Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY LEST WE FORGET |
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LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. |
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1914-1918
| ± | ABBOTT | Albert Edward | Corporal
14219, 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died
Saturday 2nd October 1915. Aged 23. Son of Edward and Alice Abbott,
of Wolverton. Buried in X FARM CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES,
Nord, France. Grave D. 1. |
| ± | ABBOTT | Allen Robert | Private
6779, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
2nd July 1916. Aged 34. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted London.
Son of Joseph and Kate Abbott, of 32, Cambridge St., Wolverton.
Brake Fitter in the Carriage and Wagon Department, Eastleigh, for
London And South Western Railway. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 6. |
| ± | ADAMS | Arthur [James] "Chips" | Private
78, 13th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Died of
woundsat Poziers 9th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged
28. Born Wolverton, enlisted September 1914 in Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia. Educated at Wolverton County School, also studied at
Science and Art Institute, Wolverton. Emigrated to Australia aged
22. Served in the 1st Battalion, Buckinghamshire Territorials for
3 years. Carpenter and Joiner by trade. Son of George Adams, 30,
Windsor Street, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. He took part in the
Gallipoli Landing as a stretcher bearer with C Section, 3rd Australian
Field Ambulance. One of his comrades was Jack Simpson Kirkpatrick,
Australia's most famous war hero ("The Man With the Donkey").
Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot III. Row D. Grave 2. See also Australian
Archives Roll of Honour
Grant Adams is researching C Section and kindly supplied the following:
"You’re walking through trenches and perhaps the sap you’re going through is knocked down and you go over…now, a fella – an Englishman he was – he was on the other end of the stretcher and I felt it drop and I said ‘oh blimey, get him out over the other side – Chips[‘ll handle] it’ and it was Chips himself, he was shot through here[?]. And I hung onto him and sent another bloke for a doctor and he bought another bloody stretcher. I said ‘Listen! I want a doctor!’ Anyway he had to go back and get the doctor and he stopped the bleeding - of course I’d stopped it – he fixed him up and he said ‘Oh, he’ll be alright’ He didn’t – he died. And he used to – in his spare time, when we was out for a rest – he makes crosses – he was a bit of a carpenter, a cabinet-maker, and he’d make crosses and he made his own cross that was put on his grave." |
| ADAMS | Ernest | Sergeant
265172, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Monday 16th April 1917. Born and
resident Stantonbury, enlisted Wolverton. Employed as a Lad in the
Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D |
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| ADAMS | Herbert William | Private
306555, 1st/8th Territorial Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Killed in action Saturday 1st July 1916. Aged 23. Enlisted Bletchley,
resident Wolverton. Son of Mr. T. Adams, of 22, Oxford St., Wolverton.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B. |
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| ± | ALLEN | Ralph L | No
further information currently |
| ± | APPLIN | Charles Harry | Private
668, "A" Squadron, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Died
in Egypt Saturday 27 November 1915. Aged 26. Born and resident Wolverton,
enlisted Buckingham. Son of William Laight Applin and Alice Harriett
Applin, of Wolverton. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND
WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave B. 68. |
| ±*† | ARNOLD | Christopher John | 
Staff
Sergeant (Armourer) 26162, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec
Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died 19th November 1918. Aged 29. Born 29th December 1888 in Wolverton. Son of Louisa Maria
and the late Sydney John Arnold of Old Wolverton. By trade a pattern
maker. Previously in the 3rd Battalion, Victoria Rifles for 4 years.
Enlisted 21st September 1914 in Valcartier, Canada, aged 25 years
8 months. Height 5ft 6½ins, girth 35½ins. Complexion
fair, eyes grey, hair fair. Religion Church of England. Buried in
south-west part of HOLY TRINITY CHURCHYARD, WOLVERTON, Buckinghamshire.
National
Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166,
Box 242 - 14 |
| ± | BAKER | William Henry | Wheeler/Driver
TS/806, Royal Army Service Corps. Died in England Sunday 1st August
1915. Aged 27. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted London. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Baker, of Buckingham St., Wolverton, Bucks; husband
of E. A. Baker, of 52, Thompson St., New Bradwell. Buried in ST.JAMES
CHURCHYARD, NEW BRADWELL (OR STANTONBURY), Buckinghamshire |
| ± | BARCOCK | Herbert Reginald | Sapper
705, 1st (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of
wounds 20 February 1915. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Bedford. Son
of Herbert George Barcock, of 1 The Grove, Bedford and the late
Emma Ellen Barcock. Worked as a housepainter in Bedford before moving
to lodgings in Cambridge Street, Wolverton to work as a painter
in the Carriage Works. Glazier in the Carriage Department, Wolverton,
for London & North Western Railway. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 25. The Wolverton Express of 12 March 1915 printed the letter of condolence from Sgt L Course to Herbert's landlady Mrs Carter: "I regret to have to write to you in this way, but it has fallen to my duty as Sergeant of the Section to let you know of the death of Sapper Barcock. His was a noble death, while carrying out his duty. It so happened that he was one of six men picked from my section for special duty last Saturday, for a charge. I am sorry to say he was wounded soon after he left our trenches, by a bullet hitting him in the back. He passed away on Sunday at 2a.m., and was bright until the last. I must mention that he was one of my best men, and was very well liked among the section. The last thing he said to his best friend, Sapper White, ????, was that if a parcel came for him he could have it. This is because we cannot send parcels on to the hospital so the recipient wishes me to thank you for the parcel, which arrived here to-day. Again I wish to express my sympathy and that of the section, among the members of which his absence is very greatly felt.” |
| ± | BECKWITH | Maurice Frederick |
Maurice was born on 24th December 1894 in Bradwell, one of seven
children born to William Beckwith, a coach painter, and his wife
Mary (nee Ball). Some time after the 1911 census Maurice travelled to Canada where he was a sheet metal worker in Vancouver, British Columbia. He joined the Canadian Army on 1st January 1916 and his service record shows that he was posted to England in April 1916, then to France in August 1916. Maurice was promoted to Corporal in January 1917 and to Sergeant in May 1917. On 15 August 1917 Maurice was awarded the Military Medal (his record does not include the citation). Sergeant 464687 Maurice Frederick Beckwith MM, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, was missing in action around 21st to 25th August 1917 when his battalion were engaged in the battle of Hill 70. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais. National Archives Of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 578 - 56 |
| BERRY | O | No
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| ± | BIDDISCOMBE | Arthur James |
Arthur was born in 1877 in Donhead St Mary, on the border of Wiltshire
and Dorset. He was one of ten children born to Henry Biddiscombe,
a builder, and his wife Emma (nee Smart). Arthur joined the Welsh
regiment around New Year 1904. When the Great War broke out, Arthur's
battalion was despatched to France, landing on 13th August 1914.
