Bucknell in the Parish Church of St Peter
St Peter’s Church, Bucknell on the exterior is a stone plaque
1995 50 YEARS OF PEACE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE FROM BUCKNELL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945 
In the interior there is a stained glass window with an image of St Michael in armour holding the scales of justice
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY. 1914 – 1918 H BEST P NASH F W OWEN F J POWELL R B SUMNER H TIBBETTS R WOODHOUSE J WYATT RIP The window is signed A K Nicholson 
A brass plaque
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF LAURENCE NICHOLSON CAPTAIN 2ND OXFORD & BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. 6TH AIR-BORNE DIVISION RICHARD FRANK POWELL PRIVATE 2ND OXFORD & BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. ROBERT WILLIAM RANDALL SERGEANT, ROYAL AIR FORCE. WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY 
ROLL OF SERVICE
THE PARISH OF BUCKNELL IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD 1914 1918 Dvr Joseph Baldwin Royal Garrison Artillery Pte E H Borton E Kent 10th Yeomanry Btt Drvr John Bishop Canadian Army Service Cps Drvr William Bishop Canadian Field Artillery Pte Thomas Cattell Royal Berkshires Pte Harry Coles Motor Driver Rasc Pte E G Cripps Mm Motor Mechanic MGC Pte Frederick Crutchfield Wounded Oxon & Bucks L I Rflm Hugh Dear Wounded London Regiment Pte George Dunkley Canadian RAMC Spr Wm Rogers Forrest Royal Engineers Pte E Golder Wounded Middlesex Regiment Lieut Arthur Harris Royal Marine Artillery Maj. Philip Hunloke Staff. Special Service Sergt Albert Jeacock Labour Corps Pte William Knapton Labour Corps RIP Pte Percy Nash Royal Berkshires Pte F W Owen 18th Royal Fusiliers Pte F J Powell Oxon & Bucks L I Pte Reginald Sumner Oxon & Bucks L I Pte H Tibbetts Oxon & Bucks L I Pte R Woodhouse Army Vet Corps Pte John Wyatt Sherwood Foresters Gnr Albert Kyte Royal Field Artillery Pte Frank Kyte Nova Scotia Regiment Drvr R Morris Royal Field Artillery Sap T P Osborne Royal Engineers Pte P H A Owen Wounded Artists Rifles Lieut G S Owen Mentioned In Despatches Royal Engineers Lieut R E Owen Royal Marine Artillery Gunner W H Payne Royal Field Artillery A B William Powell HMS Marlborough AB Percy Powell Prisoner of War Royal Naval Division Pte Frank Powell Oxon & Bucks L I Pte George Powell Oxon & Bucks L I Pte Jesse Powell Royal Air Force Pte George Pratt Royal Marine Light Infantry Gnr A Richardson wounded Royal Garrison Artillery Staff Sgt M Cecil T Rolfe MSM R Army Service Corps Sgt Walter Rolfe Royal Scots Fusiliers Sgt Maj Arthur Rolfe Prisoner of War 18th Hussars Bom Norman Rolfe Royal Garrison Artillery Lance Cpl Frederick Rolfe Royal Engineers Pte Robert Rolfe Oxon & Bucks L I Pte Charles Tibbetts Army Veterinary Corps Gunr Edwin Tibbetts Royal Garrison Artillery Cpl Frank W White MM with Bar Royal Berkshires 
BUCKNELL PARISH
For King and Country 1914 – 1918 Pte Albert Badrick RMLI Pte Joseph Baldwyn Trooper Harry Borton, West Kent Yeomanry Gunner James Baughan RGA Pte Joseph Beckinsale MGC Driver John Bishop Canadian ASC Driver William Bishop Canadian FA Pte Frederick Bright Motor Driver Red Cross Pte Thomas Cattell 5th Royal Berkshire Reg Pte Me?yn Cardwell RAF Pte Harry Coles Motor Driver ASC Pte E G Cripps MGC Pte T C Cripps Oxford & Bucks LI Pte Frederick Crutchfield Oxford & Bucks LI Sapper F Davies RE Rifleman Hugh Dear, London Regiment Pte George Dunkley Oxford & Bucks LI Pte William Dunkley Canadian RAMC Pte E Golder Middx Reg (discharged wounded) Pte Arthur Gollner Canadians Gunner John Goddison Canadian RA + Pte William Haines ASC RIP Sec Lt A Harris RMA Mervyn Harris 31st Batt Canadians Mayor P Hunloke Staff Special Service Trooper Frederick Inch Oxf Yeomanry + Pte E Jameson Oxford & Bucks LI RIP Sgt Albert Jeacock Oxford & Bucks LI Pte Joseph Jeacock Lab Bn (late R Berks) Pte William Kitching Army Vet Corps Pte William Knapton Labour Battn Gunner