TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE FOLLOWING FROM
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 : 1918
CPL. F. MARSHALL GLOS RGT
LC/CPL. J. GARDNER WILTS RGT
“ “ F. M. HANCOCK WORCS YEO
PTE. G. BUTLER OXF & BUCKS L.I.
GNR. E. D. CARTER RFA
PTE. A. CLUTTERBUCK BERKS R
PTE. S. COOLING GRENDR GDS
DVR. H. DALE RFA
PTE. F. GASCOIGNE R.LANC.R
PTE. G. E. GREEN OXF & BUCKS L.I.
PTE. O. HARVEY R.WAR RGT
PTE. A. GRANT R.HIGHLANDERS
GNR. J. W. WELLBANK RFA
ALSO THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE SECOND GREAT WAR
1939 : 1945
2ND OFF E R BUSBY MERCHANT NAVY
F/O HLG DODSON DFM RAF
SGT PLT INGELRAM IVO FIENNES RAF
GNR C J GARDNER RA
SGT NAV P C GIBSON RAF
PTE J W HANCOCK OXF & BUCKS L I
L/C J N SOUTHAM R WAR RGT
The Fallen from WW1
Frank William MARSHALL Lance Corporal, D Company, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 3 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no. 9631 He died from his wounds on 1 November 1914 received in the firstt battle of Ypres. He was 20. He was the son of Joseph Marshall of North Newington He is remembered on panel 22 and 34 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Joseph GARDNER Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), 7 Brigade, 25th Division. Army no. 19749. He was formerly Private, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 13965 He was killed in action on 6 July 1916 in the Battle of Albert. He was 21 He was the son of Edward and Selina Gardner but he lived with his Grandparents, Richard and Sarah in Broughton He is buried in grave II M 5, Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval
Fred Mead HANCOCK Lance Corporal, 2nd/1st Worcester Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars). Army no. 2793 He died on 25 June 1915. He was 31 He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Broughton Additional information His name also appears on the memorial in Wyre Piddle
George BUTLER Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 10303 He died from his wounds on 5 October 1915. He was 21. He was the son of William and Mary Ada Butler of Broughton. He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Broughton
Edward Davis CARTER Gunner, C Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 162nd Brigade. Army no. 107893 He was killed in action on 12 December 1917. He was 24 He was the son of Ellen Carter, Fletcher House, North Newington. He is buried in grave XVI H 20 Tyne Cot Cemetery
Arthur CLUTTERBUCK Private, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 36 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 37712 He was formerly Private, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army no. 12825 He died on 5 April 1918 from the wounds he received at the Battle of the Ancre. He was 23 He was the son of Thomas H and Ann Clutterbuck of North Newington. He is buried in grave I L 12 Varennes Military Cemetery
Sydney COOLING Private, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Army no. 23310 He died from his wounds on 26 August 1918. He was 27 He was the son of Frances Cooling of Broughton and the late James E Cooling. He is buried in grave A 8 Two Tree Cemetery, Moyenneville Additional information His name is spelt Couling in UKSWD
Harry DALE Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 11th Division Ammunition Column. Army no. 119264 He was killed in action on 5 June 1917. He was 17 He was the son of Emmanuel and Mary A Dale He is buried in grave I C 5 Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery
Frederick GASCOIGNE Private, 6th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 38 Brigade, 13th Division. Army no. 23280 He died probably from disease on 2 July 1916. He was 30 He was the son of James E and Mary Gascoigne of North Newington and the husband of Eva J Gascoigne, The Nurses Home, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He is buried in grave XI D 13 Amara War Cemetery
George Enos GREEN Private, 1st/4th Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 16335 He was killed in action on 16 August 1917 in the Battle of Langemarck. He was 37 He was son of George and Emma and the husband of Gertrude R Green He is remembered on panel 96 to 98 of the Tyne Cot Memorial
Owen HARVEY Private, 2nd/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 182 Brigade, 61 Division. Army no. 24582 He was killed in action on 1 June 1918. He was 21 He was the son of Joseph and Mary E Harvey He is buried in grave III B 7 Aire Communal Cemetery, France
Albert GRANT Private, 7th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 153 Brigade, 51 Division. Army no. S/40966 He was killed in action on 9 April 1918 in the battle of Estaires. He was 23 He was the son of George T and Eliza Grant, North Newington He is remembered on panel 78 to 83 of the Loos Memorial
John William WELBANK Gunner, D Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 286th Brigade. Army no. 179663 He was killed in action on 11 October 1918. He was 35 He was the husband of Carrie Welbank of North Newington. He is buried in grave II C 4 Naves Communal Cemetery Extension
The Fallen in WW2
Eric Ralph BUSBY Second Officer, SS Nairung, Merchant Navy He died on 18 August 1944. He was 24 He was the son of Harold James Busby and Emily Agnes Busby of North Newington. He is remembered on panel 71 of the Tower Hill Memorial Additional information The SS Nairung was a British Cargo Steamer of 5,414 tons built in 1941 for the Asiatic Steam Navigation Company, London. On the 18 August 1944 when on route to Bombay from Durban with government stores and general cargo she was sunk by German submarine U-862 off the Madagascar coast. All 91 crew were lost.