They fought at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne and 1st Ypres where, on
6 November 1914, Lance Corporal 8116 Arthur James Biddiscombe was
killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate
Memorial, panel 37. |
| ±*† | BILLINGHAM | John Askham | Airman
1st Class 7987, 9th Squadron, Royal flying Corps. Died Sunday 11th
November 1917. Aged 25. Son of Manning and Mary Billingham, of 21,
Cambridge St., Wolverton. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Grave VIII. I. 123. See also Wolverton
Radcliffe School Memorial |
| ± | BOOTH | Cecil Herbert |
Cecil Herbert Booth was born in 1890 in Wolverton He was the youngest
of eight children born to George W Booth, a coach painter from Chester,
and his wife Emily (nee Whitfield) from Reading Berkshire. Cecil
followed his father into the trade of railway coach painter. In
1915 Cecil married Ella Dorothy Hall. Private Cecil Herbert Booth
died on 30 May 1917 when his regiment were fuighting in the battles
of Arras. His body rests in the Wancourt British Cemetery grave
I.C.34 |
| ± | BRAWN | Walter | Walter
Brawn of 7 Jersey Road Wolverton. He was born around 1865 in Kent
and enlisted in the Northamptonshire Regiment on 18 October 1884,
serving in the Straits Settlements, China and South Africa during
the Boer War. He married Eden Josephine and had three children,
living in Northampton before moving to Wolverto to work as a clerk
in the railway company. On 19 September 1914 Walter rejoined the
Army and served in the 302nd Reserve Company in the Labour Corps.
214782 Acting Company Sergeant Major Walter Brawn was discharged
as unfit for further service on 23 August 1917 due to ill health
(emphysema and enlarged heart) aggravated by war service. He died
in late 1919, aged 54.
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| ± | BROWN | George H | Private
34855, 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 16th May 1917. Born Holcot, Hampshire, enlisted and resident
Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 6. |
| ± | BUCKNELL | James William | [Also
listed as BUCKNALL] Private 14224, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's
(West Riding Regiment). Killed in action Monday 15th May 1916. Born
Stamford, Lincolsnhire, enlisted Huddersfield, resident Wolverton.
Buried
in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Grave
I. A. 38. |
| ± | BURGESS | Edwin Hugh | Private
13371, 12th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died in the
Balkans Monday 28th August 1916. Aged 24. Born Northampton, enlisted
Birmingham, resident Wolverton. Son of Thomas and Harriet Burgess,
of Milton Keynes. Formerly 16291, Worcestershire Regiment. Buried
in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 2345. |
| ± | BUSH | Dennis E | Private
203189, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action Wednesday 22nd August 1917. Born and
resident Wolverton, enlisted Bletchley. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96 to 98. |
| CALLOW | S | No
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| ± | CASBEARD | [William Edwin] Cyril |
William Edwin Cyril Casbeard was born in Wolverton in 1896 the son
of William Casbeard of Old Bradwell and Sarah Jessie (nee Roberts)
of Bridgenorth in Shropshire. At 14 he was a factory clerk and by
21 he was a turner and fitter. Cyril enlisted in the Royal Engineers
in December 1915 but was not on active service until he was sent
to France in March 1917. Cyril survived the war and was transferred
to the Reserve in March 1919. His health had been damaged by myalgia
during his service in France and he died of tubercular peritonitis
on 14 September 1919. |
| CASTLE | Eric [James] |   Note:
Died World War 2. 3rd Engineer, MV Pelayo (Liverpool),
Merchant Navy. Died in the sinking of the MV Pelayo on 15th June
1942 by German U boat U552. Aged 24. Son of Robert James and Edith
Elizabeth Castle of 32 Radcliffe Street. Married on 7 December 1941
to Rose Elizabeth Henson of Stony Stratford - no surviving children.
Had a twin sister, Evelyn, and a younger sister, Muriel, my mother.
Both still living. He had lived at 32 Radcliffe Street, less than
100 yards from where the memorial stands in Wolverton Square. He
was qualified as an Engineer, and worked at Allen's of Bedford before
joining the Merchant Navy as a 3rd Engineer. He served on the Malta
runs and had survived two sinkings by torpedo (once on the Pizarro,
31/1/1941, the other not known. No known grave. No known grave.
Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 80. Copyright & Courtesy © Robert Brown 2008 |
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| ± | CAVES | Donald Paxton | Rifleman
R/43987, 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
Tuesday 3rd September 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Wolverton,
enlisted Holborn, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Caves, 150,
Windsor St., Wolverton. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XXV. J. 23A. See also
Wolverton Radcliffe School
Memorial |
| ± | CAVES | Harold Arthur |
Harold was born in 1898 or 1899 one of four children born to Arthur
Caves, a dairyman from Bedfordshire, and his wife Sarah (nee Clark)
from Huntingdonshire who settled in Wolverton. On 17 August 1918
Rifleman 44923 Harold Arthur Caves, 1st Battalion the Kings Royal
Rifle Corps, was killed in action. He has no known grave and is
commemorated on the Vis en Artois memorial panel 9 (Pas de Calais) |
| ±*† | CLARKE | Albert | Corporal
265268, 2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Wednesday 22nd August 1917. Aged 21. Born Wolverton, enlisted Wolverton. Son of Mrs. Emma Amelia
Clarke, of 71, Stratford Rd., Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96 to 98. |
| ± | CLAY | Henry | No
further information currently |
| ± | COLE | Frank Harold | Driver
69166, 2nd Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died at the
14th Field hospital 19th December 1917. Aged 22. Born in January
1895 to parents John and Minnie (nee Hands) Cole, of Buckingham
Street, Wolverton. Brother to John George James Cole (see below).
Employed before enlistment as a Postman. He enlisted 29th March
1915 at Reading, He married Lottie Hutt on the 23rd May 1915 at
Abington Registry office before being posted overseas. On the 15th
September 1915 his Daughter Givenolin May Cole was born and it is
unclear if he ever had the opportunity to meet her before his death.
Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, France. Plot 8. Row B. Grave
7. |
| ± | COLE | F G John | No
further information currently |
| COLE | John George [James] | Serjeant
265164, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 26th August 1918. Aged 21. Born
in June 1896 to parents John and Minnie (nee Hands) Cole of 11 Oxford
Street, Wolverton. Brother to Frank Harold Cole (see above). Employed
before enlistment was a Telegraph Messenger. Enlisted 30th March
1915 . No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on the GIAVERA
MEMORIAL, Italy. Panel 4A. |
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| ± | COLEMAN | John George |
John was born in London around 1890, the son of John and Elizabeth
Coleman. He was working as a railway coach painter before joining
the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars in March 1908. In 1915 he served
in the Dardanelles and Cairo before being released on completion
of 8 years service. John returned to Wolverton and married Janet
V Jarvis. After a period doing war work as a civilian and becoming
a father, he was recalled to the Army and joined the Royal Flying
Corps in August 1917. In January 1918 he was transferred to the
King's Royal Rifle Corps, then in March to the Cheshire Regiment.
On 10-16 April 1918 Private 51922 John George Coleman was posted
missing in action, presumed killed. He has no known grave and is
remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. |
| ± | COOK | George | No
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| ± | COOK | Harold | No
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| ± | COWNLEY | Cecil Vernon | Private
26536, East Surrey Regiment. Died Thursday 22nd August 1918. Aged 19. Son of Arthur and Louie Cownley, of 36, Western Rd., Wolverton,
Bucks. Native of Great Harwood, Lancs. Buried in BEACON CEMETERY,
SAILLY-LAURETTE, Somme, France. Grave II. J. 9. |
| CRANE | G | No
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| ± | CROSS | William Henry | Sergeant
265075, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 6 June 1917. Born Stantonbury,
Buckinghamshire, resident Stony Straford, enlisted Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
Fitter in the Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London & North
Western Railway. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 20. |
| ± | CUNNINGTON | Wilfred | Able
Seaman R/6257, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Died of wounds (Gas) Tuesday 19th March 1918. Aged 30. Son of Robert and Georgina Cunnington, of Keysoe, Beds.;
husband of Florence Cunnington, of 29, Bedford St., Wolverton. Home
town Wolverton. Brass Polisher, Carriage Department, Wolverton,
for London & North Western Railway. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY
EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot VI. Row
D. Grave 1A. |
| ± | DAVIES | Frederick A F | No
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| ± | DAWSON | Bertram | No
further information currently |
| ± | DAWSON | Thomas | No
further information currently |
| ± | DICKENS | Frank | No
further information currently |
| DIXON | J | No
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| ± | DOWNING | John [S] | No
further information currently |
| ± | ELLIOT | Frederick | No
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| ±*† | ELLIS | George | Corporal
7752, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 9th May 1915.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 7 |
| ±*† | ELLIS | [Walter] Sidney | Private
9268, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday 17th September 1914. Born old Wolverton, enlisted Northampton.
No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
| ± | ENO | Alfred George | Private
203258, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action Wednesday 28th February 1917. Enlisted
Aylesbury, resident Wolverton. Painter in the Carriage Department,
Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
10 A and 10 D |
| ± | FESSEY | Frederick Walter | Private
(Bugler) 265121, 2nd/1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Wednesday 22nd August 1917. Born
and enlisted Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
| ± | FINCHER | Frederick | No
further information currently |
| ± | FLINT | Alfred | Corporal
265722, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Thursday 16th August 1917. Aged 34. Enlisted Aylesbury, resident Wolverton. Son of John and Eliza
Flint, of 10, School St., New Bradwell. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96 to 98. |
| ± | FLINT | William | Corporal
48207, 210th
Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed on n 18
April 1918 from shellfire. Aged 31. Born
around 1887, the son of J A Flint. He was an apprentice fitter in
the Wolverton carriage works before moving to Eastleigh then Coventry.
William volunteered for the Army and served in the Royal Engineers,
first in Egypt from December 1915 before being posted to the Western
Front. He is buried in Ebblinghem Military Cemetery in northern
France, in grave II.A.7. The inscription on his gravestone reads:
"Gone but not forgotten" |
| FORRESTER | Arthur | Sergeant
9536, 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment was killed in action
on 16 November 1917 age 23. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
(D.C.M.). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne
Cot memorial, Belgium. Arthur Forrester was one of nine children born to Arthur Forrester and his wife Sarah Ann (nee Whitehall). The couple had married in Northamptonshire but moved to Stantonbury where Arthur senior was an iron moulder in the local railway works. Arthur worked as a laster in the shoe industry before joining the Army. By 1917 he had risen to the rank of Sergeant and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in April 1917; the citation reads: "9536 Sjt A Forrester North'n R. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a raid on the enemy's trenches. Although wounded he steadied his men and led them forward to their objective. He set a splendid example of courage and determination. |
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| ± | FORRESTER | John Ernest | Private
10140, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 9th January 1915. Born and resident
Wolverton, enlisted Northampton. No known grave. Commemorated on
LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30. |
| ± | FRANCKLOW | [Joseph] Thomas [James] | [Spelt
FRANKLOW on memorial and listed as Tom J J FRANKLOW] Private 4206,
1st Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 17th July 1916. Aged
20. Only son of Joseph James and Susan Jane Francklow, of II, Bubble
Avenue, Uitenhage, South Africa. Thomas's father, Joseph, had lived
with his family at 32, Buckingham Street, Wolverton, but emigrated
as a young man to South Africa in the late 1880s. No known grave.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 4 C. |
| ± | FRENCH | Albert Edward |  Rifleman
C/7259, 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
Thursday 15th June 1916. Aged 16. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted
St Pancras, Middlesex. Buried in HYDE PARK CORNER (ROYAL BERKS)
CEMETERY, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave B. 2. Also listed
on the Stony Stratford War Memorial
Photographs Copyright © Richard Hands 2016 |
| ± | GASCOYNE | Jesse | Sergeant
13332, 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Volunteer. Enlisted 1914 at Oxford. Born at Haversham Bucks. Son
of Henry and Dinah Gascoyne. Husband of Dorothy. Died at home December
1920. Buried in WOLVERTON CEMETERY. |
| ± | GOODRIDGE | Arthur George | Private
6993, 1st (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
Killed in action Sunday 8th October 1916. Aged 26. Enlisted and resident
Wolverton. Son of Frederick George and Elizabeth Goodridge, of 24,
Bedford St., Wolverton. Formerly 21974, S.L.I. Trimmer in the Carriage
Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 9 D and 16 B. |
| ± | GOOM | George William | Private
9828, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
8th November 1914. Aged 19. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted
Northampton. Son of James Goom, of 22, Buckingham St., Wolverton.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 4. |
| ± | GREGORY | George Victor | George
Victor Gregory was born in Warrington in 1886 one of nine children
born to Hugh Gregory, a shopkeeper, and his wife Mary Ann (nee Sanders).
