submarine "regent", Royal Navy. Died 27th February 1943. Aged 31. Son of William and Helen Pickers; husband of Clara Elizabeth Pickers, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 69, Column 3.
STAIRS	Cecil Charles	Born 1922 in Stony Straford. Died 7 August 1946 in Peppard Common Hospital, Henley, Oxfordshire. Aged 24. Formerly Royal Corps of Signals. Served in Sicily and Italy. Extract Wolverton Express 16 August 1946: Signaller Cecil Staurs was released from the Army under Class B in Feb 1946 he was affected with illness that month & became a patient at Peppard Common, he died there Wed. 7 August 1946, aged 24. Extract from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1946: STAIRS Cecil Charles of 10 Prospect-road Stoney Stratford Buckinghamshire died 7 August 1946 at berkshire and Buckinghamshire Joint Sanitorium Peppard Common Oxfordshire Administration Birmingham 26 September to jesse Isaac Hemming Stairs warehouseman. Effects £135 6s. 7d.
SWANNELL	William Arthur	Lance Corporal 5950399, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese prisoner of War 2nd September 1943. Aged 25. Son of Herbert and Edith Jane Swannell, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire; husband of Margaret Swannell, of Durham. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 4. Row E. Grave 5.
TAYLOR	Kenneth Norman	Sergeant Flight Engineer (Service No. 938779) R.A.F.V.R. Kenneth Norman Taylor was a resident of Stony Stratford and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Taylor of Frankston Avenue, Stony Stratford. He served in the 9th.Squadron of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Sergeant Flight Engineer, Lancaster number ED648-WS-D was on a bombing run to Bochum on September 29th 1943 when it crashed into the sea due to a defective altimeter some five miles off the coast at Mablethorpe. Roughly nine hours later the survivors were found by an Air Sea Rescue HSL but Sergeant Taylor's body was not recovered from the sea until 16th October. Kenneth Norman Taylor died on 30 September 1943, he was 22 years old and is buried in grave 22 in Manby(St.Mary)Churchyard in Manby in Lincolnshire. He was educated at the Council School in Stony Stratford where he gained a scholarship to the Wolverton Technical College before the war he was employed as an apprentice motor engineer at C.H.Caves Limited in London Road, Stony Stratford. Lived at 11 Frankston Avenue, Stony Stratford.
VALENTINE	Cecil Arthur	Air Mechanic 1st Class FAA/SFX 1205, H.M.S. "Avenger", Royal Navy. Died 15th November 1942. Aged 21. Son of C. A. and Alice M. Valentine, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 3, Panel 6.
WILLIAMS	Victor Roydon	Private 5961426, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 26th August 1944. Aged 23. Son of Thomas Herbert and Marian Marogey Williams, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Buried in FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot V. Row B. Grave 9.
WYATT	Albert M	Private T/212440, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 2nd August 1944. Aged 26. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Wyatt; husband of Beatrice Lilian Wyatt, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Buried in ASSISI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 5.

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1939 - 1945

In a graveyard on London Road, Stony Stratford are two graves of Old Contemptables

Below the badge of the Old Contemptables

1914
Aug 5th TO Nov 22nd
ASSN.

SHARMAN , M.M.	H G	Private No 7836, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 28th December 1966. Aged 82 years. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.)
CLARKE	Esau J	Private No. 20158, 9th Field Ambulance. Died 2nd July 1943. Aged 58. Wolverton Branch.
FLINT	William G	Gunner 24440, 1st Heavy Brigade, Royal Field Artillery who died on 4 July 1953, aged 65.