Albert Kyte RFA Pte Frank Kyte Nova Scotia Ret Pte W V Malins Oxford & Bucks LI Driver R Morris RFA Pte John Moss Labour Battalion + Pte Percy Nash R Berks Regt RIP Pte B W North Labour BN (late Hants Regt) Sapper T P Osborne RE Lieut G S Owen RE Cadet PHA Owen 1st Artists Rifles + Pte F W Owen 18th R F RIP Sec Lt R E Owen RMA + Pte Charles Painter RIP Corp E Parker, Border Regt Gunner W H Payne RFA + Pte F J Powell Oxford & Bucks LI RIP William Powell HMS Marlborough Pte Percy Powell RND Pte Jesse Powell RAF Pte G Powell Oxford & Bucks LI (discharged) Pte G H Pratt 3rd Somerset LI Pte George Pratt RMLI Gunner A Richardson 128th Battery RGA Staff Quarter Master Sergt Cecil Rolfe ASC Sgt W J Rolfe Royal Scots Fusiliers Sergt A Rolfe 18th Hussars (Prisoner of War) Bombardier N Rolfe 128th Battery RGA Lance Corporal Frederick Rolfe RE Pte Robert Rolfe RDC (late Oxf & Bucks LI) + Lt Frederick Smith Welsh Regt/Territorials RIP + Pte Reginald B Sumner Oxford & Bucks LI RIP Pte Ernest Taylor Royal Berks Regt Pte Samuel Taylor + Pte Henry Tibbetts Oxford & Bucks LI RIP Pte Charles Tibbetts RGA Gunner Edwin Tibbette RGA Pte Frank White 3rd Bn Royal Berks Regt Frederick Wird?nam HMS Lookout + Pte R Woodhouse Army Vet Corps RIP + Pte John Wyatt Sherwood Foresters. RIP Pte Frank Powell Oxford & Bucks LI AB Charles Francis Morgan HMS Crescent Pte William Rogers Forrest RE Brethern Pray for us 
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The Fallen in WW1
Henry BEST Gunner, 213th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 96796 He was killed in action near Ypres on 25 September 1917. He was 35. He was the son of George and Mary Best of Sherborne St. John, Basingstoke and the husband of Elsie May Best, 17 Bucknell. He is buried in grave II E 11 Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, near Ypres Additional Information Birth Place: Basingstoke, Residence: Mortimer, Berks Enlistment Location: Camberwell, Surrey Thank you Karen Pooley Percy NASH Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 203106 He was killed in action on 22 August 1917. He was 38. He was the son of Rose Nash and the late James Nash of Crowborough, Charlbury and the husband of Eleanor Jane Nash of Bucknell He is remembered on panel 105 to 106 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information Born: Eynsham, Enlisted: Oxford, Resided: Bicester Francis Whitwell OWEN Private, 18th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (1st Public Schools). Army no. 1884 He was killed in action on 31 March 1916. He was 21. He was the son of the Rev. Everard and Dora Owen, 13 Lancaster Road, London, NW3. I believe that the Rev Everard Owen was at one time the Rector of Bucknell He is buried in grave II H 19 Vermelles British Cemetery near Lens Additional Information He was a Classical Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Frederick James POWELL Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 9143 He died from his wounds on 9 June 1915. He was 33 He was the son of William and Harriett Powell of Bucknell. He is buried in in a grave to the left of the entrance in the Churchyard of St. Peter’s Church, Bucknell Additional Information Born: Bicester, Enlisted: Oxford, Resided: Bucknell Reginald Budd SUMNER Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 5138 He was killed in action on 23 July 1916 at Pozières Ridge. He was 20 He was the son of Amos and Florence Annie Sumner He is buried in grave no. I C 22 Pozières British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle Additional Information Enlisted: Oxford, Resided: Bucknell Henry Edward Roger TIBBETTS Private, A Company, 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 23989 He was killed in action on 28 April 1917. He was 34. He was the son of Samuel and Ann M Tibbetts of Bucknell and the husband of Edith Tibbetts, 2 Spring Gardens, North Street, Bicester He is buried in grave V C 22 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle Additional Information Born: Bucknell, Enlisted: Oxford, Resided: Bicester Richard WOODHOUSE Private, Royal Army Veterinary Corps (Woolwich). Army no. SE 17624 He was awarded a Silver War Badge on 16 October 1916 the reason is stated as sickness. He had only enlisted on 14 June and had not served overseas. His death is recorded in the Civil Death Registrations in Headington in the quarter ended in September 1917. He was 49 Additional information His Silver War Badge was number 181954. This badge was to inform others that the holder was unable to serve in the Armed Forces as a result of poor health and thus protect them from public abuse JOHN WYATT Private, 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Army no. 72910. He was formerly with The London Regiment. Army no. 354670 He died from his wounds on 29 June 1918. He was 31. He was the son of George and Eliza Wyatt of Bucknell and the husband of Mary Ann Wyatt, Holly Cottage, Astle Lane, Chelford, Cheshire. He is buried in grave I C II Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille. Additional information Born: Bucknell, Residence: Chelford Wimille was the location for several hospitals Thank you again Karen Pooley Additional names extracted from hand written Roll of Honour There are a number of men listed as Fallen on the manuscript Roll of Honour who are not included in the main memorial William HAINES A name extracted from the manuscript Roll of Honour Private, 15th Reserve Park, Army Service Corps. Army no. T4/093164 He died from his wounds on 15 November 1917. He was 21 He was the son of Henry and Rose Haines, Park Cottage, Farnborough, Banbury He is buried in grave IX B 23 Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Near Ypres Additional Information No clear connection with Bucknell is apparent Each Division had transport under its own command, known as the Divisional Train. It was the 'workhorse' of the Division in terms of carrying stores and supplies, providing the main supply line. It comprised 26 officers and 402 other ranks of the Army Service Corps, looking after 378 horses, 17 carts, 125 wagons and 30 bicycles. These were a headquarters and 4 Horsed Transport Companies. The Train moved with the Division. In all, there were 364 ASC Companies of this type. Born: Tristlam, Residence: Bicester, Enlisted: Wallingford Pte E JAMESON A name extracted from the manuscript Roll of Honour, probably Edgar John JAMESON Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 10116 He was killed in action on 7 April 1918 near Le Cateau. He was 22 He was the son of Edgar and Ada Jameson of Oxford. He is buried in grave III BB 11 St. Souplet British Cemetery Additional Information No clear connection with Bucknell is apparent Born: Cowley, Residence: Cowley, Enlisted:Oxford Charles PAINTER A name extracted from the manuscript Roll of Honour, possibly Private, 2nd/1st Battalion,The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 33604. He was formerly with the Devonshire Regiment. Army no. 42212 He was killed in action on 11 September 1917 near Ypres. He is buried in grave XXIII D 5 New Irish Farm Cemetery Additional Information Born: Woodcote, Residence: Goring Heath, Enlisted: Pangbourne Lieutenant Frederick Smith Welsh Regiment (Territorials). I cannot identify anyone who meets this description The Fallen in WW1 who are not mentioned William WADDUP Private 14th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 13 Brigade, 5th Division. Army no. 18467. He was formerly with the Somerset Light Infantry. Army no. 24312 He was killed in action on 30 July 1916. He was 40. He was the son of James and Eliza Waddup of Fritwell He is remembered on pier and face 9A, 9B and 10B of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information Born: Bucknell, Residence: Fritwell, Enlisted: Oxford Ernest BUTLER Private, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 45566. He was formerly