In the early 1900s the family moved to Wolverton where George worked
as a brake fitter in the railway works Carriage Department, Wolverton,
for London & North Western Railway. He volunteered to join the
Army and served on the Western Front. On 27 August 1915 Private
9798 George Victor Gregory, 2nd Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
died. He is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy
in plot II.C.7,. His gravestone bears the inscription: "I think
of him still the same He is not dead he is just away." |
| ± | GRIFFITHS | John | [Listed
as GRIFFITH on SDGW & CWGC and memorial plaques] Sapper 99117,
81st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action Saturday 18th
November 1916. Aged 31. Born Wolverton, enlisted Coventry, Warwickshire.
Son of Thomas and Sarahann Griffith, of 24, Young St., Wolverton.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D |
| ± | HARDWICK | Albert | Private
25903, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action Tuesday 1st May 1917. Aged 37. Born Worcester, enlisted
Bletchley, resident Wolverton. Son of Thomas and Susan Hardwick,
of Jasmine Cottage, Oldbury, Bridgnorth, Salop; husband of Louise
Doris Hardwick, of 22, Anson Rd., Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6 and 7. |
| ± | HARRIS | Charles James | Charles
Harris was born in 1896 in Newport Pagnell, one of eleven children
born to Charles James Harris, a blacksmith's striker, and his wife
Mary Ann (nee Martin). He was a Labourer in the Carriage Department,
Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway. He volunteered
for service, joined the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry,
and was posted on active service on 1 March 1915 on the Western
Front. In 1916 Charles joined the newly-formed Machine Gun Corps
and continued to serve in France. On 14 April 1916 Private 22920 HARRIS Charles James, 145 Coy Machine Gun Corps was killed in action age 20. He is buried in the Serre Road cemetery (the Somme) grave VI.H.17 with the inscription "He giveth his beloved sleep". |
| ± | HELLENBURGH | Arthur | Lance
Corporal 23932, 145th Brigade, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed
in action. Monday 9th April 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Wolverton.
Son of Charlotte Hellenburgh, of 89, Ledsam St., Wolverton, and
the late George Edwin Hellenburgh. Formerly 1654, Oxfordshire &
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Coachmaker in the Carriage Department,
Wolverton for London & North Western Railway. Buried in ROCLINCOURT
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I A. 2. |
| ± | HERBERT | Frederick James | Rifleman
652517, 1st/21st (County of London) Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 8th October 1916. Aged 23.
Born Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Bletchley, resident Wolvberton.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Herbert, of 15, Jersey Rd., Wolverton.
Formerly 21834, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 13 C. |
| ± | HODGSON | [Frank] Sidney | [Listed
as S Fred Hodgson on memorial plaques] Private 266221, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire
Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action Wednesday 19th July 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted Aylesbury,
resident Wolverton. Son of J. H. Hodgson, of 47, Cambridge St.,
Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85. |
| ± | HOPKINS | Benjamin | No
further information currently |
| ± | JENNINGS | Maxwell Thomas Leadham |
Maxwell Thomas Leadham Jennings was born in Wolverton in 1899 the
son of William Jennings and Kate Maud (nee Trodd). When he was 18
he joined the Royal Flying Corps. His death age 22 was recorded
in the Potterspury registration district. |
| ± | JENNINGS | Reginald | No
further information currently |
| ± | KEWLEY | George Raymond | Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed
in action 20th May 1916 in France & Flanders. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| ± | KEWLEY | John Tasker | Lieutenant,
6th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
January 1917. Aged 24. Son of the Rev. Joseph Kewley and Mrs. Elizabeth
Abigail Kewley, off 22, Stafford Road, Warrington. Buried in AMARA
WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Grave XXIII. M. 17.
Volume 1, Part 2, Page 193. KEWLEY, John Tasker. Lieutenant, Acting Captain, 6th (Service) battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 2nd son of the Rev. Joseph Kewley, of 125, Church Street, Wolverton co. Bucks, Wesleyan minister by his wife, Elizabeth Abigail, dau of the late Richard Roberts, of Harbour Island, Bahamas, and brother to 2nd Lieut G.R.Kewley(q.v). Born Harbour Island, aforesaid, 26-7-1892; educated Kingswood school, Bat and Brasenose College, Oxford (Natural Science Scholar), where he took his honours final in Chemistry and mineralogy in June 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. North Lancashire Regiment 29th Aug 1914, and promoted Lieutenant 11th Aug 1915; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from June 1915; was invalided to Egypt end of Sept 1915; served with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia from March 1916, and died at the Field Ambulance 16th Jan 1917 from wounds received in action near Kut - El - Amara. Buried on the left bank of the Shat - El - Hai River. Major W.J.Cragg wrote "J. T. Kewley was twice recommended for reward - once after Sanna - i - Yat, 9th April, 1916 and again after the advance 15 - 16 Dec, and we all hope that he may get something". Unm. |
| ± | KING | Harry Norman | [Listed
as Henry on memorial tablets] Private 9438, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in Mesopotamia Thursday
8th June 1916. Aged 25. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted Oxford.
Son of J. G. H. King, of 38, Bedford St., Wolverton. No known grave.
Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 26 and 63. |
| ± | KING | Sydney Stanton | [Spelt
Sidnewy on CWGC and SDGW] Lance Corporal 19313, 95th Field Company,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action 1st October 1917 in France &
Flanders. Aged 23. Born Stantonbury, enlisted Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
Son of Mrs. E. King, of 75, Green Lane, Wolverton, Bucks. Finisher
in the Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western
Railway. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave IV. G. 5.