Herbert Leslie George DODSON DFM Flying Officer/Air Gunner, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 130916 He died on 20 January 1944. He was 25 He was the son of Herbert and Edith A Dodson and the husband of Joan A Dodson of North Newington. He is buried in grave 5 K 10 of the 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin Additional information Lancaster ND414 OL-K took off at 16.14 from RAF Wyton on an operation to Berlin and is believed to have been hit by flak at 17,000 feet and crashed 14 kms from the city centre. Two of the crew were captured but the rest died, they were: Sergeant W S Travers, Sergeant J H Gainsborough-Allen, Pilot Officer E Anderson, and Flight Sergeant E R Jacobs. Herbert Dodson had previously served in the Middle East with 37 Squadron
The Hon. Ingelram Ivo TWISLETON-WYKEHAM-FIENNES Sergeant, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1169866 He was the son of Ivo M Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele, and Lady Hersey Cecilia Hester Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Saye and Sele of Broughton. He died on 30 August 1941. He was 19 He is remembered on panel 53 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional information He was educated at Eton College. This was a Delivery Flight. Wellington W5559 took off from Gibraltar destined for Malta and was shot down near Lampedusa. The crew who died were: Sergeant W F Butler, Sergeant T P Butterfield, Sergeant M H Cope, Sergeant D R A Garrick and Sergeant D D Todd and these men are all commemorated on the Malta Memorial
Clement Joseph GARDNER Gunner, Royal Artillery. Army no. 11055232 He died on 13 February 1945. He was 42 He was the son of George and Mary J Gardner of North Newington. He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Broughton Additional information As he is buried in Broughton he either died from his wounds or from natural causes
Robert Charles GIBSON Sergeant, 405 (RCAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1601726 He died in action on 30 January 1944. He was 21 He was the son of Frederick G and Lily M Gibson of Banbury. He is remembered on panel 230 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional information Lancaster JA924 LQ-R took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 17.14 hours. The aircraft was shot down at 20,000 feet by a night-fighter shortly after making its attack. Two of the crew survived and were taken prisoner. Those who died were: Sergeant W R Palmer, Sergeant R C Gibson, Flying Officer A H Ashford, Sergeant J W Walker and Sergeant T Newton
John William HANCOCK Private 2nd Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry. Army no. 5392022 He was killed in action on 23 June 1944 in the fighting around the German defensive position known as the Gustav Line. He was 21 He was the son of John Tustain Hancock and Emily E Hancock and the husband of Megan E Hancock of North Newington. He is buried in grave VI B 8 Assisi War Cemetery
James Norton SOUTHAM Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Army no. 5380431 He was murdered by the SS between 27 and 30 May 1940. He was 26 He was the son of William and Ellen Mary Southam, of Ascott-under-Wychwood He is buried in grave Sp Mem 3 F 17-24 Esquelbecq Military Cemetery Additional information The 29 names below are those of captured soldiers executed at Wormhoudt by the SS, whose bodies were later found, identified, recovered and interred by CWGC, with markers in this cemetery. The remains of the majority of the men murdered by the SS on that day, not all of whom have ever been identified, so chaotic had the retreat become, were disposed of - in many cases after being left for several days where they were killed - without their identity tags, ceremony or markers, and have no known grave. Their names are listed among the missing of WW2. Men from The Royal Warwickshire Regiment ARNOLD, Harry Roberts, Private 5110254 BIRD, Harold, Private 5102238 GARSIDE, Walter John Robert, Private 5110617 GISBOURNE, Alfred, Lance Corporal 5104970 MOORE, Stanley, Sergeant 5108000 ASHMORE, Thomas, sergeant 5107559 BECKETT, William Robert, Private 5101888 DARBY, George Henry, Private 5113017 GEORGE, Thomas Edward, Private 5105880 GOULD, George David Stanley, Private 5112300 HOLMES, Charles Samuel, Private 5179972 JENNINGS, Augustus, Warrant Officer Class II (CSM) 5099997 KELLY, Bernard Patrick, Private 5110606 MANDERS, William Thomas, Private 5107418 MORGAN, Joseph Francis, Private 5110751 NAGLE, Gerald Desmond, Lance Corporal 5110640 PHILLIPS, John Francis, Private 5105249 PORTER, Harry, Private 4912619 SHORT, Joseph, Private 5110639 SOUTHAM, James Norton, Lance Corporal 5380431 STOKES, William Harold, Private 5107404 TOWNSEND, William, Private 5102185 WILLIAMS, Arthur James, Private 808408 Cheshire Regiment LOCKETT, Charles, Private 4127464 and THOMPSON, Edward, Lance Sergeant 4384647 Royal Artillery BOWNS, Horace James, Gunner 1514887 and GRINDROD, William Anson Goodwin, Gunner 1493763