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Bourton in the Church of St James’

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ROLL OF SERVICE

ST JAMES’, BOURTON

In honoured remembrance 
Of the men from this Parish
Who served their King and Country
In the Great War 1914 -1918

AMES WILLIAM ARTHUR ROGER Oxford & Bucks LI
AMES WILLIAM HERBERT          Oxford & Bucks LI
ASH ALBERT                            Royal Berks Reg’t
ASH FREDERICK                       Royal Berks Reg’t
ASH WILLIAM                           Royal Berks Reg’t
BARRETT WILLIAM                    Middlesex Reg’t
BASSON ALBERT TUCKER          Grenadier Guards
BASSON ALBERT                       Royal Engineers
BASSOON GEORGE                    Royal Field Artillery
BASSON WILLIAM                      Royal Engineers
BAXTER JOHN                            Royal Army Medical Corps
BEASANT HAROLD                      Devonshire Reg’t
BEASANT RAYMOND                    Royal Berks Reg’t 
BEASSANT REGINALD                 Royal Marines
BEDFORD-PIM EDWARD HUGH      Royal Field Artillery
BONEHAM ALBERT                      Royal Field Artillery
CLACK CHARLES                         Royal Berks Reg’t
CLACK JESSE                              Royal Garrison Artillery
CLINCH CHARLES HENRY              Royal Army Medical Corps
CLINCH GEORGE ALBERT             Royal Warwicks
CLINCH WILLIAM JOSEPH             Royal Field Artillery
*COZENS CHARLES                     Wilts Reg’t
EVANS THOMAS                      Royal Army Veterinary Corps
FIELD REGINALD                         Royal Field Artillery
HATHERALL ALBERT                     Royal Field Artillery
HATHERALL CHARLES                  Royal Field Artillery
HATHERALL WALTER                   Royal Field Artillery
HATHERALL WILLIAM                   Royal Field Artillery
HEAVENS ANGELI                        Royal Berks Reg’t

HOLMES JAMES CUTHBERT         Ceylon Planters Volunteers
HUGHES FREDERICK                    Royal Army Service Corps
KING CECIL                                  Devonshire Reg’t
LEGG THOMAS                              Wilts Reg’t 
*LYNN HENRY                                Wilts Reg’t 
MAISEY ALBERT                            Royal Garrison Artillery
MITCHELL FREDERICK                    Royal Field Artillery
PAINE WALTER                              Royal Field Artillery
PONTING GEORGE                         -
PONTING REGINALD                       -
PRESTON GEORGE                         Coldstream Guards
PRICE WILLIAM                             Royal Garrison Artillery
REYNOLDS W                                 Royal Berks Reg’t
RICH THOMAS                               Royal Berks Reg’t
ROGERS BENJAMIN                        Royal Field Artillery
SEXTON WILLIAM                           Royal Engineers
SWEETING WILLIAM                       Royal Engineers
TELLING ALBERT EDWARD               Northants Reg’t
TELLING ETHELBERT                       Royal Berks Reg’t
TELLING PERCY                              Coldstream Guards
TIMMS JOSEPH                            Royal Army Service Corps
TITCOMBE HEDLEY                         Royal Berks Reg’t
TITCOMBE WORTHY                       Wilts Reg’t
TONGUE ERNEST                            Royal Berks Reg’t
*TURNER BINGHAM                        Rifle Brigade
TYLER GEORGE WALTER                 Royal Air Force
WALES ERNEST GEORGE                Royal Engineers
WALES WILLIAM                            Royal Engineers
WALL ERNEST                                Royal Navy
WILLIS JAMES                                Gloucester Reg’t
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​Hanging in the Church for WW2

ROLL OF SERVICE

ST JAMES’ BOURTON

IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE of those from
This Parish who served in HM Forces in the World
War 1939-1945