Volume 2, Part 4, Page 99 - KING, Sydney Stanton - L-Corpl, No 49313, Royal Engineers Youngest son of Ebenezer King, of 75 Green Lane, Wolverton co. Bucks, by his wife Anne Elizabeth, dau. of G. Edward Stanton, of Newport Pagnell; born Stantonbury, co. Bucks, 17th May, 1894; educated Wolverton aforesaid; was appreticed to the Wolverton Crriage Works; enlisted 3rd Sep, 1914; contracted pneumonia and rheumatism; on recovery served with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug 1917, and was killed in action near Polygon Wood 1st Oct. following. Buried there. The Coy Quartermaster Sergt at the depot, Newark wrote: "I knew him very well, as for many months he was actually employed under me, and at the time he was taken ill in 1915 I looked after him until he was taken into a billet, where the people looked after him like a son. I also recommended him for the Lance Corporal stripe, which he held, and should have recommended him still further if promotion had come along, as I always considered him a very straightforward, hard working and honest lad, and was very sorry when he left Newark." Unm |
| ± | KITCHENER | Arthur Thomas | Private
1884, 2nd (South Midland) Mounted Field Ambulance (Territorial Force),
Royal Army Medical Corps. Died Sunday 27th June 1915. Born Loughton,
enlisted Stony Stratfird, resident Wolverton. Employed as a Clerk
in the Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western
Railway. Buried in HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave
II. F. I8. |
| ± | KNIGHT | Leonard | No
further information currently |
| ± | LAMBLE | Frank |
Frank was born in 1884 in Greenwich the son of Ellen Lamble. In
1910 he married Edith Voss in Wandsworth before moving to Wolverton
to work as a fitter's assistant in the railway carriage works. He
volunteered for the Army and served as a driver in the Royal Horse
Artillery in France and Italy. Driver 23422 Frank Emile Lamble,
Royal Horse Artillery died on 30 Oct 1918 aqed 34. He was buried
in the Giavera cemetery Arcade Italy, plot 3 row d grave 3. On his
gravestone is carved this tribute from his widow and son (born 1913):
"Sleep on dear one in a hero's grave, from his loving wife
and son" |
| ± | LAWSON | Horace M | No
further information currently |
| ± | LLOYD | Arthur Lewis | Private
61048, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action Sunday 20th August
1916. Aged 21. Born Wolverton, enlisted London. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Henry Lloyd, of Wolverton. Appears
in "The National Union of Teachers War Record" published
by Hamilton House in 1920 - page 64 - states "Newport Pagnell
association NUT, Lloyd, Arthur Lewis, Private R.A.M.C, School Teacher
at 39 Victoria Street, Wolverston, Bucks". Buried in FLATIRON
COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Grave I. D. 9.
See also Wolverton Radcliffe
School Memorial |
| ± | LONG | Dennis | No
further information currently |
| ± | LONG | Leonard A | No
further information currently |
| ± | LOVESEY | Thomas Mathew Odell | Thomas
was born in 1892 in Cranfield Bedfordshire the youngest of twelve
children born to Edward Lovesey, a farm labourer, and his wife Alice
(nee Odell). He volunteered to join the Army and served with the
3rd Battalion the Grenadier Guards on the Western Front. On 8 October 1915 Pte 21341 Thomas Mathew Odell Lovesey, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards was killed in action. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais. The regimental diary for the day gives an account of events: "In the afternoon we were heavily attacked all along the line. The enemy bombers rushed our left flank and came bombing down the line. They surprised and surrounded our own bombers killing most of them including Anson. A machine gun commanded by Lt R. Williams from 2nd Battalion was also killed and 3 successive machine gun sergeants. The two companies who occupied the finger nos 2 and 3 were ordered to retire down the communication trench and make way for bombs and bombers who were rushed up the support companies. The bombers of the 3rd Bn: Coldstream Guards who were on our right in the advanced line managed to stop the rush and our bombers coming back by various communication Trenches assisted in clearing the enemy out and the Trench was re-occupied. |
| ± | LUCK | William | No
further information currently |
| ±*† | MANDER | Albert Victor | Private
3844, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 14th August 1916. Aged 18. Son of Mrs. Annie
Mander, of Grinley Cottage, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Machinist in
the Carriage Department, Wolverton for London & North Western
Railway. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D |
| ± | McMILLAN | [Alexander] Donald | Private
32407, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday 4th October 1917. Aged 24. Born London, enlisted Bletchley,
resident Wolverton. Son of Thomas and Jenny McMillan, of 150, Cambridge
St., Wolverton. Formerly 4621, Middlesex Regiment. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 77 to 79 and 163A. |
| ± | MEACHAM | Alfred James | Sergeant
1209, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died of wounds Thursday 24th August 1916. Aged 22.
Born and enlisted Wolverton. Son of Alfred Meacham, of 42, Aylesbury
St., Wolverton. Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Grave III. E. 29. |
| *† | MILDMAY | Bouverie Walter St John | Second
Lieutenant, 70th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed whilst flying
at Doullens 16th April 1918. Aged 19. Buried at GEZAINCOURT, France.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD 
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| ± | MILES | Albert | No
further information currently |
| ± | MILLWARD | Eric George | Sapper
WR/270939, 27th Light Railway Worksops company, Royal Engineers.
Died at home Tuesday 16th July 1918. Aged 24. Born Old Bradwell,
enlisted Bletchley, resident Wolverton. Son of George Lewis Millward,
of 11, Glyn Square, Wolverton, and the late Adelaide Mina Millward.
Electrical Fitter in the Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London
& North Western Railway. Buried in WOLVERTON CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire.
Grave N. 59. |
| ± | MONK | Alfred Rowland | Private
G/243, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action Friday 30th November 1917. Aged 30. Born Pottersbury, enlisted
Folkstone, Kent, resident Wolverton. Son of the late George and
Elizabeth Monk. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL,
LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panle 3. |
| ± | MONK | George Herbert | Artificer
5929, Army Cyclist Corps. Killed in action Friday 17th December
1915. Aged 30. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex.
Son of the late George and Elizabeth Monk. Buried in WOLVERTON CEMETERY,
WOLVERTON, Buckinghamshire. Grave G. 71. |
| ± | MORRIS | William James | Private
TR/8/17652, 53rd (Y.S.) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died at
home Friday 4th October 1918. Born Stony Stratford, enlisted Bletchley,
resident Wolverton. Buried in WOLVERTON CEMETERY, WOLVERTON, Buckinghamshire.
Grave N. 2018. |
| ±† | NEAL | Herbert James | Gunner
35185, 123rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 8th May
1915. Son of James and Leah Neal, of 6, Manor Cottage, Old Wolverton,
Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Special Memorial 2. |
| ± | PASS | Ernest A F | No
further information currently |
| ± | PENNY | Bernard Willoughby | Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers/ Died Saturday 18th August
1917. Aged 22. Son of Edmund John Penny, M.D. and Annie Sophia Penny,
of "Yiewsley," Wolverton, Bucks. Educated at St. Edward's
School, Oxford and afterwards Theological Student at King's College,
London University. Buied in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave IV. B. 17. |
| ± | PHAUP | George W | Private
263283, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died Tuesday 23rd April 1918. Aged 28. Son of Hannah and
the late James Phaup, of 8, Morphet Grove, Claypit Lane, Leeds.