with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 23685 He was killed in action on 24 August 1918 in the fighting on the Somme. He is remembered on panel 7 of the Vis-En-Artois Memorial Additional Information Born: Great Marlow, Residence: Bucknell, Enlisted: Bicester The Fallen in WW2 Laurence NICHOLSON Captain, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 6th Airborne Division. Army no. 186198 He was killed in action on 24 March 1945. He was 24. He was the son of Archibald Frederick and Lillian Knyvett Anne Nicholson of Bucknell He is buried in grave 35 E 3 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Additional Information This was the date of Operation Varsity, the Allied crossing of the Rhine, which was achieved using 9 Battalions of British and 6 American Battalions of American Airborne Troops MA (Cantab.) Richard Frank POWELL Military records show him as serving with The Highland Light Infantry and not 2nd Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry as appears on the plaque. Private, 2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) Brigade, Division. Army no. 5386696 He died on active service in the battle for Caen on 17 July 1944. He was 30. He was the son of Frank and Annie Powell of Bucknell He is buried in grave VIII H 1 St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux Additional Information It should be added that both of these units were fighting in Normandy at this time Robert William RANDALL Sergeant, Radio Operator (Air), 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1216626 He died on active service on 12 September 1944. He was 22. He was the son of Edward Frank and Beatrice Randall of Bucknell He is buried in grave 18 E 14 Rheinberg War Cemetery Additional Information His aircraft Lancaster LL965 KM-V of 44 Squadron took off at 20.44 hours from RAF Dunholme Lodge on a mission to Dormstadt. It crashed at 23.30 hours near Roxheim which is a small town 13 kilometres from Worms. All the crew died. They were: Flying Officer E Westgate, Sergeant R A Fisher, Flight Sergeant W Taylor, Flight Sergeant W H Thompson, Sergeant R W Randall, Sergeant J C Murphy and Sergeant H Gee. All are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery I am adding the WW2 Transcription here simply to save space. The illustration is on the left ROLL of SERVICE PARISH of BUCKNELL OXON 1939 1945 RIP Capt Laurence Nicholson 2nd Battn Oxford & Bucks L I 6th Airborne Division The Rhine March 24 1945 Pte Richard Frank Powell 2nd Battn Oxford & Bucks L I Caen July 17 1944 Sgt William Randall Royal Air Force Darmstadt September 12 1944 At the going down of the Sun And in the Morning we will Remember them Remember them Col Norman V Blacker East Yorkshire Regiment DSO MC (?erased) Major Cecil H Blacker 9th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Driver Joan O Booth ATS Spr Harold H Borton Royal Engineers LAC W Jean M Borton ATS Driver Edwin C Bradley Royal Engineers L/Cpl Olive M Capel ATS W/OII Ralph W W Capel REME Cpl Renee Carter ATS Cpl Victor E Cousins Royal Corps of Signals G-Capt M D Crichton-Biggie DFC RAF Gnr Thomas A Dodd Royal Artillery Pte Ernest E Farnham RAMC Pte Gerald G Gallagher CMP Pte Edward Harrison RAOC Staff Sgt Edward W Jackson Royal Artillery (Field) Capt George D Jackson Royal Artillery (Field) Cpl Ethel M Jackson ATS Signalman Maurice L Laverick Royal Corps of Signals Pte Harold R Mara Royal Artillery Gnr John T Mara Royal Artillery Sgt Cyril H Nash RAF Cpl Ronald F C Nash RAF Maj John F Nicholson 2nd Battn Oxford & Bucks L I Nurse Katherine L Nicholson SRN F/O Michael Nicholson RAF Spr Albert G Powell Royal Engineers Driver Alfred Powell RAOC Fus Cecil D Powell Royal Welch Fusiliers AB Harold E Powell Royal Navy Sq Q M Sgt Edward T W Prentice 1st Northants Yeomanry RAC L/Cpl Jane Rolfe ATS REME Sgt Norman E W Rolfe 2nd Battn The Suffolk Regiment Maj E W Tapper TD Royal Artillery Cpl Edward J Thorne RASC Pte William J Truby 2nd Battn Oxford & Bucks L I |