ALLEN DOUGLAS                         GLEAVE JOHN L
Royal Engineers                          Royal Army Service Corps
ALLEN REGINALD                        GLEAVE ALAN J
Coldstream Guards                     Royal Army Service Corps
ASH FREDERICK                          GLEAVE THOMAS R
Pioneer Corps                             Madras Regiment
ARKELL J OLIVER A                     HATHERALL GEORGE H
Royal Navy                                 Dorsetshire Regiment
BAXTER VERA                             HATHERALL LESLIE
Women’s Royal Air Force             Royal Elec & Mech Engin
BROWN HENRY J                         HATHERALL WILLIAM A
Royal Artillery                            London Scottish
*BROWN WILFRED                      HAYES Richard
Wiltshire Regiment                      Queens Bays
BASSON THOMAS W                   HEATH ALAN
Royal Artillery                             Royal Engineers
BUTLER PATRICK KENDALL          HUDGENS JOYCE D
Royal Corps of Signals                Auxiliary Territorial Service
BUTLER CHARLES                        
Royal Army Service Corps            
CLINCH KENNETH                         LUKER RONALD
Royal Army Ordnance Corps         Royal Army Service Corps
COATES IVOR                             PAYNE JOHN
Royal Air Force                            Oxford & Bucks Light Inf
COATES LESLIE                           RICHARDS DANIEL
Royal Engineers                          Royal Army Service Corps
COLLETT OLIVER                          SHUTE REGINALD
Royal Artillery                             Royal Army Service Corps
COOPER RICHARD S                     SHUTE EDWARD
Royal Artillery                              Royal Artillery
DIXON BERTRAM W                      TIMMS THOMAS H
Royal Air Force                            Royal Navy     
DEVONSHIRE GEORGE                *TIMMS WALTER
Royal Navy                                 Wiltshire Regiment
DEVONSHIRE WILLIAM                 TIMMS WILLIAM H
Royal Artillery                             Royal Army Service Corps
GLEAVE MC JAMES                      THORNE BASIL
Royal Artillery                             Royal Elec & Mech Engin
*Denotes Those who gave their lives.

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The Fallen in WW1

Charles Haddon COZENS
Serjeant, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment). Army no 3/9223
He died from his wounds on 13 September 1916. He was 24
He is buried in the eastern part of the churchyard of St James' Church, Bourton
Additional Information
He was the son of the late Edwin and Ellen Cozens of Bishopstone, Shrivenham

Henry Thomas LYNN
Private, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 21 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 18232
He was killed in action on 17 May 1915 at the Battle of Festubert. He was 18
He is remembered on panel 33 and 34 of Le Touret Memorial

Bingham Alexander TURNER DSO
Captain, 6th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, The Prince Consort's Own. 
He was killed in action on 2 November 1914. He was 37 
He is remembered on panel 46 - 48 and 50 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Additional Information
He was the son of the late General Alexander and Helen Bingham Turner of Milesdown, Winchester and the husband of Gladys Gooch (formerly Turner), Hodcott House, West Ilsley, Newbury

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The Fallen in WW2

Wilfred John BROWN
Private, 5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment Army no. 5577170
He was killed in action on 10 July 1944 in the fighting for Hill 112 during the battle for Normandy after the Allied invasion. He was 21
He is buried in grave VIII A 20 St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Normandy
Additional Information
He was the son of Herbert John and Elisabeth Annie Brown of Bourton

Walter William TIMMS
Private, 5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment Army no. 5577031
He was killed on 2 October 1944 on active service as part of the Allied Army which fought their way through, and liberated, France, Belgium and Holland. He was 21
He is remembered on panel 5 of the Groesbeek Memorial, Holland
Additional Information
He was the son of William Henry and Alice May Timms of Bourton
Further information
The Groesbeek Memorial stands within Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and commemorates by name more than 1,000 members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe, and whose graves are not known.
A Tribute to the 5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment 
This, their Battalion, landed on D Day, 6 June 1944 and fought through these battles:
Oden           25 June-2 July
Caen           4-18 July
Hill 112        10-11 July    
Bourgeubus Ridge 18-23 July    
Maltot          22-23 July 
Mont Pincon  30 July-9 August 
La Variniere  4-9 August 
Seine 1944    25-28 August     
Nederrijn       17-27 1944 September 
Before Walter Timms was killed on 2 October

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