Buried in ST. VENANT-ROBECQ ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, ROBECQ, Pas de
Calais, France. Grave IV. C. 12. |
| ± | PITTAM | George | Private
12882, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action Sunday 3rd September 1916. Aged 26. Born Silverstone,
Northamptonshire, enlisted Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. Son of Mrs.
Pittam, of 92, Church St. Wolverton, and the late Mr. W. Pittam.
A Porter And Relief Signalman at the Trafiic Department, Wolverton,
for London & North Western Railway. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D |
| ± | POYNTER | William John | Sapper
43822, 20th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
Saturday 22nd July 1916. Aged 24. Born Wolverton, enlisted Warwick.
Son of William Thomas and Louisa Poynter; husband of Frances May
Poynter, of Leamington Spa. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VIII. C. 43A. |
| ± | RAFFE | Albert [Edward] | Albert
Edward Raffe was born in Wolverton in 1886 one of eight children
born to Albert Ernest Raffe, a railway coach painter, and his wife
Leah (nee Swain). Albert worked a painter in a motor car workshop
before volunteering to join the army. In 1915 he served in the 1st
Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment on the Western Front, later joining
the Tank Corps. Although Albert lived to see the Armistice, he died
in Dorset on 29 January 1919. Private 309714 Albert Edward Raffe,
Tank Corps, was buried in Wolverton cemetery in plot O.219. |
| ± | ROBINSON | Frank | Private
9473, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died in the Persian Gulf Monday 22nd November 1915. Born and resident
Wolverton, enlisted Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA
MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 26 and 63. |
| ± | ROBINSON | George | No
further information currently |
| ± | ROBINSON | Thomas Archibald [Roger] | Private
265243, 2/1st Bucks Battallion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 22nd August 1917. Aged 20. Born
Newport Pagnell, enlisted Wolverton. Son of Walter Joseph and Fanny
Robinson, of 110, Victoria St., Wolverton, Bucks. No known grave.
Commemorated on family gravestone in Wolverton Cemetery. Apprentice
Painter in the Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London &
North Western Railway. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
| ± | RUDDLESDIN | Leonard | Private
265678, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Tuesday
15th August 1916. Enlisted Aylesbury, resident Wolverton. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 10 A and 10 D |
| ± | SANDERS | Albert Edward | [Spelt
SAUNDERS on CWGC] Sapper 1251, 1/2nd West Riding Div. Field Company,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action Monday 3rd July 1916. Enlisted
Sheffield, resident Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D. |
| ± | SANDERS | Frederick W | No
further information currently |
| ± | SAUNDERS | Leonard | Private
38120, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action Friday 12th October 1917. Aged 36. Born
Shipdham, Norfolk, enlisted Bletchley, resident Wolverton. Son of
the late John and Elizabeth Saunders, of Broadmoor Farm, Carbrooke,
Norfolk; husband of Gertrude Saunders, of 72, Anson Rd., Wolverton.
Formerly 29036, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 105 to 106 and 162. |
| ± | SAVAGE | Herbert George | Private
1013, 1st/1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 19 September 1915. Aged 29. Born Stony Stratford,
Buckinghamshire, resident Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, enlisted
Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. Son of Daniel Savage of 8 Buckingham
Street, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire; husband of Ethel Annie Savage
of Oxendon, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Fitter in the Carriage
Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway. Buried
in HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
A. Grave 11. |
| ± | SCOTT | Walter | Private
9274, 1st Battalion,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in
the Persian Gulf Saturday 3rd July 1915. Born and resident Wolverton,
enlisted Oxford. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Grave V. C.
13. |
| ± | SEVERNE | William Herbert | Private
9048, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died Friday 27th August 1915. Aged 40. Husband
of Kate Severne, of 66, Western Rd., Wolverton. Buried in GUARDS
CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave II.
C. 5. |
| ± | SHAW | Edmund Frederick | Sapper
2594, 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died in service, probably
from disease in Egypt, 24 June 1916. Aged 21. Born Maidstone, Kent,
enlisted Bedford. Baptised 27 July 1894 in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire,
son of William and Susannah Shaw. Labourer in the Carriage Department,
Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway. In the 1911 census
he was aged 16, born Wolverton, a Domestic Garner, a boarder with
John and Sarah Martha Cashmore, resident 48, Aylesbury Street, Wolverton
Buckinghamshire. Admitted to the National Union of Railwaymen, Wolverton,
in 1914, a Labourer with the Railway Workers, aged 20. Buried in
SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section D. Grave 55. |
| ± | SHAW | William J | No
further information currently |
| ± | SIMMS | Albert Thomas | Private
36208, 2/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action Wednesday 3rd April 1918. Aged 35. Born
Stantonbury, enlisted Bletchley, resident Wolverton. Son of James
William and Areabella Simms; husband of Annie Florence Simms, of
96, Victoria St., Wolverton. Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,
MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Grave III. B. 35. |
| ± | SIMPSON | Harold | No
further information currently |
| ± | SMITH | Frederick C | No
further information currently |
| ± | SMITH, MC | Frederick W | Company
Sergeant Major 212, "C" Company, 1/1st Buckinghamshire
Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died
of wounds 24 August 1916. Aged 48. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)
for gallantry. Born Watford, Hertfordshire, enlisted Wolverton,
Buckinghamshire. Son of William Smith and Anne (nee Summerfield);
husband of Mary Elizabeth Smith (nee Hodges), of 35, Oxford St.,
Wolverton, Bucks, married 1896; they had 5 childrern. Cleaner in
the Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western
Railway. He had been in the offices of the Wolverton Carriage works
for 23 years. He had served many years in the Wolverton Company
of the old Volunteer Force, and acted as an instructor during the
Boar War. He continued to serve in the Territorial Force, awarded
the Territorial Efficiency Medal, and at the moment war broke out
in 1914 the battalion was already mobilized and went on active service
at once. He had therefore been on military service from the opening
of the war, up to the 24th August when he died of his wounds in
France. He had been home from the front several times, and might
have taken his discharge as a 'time expired' man, experiencing twelve
hard months at the front. However, having a high sense of patriotic
duty and great courage, he decided to ''go back and see it through''.
Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot III.
Row E. Grave 15. The Military Cross citation appeared in the London Gazette on 26 September 1916 after his death and read: "For conspicuous gallantry during operations. During a successful bombing attack on the enemy's trench he showed great determination, and subsequently, when the captured trench was heavily bombarded, he was largely instrumental in maintaining the position. He has done other fine work and has always shown great coolness under fire. He has been seriously wounded." |
| ± | SPONG | Albert Harry | Private
97, 1/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinbghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action at Ploegsteert Wood after being
hit in the head by sniper fire 23rd April 1915 at Ploegsteert Wood
after being hit in the head by sniper fire. Born Stantonbury, Bucks,
enlisted Wolverton. Employed as a Trimmer in the Carriage Department,
Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway. Buried in PLOEGSTEERT
WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot IV. Row C. Grave
1. |
| ± | SPONG | William E | No
further information currently |
| ± | TEAGLE, MM | Thomas W | Lance
Corporal 15058, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died Thursday 4th
Paril 1918. Aged 23. Son of William Henry and Rose Teagle, of Wolverton;
husband of Grace Marian Teagle, of Church Lane, Royston, Herts.
Awarded the Military Medal (MM). Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY,
FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VI. B. 22. |
| ± | TILLER | Frederick Edward Wilfred | Able
Seaman J/11328, H.M.S. "M15", Royal Navy. Died Sunday
11th November 1917. Aged 23. Son of Frederick John Ambrose Tiller
and Florence Tiller, of 35, Buckingham St., Wolverton. Born at Southampton.
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 25. |
| ±*† | TOWNSEND | Harry | Corporal
2391, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordhsire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Saturday 22nd April 1916. Aged 28.
Enlisted Aylesbury, resident Wolverton. Son of Thomas and Agnes
Flora Townsend; husband of Ethel Maud Townsend, of 175, Church St.,
Wolverton. Employed as a Finisher in the Carriage Department, Wolverton,
for London & North Western Railway. Buried in HEBUTERNE MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. A. 20. |
| ± | TUCKER | Edwin Harry | Lance
Corporal 9937, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Saturday 25th September 1915 (SDGW
states 29th May 1915). Born Stony Stratford, enlisted Oxford, resident
Wolverton.No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85 |
| ± | WALTON | Harry N | No
further information currently |
| ± | WARD | Arthur | Painter
2nd Class M/6330, H.M.S. Hogue, Royal Nay. Lost with his ship 22
September 1914 when it was torpedoed. Born 20 Decembe 1893 in Hammersmith,
London. Son
of Mr R and Mrs Alice Ward of 69 Western Road, Wolverton. He joined
the Navy around 1912. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 6. |
| WARRINGER | Frank Edward | [Also
spelt WORRINGER] Private 425703, 10th (County of London) Battalion
(Hackney), London Regiment. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted
Stony Stratford. Formerly 1857 Royal Army Medical Corps posted 12th
Rifle Brigade. |
|
| ± | WATSON | John Robert | Private
425704, 10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment.
Died of wounds Friday 21st September 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident
Wolverton, enlisted Stony Stratford. Son of John Robert and Jane
Watson, of Wolverton; husband of Jean Maud Watson, of 65, Floyd
Rd., Charlton, London. Formerly 1877, Royal Army Medical Corps posted
12th Rifle Brigade. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VI. C. 9. |
| ± | WATTS | George | Lance
Corporal 104315, 29th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Killed when
his battalion was in action at the Battle of Courtrai 16 October
1918. Son of Charles Watts, of 40, Oxford St., Wolverton, Bucks.
Born
1894 in Wolverton one of seven children born to Charles Watts and
his wife Emma (nee Morris) who moved from Birmingham to work in
the railway industry. George followed his father's occupation as
a coachbuilder. Buried in HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VII. Row C. Grave 10. |
| ± | WEBBER | Bryant Richard | Lance
Corporal 9748, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died in Ireland Tuesday 27th October 1914,. Aged 20. Born and resident Wolverton, enlisted London. Son of Francis
and Fanny Fauset Webber, of 43, Windsor St., Wolverton, Bucks. Formerly
4584, Rifle Brigade. Buried in Cork Military Cemetery, commemorated
on Special memorial in GRANGEGORMAN MEMORIAL HEADSTONES, CORK, County
Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Grangegorman (Cork) Memorial Headstones
commemorate the graves of 83 war dead who are buried in Cork Military
Cemetery, but whose graves could not be maintained there. The headstones
of the 83 War Dead are arranged before the Grangegorman Memorial,
which is located Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue
outside the North-East boundary of Phoenix Park. |
| ± | WEBBER | Francis William | Francis
William Webber was born on 12 December 1889 in Wolverton, one of
six children born to Francis Webber, a railway clerk, and his wife
Fanny Faucett (nee Cuming) Francis was working as a patternmaker
in Wolverton in 1911 but at some time before the end of 1914 he
had travelled to Canada. On 8 December 1914 in Toronto Cecil joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He served on the Western Front
and attained the rank of Sergeant. His battalion distinguished themselves
at the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele among other battles.
On 10 January 1918 Sergeant 109667 Francis William Webber, 4th Canadian
Mounted Rifles, died aged 28. He is buried in Hamburg cemetery Plot
VI. Row C. Grave 15. Francis' younger brother Bryant Richard Webber, served in the 2nd Battalion the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry and died in Ireland on 27 October 1914 aged 20. |
| ± | WEBSTER | Frederick James aka Fred | Rifleman
S/397, " B " Company, 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action Sunday 3rd September 1916. Aged 29. Born Warrington, Lancashire, enlisted Birmingham, resident
Wolverton. Son of John William and Elizabeth Webster, of 22, Western
Rd., Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. |
| ± | WELFORD | Reginald | Private
104899, 54th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died Thursday
25th April 1918. Aged 24. Son of Harry and Elizabeth S. Welford,
of 33, Anson Rd., Wolverton. Buried in HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave III. E. 10. |
| ± | WEST | Arthur C | Lance
Corporal 12622, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died in the hospital at Bohain in north east France
while a prisoner of war 17 June 1918. Son
of Mr and Mrs George West of 17 Oxford Street Wolverton. Arthur
served in the 5th Battalion Ox and Bucks Light Infantry and was
on active service from 1915 until his capture. Buried in PREMONT
BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 34. |
| ± | WEST | George William | Rifleman
5675, 21st (County of London) Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles), London
Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 18th September 1916. Born Bradwell,
enlisted Oxford, resident Wolverton. Formerly 22541, Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY,
MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Grave II. H. 52. |
| ± | WILLIAMS | Harry | No
further information currently |
| ± | WORRINGER | Frank Edward | [Listed
as WARRENGER on CWGC and SDGW] Private 425703, 10th (County of London)
Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment posted to 12th Battalion, Rifle
Brigade. Died of wounds 21 September 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident
Wolverton, enlisted Stony Stratford. Employed as a Fitter in the
Carriage Department, Wolverton, for London & North Western Railway.
In the 1911 census he was aged 14, an Errand Boy, born Wolverton,
Buckinghamshire, son of James and Elisabeth Worringer, resident
7 Windsor Street, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. Formerly 1857, Royal
Army Medical Corps. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 3. |
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| ± | ADAMS | E F | No
further information currently |
| ± | BERRY | O J | No
further information currently |
| ± | CALLOW | S R | No
further information currently |
| ± | CASTLE | E J | No
further information currently |
| ± | CLARKE | E R | No
further information currently |
| ± | CRANE | G | No
further information currently |
| ± | DIXON | J W | No
further information currently |
| ± | DOWLEN | Francis John | Gunner
1119757, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died Monday 20th August 1945. Aged 39. Son of John Cheeseman
Dowlen and Emma Frances Dowlen, of Stony Stratford. Prisoner of
war. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Grave 6. D.
66. |
| ± | DRAPER | Albert Manning | Able
Seaman C/JX 265964, H.M.S. "Canopus", Royal Navy. Died
Saturday 16th October 1943. Aged 33. Husband of Elsie Evelyn Draper,
of Wolverton. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Grave 5. F. 10. |
| ± | GRACE | Harry Charles | Sapper
2020742, Royal Engineers attached 39 Fortress Company, West African
Engineers, R.W.A.F.F. Died Wednesday 25th November 1942. Aged 22.
Son of Harry and Nellie Grace, of Wolverton. Buried in KING TOM
CEMETERY, FREETOWN, Sierra Leone. Grave 8. D. 4. |
| ± | GREGORY | Thomas | Carpenter,
S.S. City of Ripon (Hull), Merchant Navy. Died Wednesday 11th November
1942. Aged 32. Son of Wallace and Annie Gregory, of Wolverton; husband
of G. Gregory, of Stony Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 30. |
| ± | HANDS | John | Flight
Sereant 1390983,
415 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Missing
in action presumed dead 13 July 1944. Aged 32. Son of Uriah and
Lavinia Hands; husband of Marjorie M. E. Hands, of Hythe, Kent.
No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 218.
He was a co-pilot stationed with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In the early hours on 13th July 1944 he took off in his Wellington Bomber with the other six crew members to patrol from the Frisian Islands off the Dutch coast down to Dunkirk off the French coast on a anti-shipping operation specifically against German E-Boats. The two other aircraft on sortie returned home but Wellington "G" was reported missing. From German archives it appears that night fighter flown by Uffz Wilsch (7/NJG1) shot down Wellington "G" at 02:30 hrs from an altitude of 400 Meters off Ameland. John Hands was the eldest and only son of Uriah and Lavinia Hands and was born in 1911 at 94 Windsor Street, Wolverton. He married Marjorie M E Silversides and moved to Hythe, Kent where he became a Policeman in the Kent police force. He his is also listed on the fallen policemen memorial for Kent Constabulary. |
| HAZELL | Arthur Leonard | 
Master,
S.S. N.C. MONBERG, Merchant Navy. Died on Sunday 15th December 1940. Aged 35. Son of Harry Louis and Frances Elizabeth Hazell, of Wolverton;
husband of Charlotte Hazell. Buried in HOLY TRINITY CHURCHYARD,
WOLVERTON, Buckinghamshire. |
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| ± | HOBIN | Bernard Ambrose | Able
Seaman C/SSx 12735, H.M.S. Sherwood, Royal Navy. Died Saturday 16th
November 1940. Aged 30. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hobin, of
Wolverton. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 35,3. |
| ± | MALLARD | James [William] | Sergeant
(Observer) 564260, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Died 5 August 1940. Aged 27. Husband of Nora Elisabeth Mallard,
of Nottingham. Buried at COTTESMORE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Rutland. Compt. 6. Grave 4.
See also Wolverton Radcliffe
School Memorial |
| ± | MASKELL | J | No
further information currently |
| ± | MAX | John Hornsby | Captain
137383, Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Died Tuesday 6th June 1944. Aged 25. Son of David John and Mary Elizabeth Max, of Old Stratford.
Buried in RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Grave IVA. H.
20. |
| ± | MILLS | Jack | Trooper
7911562, 'A' Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Died 16 June
1941. Aged 25. Son of Oscar and Lilian Mills, of Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL,
Egypt. Column 23. |
| ± | MORRIS | Neville Francis Nugent | Flying
Officer 181171, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Thursday
16th November 1944. Aged 20. Son of Richard Edmund and Annie May
Morris, of Wolverton. Buried in NICOSIA WAR CEMETERY, Cyprus. Grave
3. A. 5. See
also Wolverton Radcliffe
School Memorial |
| ± | PEARSON | R A | No
further information currently |
| ± | SCRIVENER | Cyril Victor | Driver
249475, Royal Army Service Corps. Died Friday 3rd October 1947. Aged 41. Son of George and Ethel Scrivener, of Wolverton; husband
of Cecilia G. Scrivener, of Chorley, Lancashire. Buried in WOLVERTON
CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire. Sec. H. Grave 17. |
| ± | SIGWART | George Vincent | Sergeant
1601889, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died Saturday 7th August
1943. Aged 29. Son of Emil and Sophie Sigwart, of Wolverton; husband
of Joyce Eileen Sigwart, of Wolverton. Buried in WOLVERTON CEMETERY,
Buckinghamshire. Sec. B. R.C. Sec. Grave 304. |
| ± | SMART | Joseph Henry | Engine
Room Artificer 3rd Class C/MX 50696, H.M.S. "Penzance,"
Royal Navy. Died
24 August 1940. Son of Joseph and Dorothy Smart; husband of Mrs.
Smart, of Bangor, Caernarvonshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 37, Column 2. See
also Wolverton Radcliffe
School Memorial |
| ± | TYSON | C H | No
further information currently |
| ± | WINTER | R | No
further information currently |
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This
was Chips Adams original grave. Bert Baker was his mate, and carried
a stretcher with Chips in France:
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
the following: