Chipping Norton
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The Memorial in the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
The Names of the Fallen in WW1 on the War Memorials in the Church and the Civic Memorial
A to G JAMES ALDRIDGE Church & Civic WILLIAM FREDERICK ALLEN Church & Civic FREDERICK GEORGE ALLEY Church & Civic GEORGE SAUNDERS APPLEYARD Church & Civic WALLACE ALBIN ARIES Church & Civic DAVID THOMAS BARNARD Church & Civic GEORGE WILLIAM BARTLETT Church & Civic FRANK ERNEST BAYLISS Civic LIONEL BENFIELD Church & Civic PHILLIP CHARLES BENFIELD Church & Civic RICHARD HUGH BERRY Church & Civic ALBERT BETTERIDGE Church & Civic WILLIAM ALBERT BETTERIDGE Church & Civic ERNEST ARTHUR BICKERSTAFF Church & Civic FRANK GEORGE BOLTER Church & Civic LINDSAY PERCIVAL BOND Church & Civic ALBERT BENJAMIN BRAIN Church & Civic EDWIN BURBIDGE Church & Civic JOHN BURDEN Church & Civic FREDERICK THOMAS CLARKE Church & Civic GEORGE EDMUND COX Church & Civic VICTOR C DAWE Church & Civic WALTER DIXON Church & Civic ALFRED EELES Church & Civic WILLIAM PARK FIDDES Civic HARRY CRESWICKE FRANKLIN Church & Civic FRANK OLIVER FREEMAN Church & Civic WALLACE GARDNER Church & Civic GEORGE EDWARD GEE Church & Civic ROBY GIBBS Church & Civic THOMAS CHARLES GIBBS MC Church & Civic WILLIAM GILES Church & Civic CHARLES HENRY GROVES Church & Civic 
IN MEMORY OF
LANCE CORPORAL R I PINK SIGNALLER 2/4 OXFORD & BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JUNE 27TH 1916 FROM THE BATTALION SIGNAL STATION The Civic War Memorial, Rock Hill
The Names of the Fallen in WW1 on the War Memorials in the Church and the Civic Memorial
H to R ALBERT ERNEST JESSE HADLAND Church & Civic FREDERICK GEORGE BEAMES HAKE Church & Civic LEWIS HUBERT HALL Church & Civic BERTIE CHARLES THOMAS HARDING Church & Civic REGINALD FREDERICK HARDING Church & Civic ARTHUR JAMES HARRIS Church & Civic WALTER EDWARD HARRIS Church & Civic HENRY HARRISON Church & Civic FRANK HITCHMAN Church & Civic VICTOR OSWALD HOARE Church & Civic HUBERT FRANK HORWOOD Church & Civic ALBERT WILLIAM HUGHES Church & Civic WILLIAM HENRY HUNT Church & Civic Albert E Hyde Church & Civic ROBERT HYDE Church & Civic CHARLES DAVID JOINES Church & Civic EDWARD GEORGE JOINES Church & Civic FRANK KEEN Church & Civic JOSEPH HENRY KEEN Church & Civic ANDREW BERNARD KING Church LESLIE FREDERICK KING Church & Civic PHILIP CHARLES VALENTINE KIRBY Church & Civic FREDERICK KNIBBS Church & Civic WILLIAM KNIGHT Church & Civic HARRY ROWLAND LANE Church & Civic LEONARD LANGFORD Church & Civic ERNEST MARGETTS Church & Civic HAROLD FRANCIS MARGETTS Church & Civic JOHN HENRY MARGETTS Church & Civic ISAAC MARSHALL Church & Civic JOHN MEADES Church & Civic MOWBRAY MEADES Church & Civic WILLIAM ROLAND MEADES Church RICHARD CECIL MOORE Church & Civic GEORGE MORRIS Church & Civic FREDERICK MOULDER Church & Civic GEORGE FREDERICK MURRELL Church & Civic MOWBRAY NASON Church & Civic HAYLOCK ETHER OWEN Church & Civic BERNARD THOMAS PADLEY Church & Civic MARTIN GUY PEARSON Church & Civic REGINALD LESLIE PINK Church & Civic JOHN HENRY RANDALL Church & Civic CHARLES EDWARD RANDLE Church & Civic LEWIS RHYMES Louis in church Church & Civic 
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF CHIPPING NORTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WARS 1914-18 1939-45 THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 
The Names of the Fallen in WW1 on the War Memorials in the Church and the Civic Memorial
S to Z ERNEST SANDLES Church & Civic GEORGE ALBERT SAUNDERS Church & Civic WILLIAM SCOTT Church & Civic CHARLES DAVID SCOTT MACKIRDY Church & Civic FRANK SHEPARD Church & Civic WILLIAM THOMAS SHEPARD Church & Civic JOHN ALEXANDER SHERRETT Church & Civic HARRY LINDUS SIMS Church & Civic HERBERT RUTTER SIMMS Church & Civic GEORGE ALEXANDER TOLLET Church & Civic ARTHUR GEORGE TOWNSEND Church & Civic TOM TRACE Church & Civic ARTHUR WEARING Church & Civic ALBERT HENRY WHITE Church & Civic ARTHUR THOMAS WITHERS Church & Civic JOHN WRIGHT Church & Civic ARTHUR WEARING Church & Civic ALBERT HENRY WHITE Church & Civic ARTHUR THOMAS WITHERS Church & Civic JOHN WRIGHT Church & Civic 
The recorded names from WW2
CYRIL ERNEST BARRETT Church and Civic JOHN CAPEL BUTLER Church and Civic PETER JOHN CALLAHAN Church and Civic SIDNEY ERIC DEE Church and Civic WILLIAM ALFRED FREEBORN Church and Civic HORACE GARDNER Church and Civic LESLIE CHRISTOPHER GILBERT Church and Civic LESLIE ROBERT HARRIS Church and Civic THOMAS JAMES HARRIS Church and Civic VICTOR PERCIVAL HARRIS Church and Civic PHILIP LIONEL BERNARD HIATT Church and Civic GEORGE LEONARD HOLTOM Church and Civic JOHN HAROLD JEFFERIES Church and Civic MAURICE CHARLES KNIGHT Church and Civic NORMAN JOSEPH NAYLOR Church and Civic ALBERT VICTOR NEWMAN Church and Civic ALBERT GEORGE PICKERING Church and Civic DESMOND JOHN SIMS Church and Civic N J STOCKFORD Civic HARRY WILLIAM WILSON Church and Civic PETER PATRICK WOOD Church and Civic 
The Fallen in WW2 Cyril Ernest BARRETT Private, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and No 3 Commando. Army no 5388318 He was killed in action in the raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 12, column 2 of the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Joseph and Ann S Barrett of Chipping Norton and the husband of Margaret Barrett of Oakville, Ontario Further information The Dieppe Raid, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during WW2. The raid took place on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The assault began at 5:00 a m and by 10:50 a m the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by The Calgary Regiment of the 1st Canadian Tank Brigade and a strong force of Royal Navy and smaller Royal Air Force landing contingents. It involved 5,000 Canadians, 1,000 British troops, and 50 United States Army Rangers. A total of 3,367 of the 6,086 men (almost 60%) who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured John Capel BUTLER Private, 7th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Army no 5381246 He was killed on active service fighting on the Gustav Line near Monte Cassino on 23 January 1944. He was 28 He is remembered on panel 8 of the Cassino Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Hermon Seymour and Emily Butler and the husband of Ivy Alice Butler of Bloxham Peter John CALLAHAN Lieutenant, B Squadron, 3rd (8th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps. Army no 302923 He died of his wounds in the army hospital in Leopoldsburg on 20 September 1944. He was 19 He is buried in grave II D 20 Leopoldsburg War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John and Daisy Sarah Callahan of Chipping Norton Sidney Eric DEE Driver, Royal Army Service Corps. Army no T/14592643 He died at home on 16 March 1946. He was 33. He is buried in sec 3 Uncons grave 38 Chipping Norton Cemetery Additional Information He was the husband of May Dee, 5 Daley Road, Chipping Norton. His death is recorded in the civil registrations so it is possible that his death was as a result of his war service and occurred after he had left the Army. William Alfred FREEBORN Lieutenant, HMS Victory, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve He died of natural causes on 31 July 1944. He was 33 He is buried in grave 2406 Largo Cemetery, Scotland Additional information He was the son of George and Alice Freeborn, Market Street, Chipping Norton and the husband of May Freeborn. Horace GARDNER Stoker 1st Class, HMS Fiji, Royal Navy. RN no P/K 62232 He died on active service on 23 May 1941 when his ship was sunk South West of Crete by German bombers. He was 44 He is remembered on panel 55, column 1 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Wilfred and Maud Mary Gardner and the husband of Hilda May Gardner of Chipping Norton There were 523 survivors. 241 men were lost with the ship. Leslie Christopher GILBERT Gunner, 35 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 1094204. He died on active service whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on 21 September 1944. He was 28. He is remembered on column 36 of the Singapore Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Christopher and Frances Gilbert and the husband of Beryl May Gilbert, 5 Pembridge Terrace, Chipping Norton Further information This is a potted history of one ship, one of those vessels nicknamed “a Hell Ship” The Hofuku Maru, also known as Hohuku Maru, was a Japanese cargo ship, sunk on 21 September 1944 by American aircraft, while carrying 1,289 British and Dutch POWs. 1,047 died. This ship should have been marked with the internationally accepted Red Cross markings. The Japanese did not mark their vessels in this way as they considered them to be cargo vessels despite their holds being crammed with prisoners The Hōfuku Maru was sailed from Singapore to Miri, Borneo as part of convoy SHIMI-05. The convoy consisted of 10 ships, 5 of which carried, in total, 5,000 POWs, all in appalling conditions. At Borneo, the Hōfuku Maru left the convoy with engine problems, and sailed on to the Philippines, arriving on 19 July. She remained in Manila until mid-September while the engines were repaired. The PoWs remained on board, suffering terribly from disease, hunger, and thirst. On 20 September 1944, the Hōfuku Maru and 10 other ships formed Convoy MATA-27, and sailed from Manila to Japan. The following morning, the convoy was attacked 80 miles north of Corregidor by more than 100 American carrier aircraft. All eleven ships in the convoy were sunk. Of those on the Hōfuku Maru, 1,047 of the 1,289 British and Dutch POWs on board died. Leslie Robert HARRIS Corporal, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, 51st Highland Division Army no 5384982 He died on active service on 24 August 1944. He was 24 He is buried in grave 2 H 3 Hermanville War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Elizabeth Harris of Chipping Norton and the husband of Gertrude Irene Harris of Wellingborough Further information An extract from the War Diary of the Gordon Highlanders 22 August. The Battalion was ordered to capture the bridges leading into Lisieux. The entry into the town proved a simple matter The immediate task was to make a bridgehead over the river in order that the Sappers could make two bridges as the old ones hand been blown up. The Battalion was quickly put across the river and took up its position. Soon, however, it was harassed by some German troops from an S.S. Battalion and then started a very hard battle. The enemy were the best that Hitler could produce. Owing to the very close fighting it was impossible to use supporting arms. However the Battalion stood its ground and the work on the bridges continued without interruption. The Battalion was now very tired indeed but in spite of this many acts of individual heroism were performed. The Stretcher Bearers again did wonderful work and no praise can be too high for what they did. Private Redican of "C" Coy particularly distinguished himself by exposing himself to the enemy and firing his Bren gun in order to extricate his platoon from a very difficult position. He was wounded in both legs and still continued to fire. During the night the firing died down and it was possible to withdraw "C" Coy in order to rest it. Casualties :- Wounded - Lt. Angus, Lt. Dunn and 8 Other Ranks. Killed - 2 Other Ranks. 23 August. During the night the Commanding Officer was ordered to clear the town the next day,. He pointed out that this was not a Battalion task and required at least a Brigade. The acting Brigadier compromised by saying that the 1st Gordons (now very depleted) would be held in reserve. The battle which took place was very hard fought and eventually not only 1st Gordons but also 5 Black Watch had to be used. The enemy fought fanatically and many casualties were caused on both sides. The fact that only one prisoner was taken showed that the enemy were determined to fight to the very last. By the end of the day the town was taken. Casualties:- Killed 3 Other Ranks. Wounded - Captain Henderson and 7 Other Ranks. Thomas James HARRIS 64th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, 78th Infantry Division. Army no 1152222 He was killed on active service on 17 May 1943. He was 39 He is buried in grave 16. A. 20. Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia Additional Information He was the son of George and Elizabeth Harris of Chipping Norton and the husband of Mary Harris. The 78th Division was formed specifically for Operation Torch from regular British Army units, landing at Algiers in 1942. Thereafter it continued in Tunisia, then through to the Sicily and then through Italy Victor Percival HARRIS Lance Corporal, Royal Marines Group, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization (Landing), Royal Marines. RN no PO/X101242 He died of natural causes on 22 June 1943. He was 23 He is buried in grave 5 E 17 Fayid War Cemetery, in Egypt on the edge of the Suez Canal Additional Information He was the son of Philip and Fanny Harris of Chipping Norton. The function of his Unit was to provide the Fleet with a base in any part of the world, whether on the coast of a mainland or an island, within a week, and to defend it. Philip Lionel Bernard HIATT Gunner, 8 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 14266301 He died whilst on active service on 8 May 1944. He was 20 He is buried in grave 6 F 5 Imphal War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Ernest and Linda Hiatt of Chipping Norton George Leonard HOLTOM Ordinary Seaman, HMML 916, Royal Navy no P/JX 522657 He was killed in action when his ship hit a mine off Walsoorden, Hollandand sank on 8 November 1944. He was 19 He was killed in action on 8 November 1944. He was 19. He is buried in grave 1 AA 5 Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery. HMML = His Majesty's Motor Launch. John Harold JEFFERIES Sergeant, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no 569196 He died on active service on 26 February 1942. He was 21 He is remembered on panel 86 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William Cyril and Doris Clara Jeffries of Chipping Norton Further information Halifax 11 V9986 ZA-M took off from RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire at 18.23 hours on 26 February 1942 on an operation to Kiel. The aircraft was lost without trace. A bit more can be added, RAF Bomber Command made its first attack on Kiel on the night of 25/26 February, when 61 bombers flew over Kiel. Monte Olivia was destroyed but Gneisenau escaped. On 26/27 February (The night in question) another 61 RAF bombers returned to Kiel. A bomb penetrated Gneisenau's foredeck and exploded. The oil fumes from the tanks ignited and the ship was engulfed in fire from her bow to the Anton turret. The entire forward part of the bow needed to be replaced. She steamed to Gdynia, in Poland on 4 April where she was decommissioned out of range of RAF bombers. Gneisenau did not put to sea again Maurice Charles KNIGHT Corporal , Royal Army Service Corps. Army no S/159722 He died on 22 May 1944. He was 42 He is buried in grave Sec 4 Cons Grave 370 Chipping Norton Cemetery He was the son of George Philip and Sarah Jane Knight and the husband of Ivy Knight His death is recorded in the civil registers so I suspect that the cause of death was related to his war service even though he had been released from the Army Norman Joseph NAYLOR Sergeant, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 916232 He died on active service on 8 April 1942. He was 23. He is remembered on panel 90 of the Runnymede Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Joseph Claude and May Naylor. Further information On 8 April 1942 Wellington Mk III X3757 DX-A took off from RAF Feltwell in Norfolk at 22.05 hours on an operation to Hamburg. The aeroplane was lost without trace. One report is that the aircraft was shot down at 2.07 hours by Ofw Paul Gildner of 5/NJG over the North Sea north of Vlieland Albert Victor NEWMAN Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 5389291 He was killed on 16 July 1944 in the Normandy Campaign just a few weeks after the Allies had landed in France. He was 28 He is buried in grave III E 7 Brouay War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Charles and Edith Newman and the husband of Violet Evelyn F Newman of Chipping Norton Albert George PICKERING Private, 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 5387484 He died at the time of the Dunkirk evacuation between 10 May and 23 June 1940. He was 21 He is buried in grave 1 Bavinchove Churchyard, just a few miles from Dunkirk Additional Information He was the son of Frank and Rose Annie Pickering of Chipping Norton Desmond John SIMS Private, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Army no 14615387 He was killed on 20 August 1944 on active service soon after the fall of Rome. He was 19 He is buried in grave VIII G 8 Assisi War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Hubert Alfred and Annie Maria Sims of Chipping Norton Nicholas John STOCKFORD Sergeant Royal Air Force. RAF no 573015 He died of natural causes on 18 September 1944. He was 22 He is buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church, Heythrop Additional Information He was the son of George J and Elizabeth E Stockford and the husband of Joyce Marjorie Stockford of Churchill. He holds the distinction of being one of the RAF who had been shot down in Europe and returned home with the help of the Resistance Harry William WILSON Private, 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Army no 14407131 He died on active service on 7 February 1944. He was 20 He is buried in grave V H 15 Minturno War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William Charles and Emily Edith Wilson of Chipping Norton A flavour of the times. 1 February 1944, 5th Battalion, part of 138 Infantry Brigade, 46th Division was ordered to assault Mounts Ornito and Cerasola. The assault met little opposition, although the Germans put in spirited counter-attacks on Mount Ornito, which were all driven off. However, as the days passed the casualties mounted from heavy shelling; the bare rock made cover difficult. In eight days the 5th Battalion suffered 200 casualties. Supply was particularly difficult, as supplies had to be carried up by mules and porters for 3 to 4 hours from the nearest road. On 7 February, 5th Battalion attacked Mount Cerasola, a successful assault. On 10 February, they were relieved. |
The Fallen in WW1 on either (or both) of the War Memorials
You may spot ames ALDRIDGE Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 8534. He was killed in action during the build up to the Battle of Festubert on 10 May 1915. He was 19. He is remembered on panel 26 of Le Touret memorial Additional Information He was the son of James and Annie Aldridge, The Green, West Street, Chipping Norton. William Frederick ALLEN Sergeant, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 112 Brigade, 37th Division. Army no 1466. He was killed in action on 16 July 1916. He was 21. He is remembered on pier and face 9A, 9B and 10 of the Thiepval Monument Additional Information He was the only son of Elizabeth Allen, 18 London Road, Chipping Norton Frederick George ALLEY Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no 41944. He was formerly Army no. 36594 with The Worcestershire Regiment He was killed in action at the Battle of St Quentin on 22 March 1918. He was 27. He is buried in II E 37 the Ham British Cemetery Muille-Villette Additional Information He was the son of Charles and May Alley and the husband of Ethel Mason Alley, 29 New Street, Chipping Norton. George Saunders APPLEYARD Corporal, 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), The Durham Light Infantry, 123 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no 18/1123 He was killed in action on 25 June 1916. He was 23. He is buried in I B 2 Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert. Additional Information He was the son of William Arthur and Kathleen Appleyard, 18 Sheen Gate Gardens, East Sheen, London His mother had been born in Chipping Norton and lived in Hill Lawn. Wallace Albin ARIES Sergeant, 11th (Service) Battalion (Lambeth), The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 123 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no 207954. He died from his wounds on 10 October 1918. He was 27 He is buried in grave V G 3 Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte. Additional Information He was the son of Charles and Jane Aries of Horsefair, Chipping Norton. The main records suggest that he was killed in action but there is a record on a website which states that he was wounded whilst rescuing an Officer from No Man's Land on 29 September 1918. The officer concerned asked his mother to send a silver cigarette case to Sergeant Aries inscribed "With heartfelt thanks and in remembrance of that day". As he is buried near a Hospital site, I feel that the official records are probably incorrect and he did die from his wounds. David Thomas BARNARD Gunner, 144th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 70993 He died of his wounds on 12 October 1917. He was 33 He is buried in grave III O 11A Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Tréport. Additional Information He was the son of David and Mary Barnard of Peckham, London and the husband of Rosina Gertrude Barnard, 26 Burford Road, Chipping Norton George Henry BARNETT Private, 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 82 Brigade, 27th Division. Army no 11984 He was killed in action on 27 February 1917 in the fighting in Macedonia. He was 34 He is buried in grave 912 Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Salonika Additional Information He was the son of Hannah Barnett of Chipping Norton and the husband of E M Barnett, 2 Workman's Row, Bengeworth, Evesham George William BARTLETT Corporal, 2nd/1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no 285014 He died on 26 August 1917 of the wounds he had received during the fighting at Ypres. He was 32. He is buried in grave XVIII G 15 Lijssenthoek War Cemetery, Belgium. Additional Information He was the son of George and Mary Bartlett and the husband of M E Bartlett, 55 Brithweunydd Road, Trealaw, Dinas, Glamorgan. Frank Ernest BAYLISS Private, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 4 Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division. Army no 285708 He was killed in action on 21 March 1918, the first day of the Battle of St Quentin. He was 20 He is remembered on panel 6 of the Pozières Memorial Lionel BENFIELD Private, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no 29552 He died of his wounds on 7 August 1917 in hospital in Rouen. He was 21. He is buried at grave P II A 1B St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Additional Information He was the son of Charles and Mary Benfield He is also remembered on the Over Norton war memorial Phillip Charles BENFIELD Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division Army no 32762. He was formerly Army no 2471 with (The Chipping Norton Company,) The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars He was killed in action on 7 October 1916. He was 27. He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Charles Benfield and brother of Bernard and Lionel He is also remembered on the Over Norton war memorial. Richard Hugh BERRY Private, 22nd (Service) Battalion (Kensington), The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 99 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 346 He died in hospital of natural causes on 13 April 1916. He was 31 He was buried in plot 2 row K grave 6B Le Tréport cemetery. Additional Information He was the son of Richard and Caroline Berry, Great Rollright He is also remembered on the Great Rollright war memorial. Albert BETTERIDGE Private, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 99 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 33020 He was killed in action on 10 March 1917 in the fighting on the Ancre. He was 19. He is remembered on pier & face 11D, the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Amelia Betteridge, 2 Whitehouse Lane, Chipping Norton William Albert BETTERIDGE Gunner, 132nd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 291784 He died on active service on 29 October 1917. He was 35. He is buried in grave XII C 19 The Huts Cemetery. Additional Information He was the husband of Charlotte Betteridge, 8 Lodge Terrace, Chipping Norton Ernest Arthur BICKERSTAFF Private, 8th Forward Butchery Unit, The Army Service Corps. Army no S/34092 He died of natural causes in hospital in Epsom on 17 June 1916. He was 19. He is buried in grave 3 61 Chipping Norton Churchyard. Additional Information He was the son of Annie Bickerstaff, 60 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton and the late Walter Arthur Bickerstaff. Frank George BOLTER Private, 26th (Service) The Northumberland Fusiliers (3rd Tyneside Irish), 102 Brigade, 34th Division. Army no 47737 He died on 7 April 1917 of the wounds he had received. He was 19. He is buried at grave II A 7 Azin-St Aubin, Pas de Calais Additional Information He was the son of Alfred and Salome Bolter, 8 Diston's Lane, Chipping Norton Lindsay Percival BOND Private, 1st/7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 144 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no 41287. He was formerly Army no 32129 with The Norfolk Regiment He was killed in action on 16 August 1917 during the Battle of Langemarck. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 75-77 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Christopher and Ada Bond, 1 Pembridge Terrace, Worcester Road, Chipping Norton. Albert Benjamin BRAIN Sergeant, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 60 Brigade, 20 Division. Army no B/3149 He died on 20 April 1916 of wounds he had received. He was 22. He is buried in grave VI C 18 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Benjamin and Martha Brain, 3 Alfred Terrace, Chipping Norton Edwin BURBIDGE Private, 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 112 Brigade, 37th Division. Army no TR/7/28017 He died from natural causes on 7 October 1918 in hospital in Amesbury. He was 18 He is buried in grave 2 370 Chipping Norton Cemetery. Additional Information He was the son of William and Emily Burbidge, Market Street, Chipping Norton. He is listed by SWD as Private, 11th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry John BURDEN Rifleman, 1st/5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 169 Brigade, 56th Division. Army no 302079 He was killed in action on 9 October 1916 during the fighting at the Transloy Ridges. He was 30. He is remembered pier and face 9D, the Thiepval Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Burden, 1 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton. Frederick Thomas CLARKE Private, D Company, 2nd/1st (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Army no. 225421. He was formerly Army no. 4719 with The Royal West Surrey Regiment He died on 29 December 1917 from the wounds he had received. He was 20. He is buried in grave VI BB 51 Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Additional Information He was the son of Herbert William and Mary Caroline Clarke, Laburnum Cottage, Over Norton He is also remembered on the Over Norton Memorial. George Edmund COX His birth was registered in Chipping Norton in 1883. At the time of the 1901 census, he was a solicitor's clerk and lodging in Chipping Norton. Then he disappears! Victor C DAWE Private, 18th Battalion, (Western Ontario Regiment), The Canadian Infantry. Army no. 54240 He died from his wounds on 22 June 1916. He was 25. He is buried in grave VIII B 8A Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Additional information He was the son of Henry and Druscilla Dawe of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. The reason he is included on the memorial is not known. Further information The War Diary, 22 June 1916, 18th Battalion, the day that Victor Dawe was killed. Position quiet. 6 other ranks wounded. 2 officers returned from hospital. 2 other ranks died of wounds. A 25 year old teacher from Bay Roberts, Newfoundland made the ultimate sacrifice. Private Dawe’s “Circumstances of Casualty Card” holds more about this soldier: Died of Wounds: On the night of 21/22 June 1916, Private Dawe accompanied by Private Kemp made a daring reconnaissance of the enemy wire opposite our trenches. While returning they were discovered and fired on by rifles and grenades from the enemy front line. Both men were wounded, Private Dawe by a bullet in the head, and he later died at No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. Alfred Charles DAWES Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, 54 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 25446 He died on 2 August 1918 of the wounds he had received in the fighting on the Somme. He was 30. He is buried in grave IV D 18 Vignacourt British Cemetery. Additional information He was the son of Alfred and the late Elizabeth Dawes Walter DIXON I have not identified anyone Alfred EELES Rifleman, 1st/12th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, (The Rangers), 168 Brigade, 56th Division. Army no. 474351. He was formerly Army no 5499, 10th Battalion He was killed in action on 20 April 1917 during battle of the Scarpe. He was 33 He is remembered on bay 10 of the Arras Memorial. Additional information He was the son of John and Mary Eeles, 38 West Street, Chipping Norton and the husband of Sarah Jane Eeles, 48 St Phillip’s Street, Queen’s Road, Battersea William Park FIDDES Stoker 1st class, HMS Raccoon, Royal Navy. RN no K/24893 He died on active service on 9 January 1918. He was 23 He is remembered on panel 29, Chatham Naval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William Park Fiddes, 56 New Street, Chipping Norton and the late Jeanie Fiddes Further information HMS Racoon (also Raccoon) was a destroyer built and launched by the Cammell Laird shipyard in 1910. Her crew compliment was 96 but at the time she was carrying 91 seamen under the command of Lieutenant George Napier. During the early hours of 9 January 1918, she was en route from Liverpool to Lough Swilly to take up anti-submarine and convoy duties in the Northern Approaches. In heavy sea conditions and while experiencing snow blizzards she struck rocks at the Garvan Isles and sank with the loss of all hands Harry Creswicke FRANKLIN Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Army no 201448 attached to 184 Light Trench Mortar Battery, 184 Brigade, 61st Division He died on 6 April 1917 (Good Friday) of wounds he had received probably in the attack to the east of Soyecourt whilst the Germans were retreating to the Hindenburg Line. He was 19. He is buried in grave A 1 Vermand Communal Cemetery, Aisne Additional Information He was the son of John Franklin, 23 Middle Row, Market Street, Chipping Norton. Frank Oliver FREEMAN Aircraftman 2nd Class, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no 331013. He died of natural causes on 27 December 1919. He was 20. He is buried in Sebastopol British Cemetery and commemorated on screen wall, panel 10 the Haidar Pasha Memorial in Turkey. Additional Information He was the son of John William and Kezia Agnes Freeman, 8 Middle Row, Chipping Norton. Further information In April 1919, 47 Squadron was posted to Southern Russia to help defeat the Bolshevik armies. In October 1919, it was absorbed into the Russian Army. AC2 Frank Oliver Freeman, a General Clerk, was one of the 176 other ranks who disembarked at Novorossisk, South Russia on 9 July 1919. Following disembarkation, every one was paraded for roll call and marched to a string of cattle trucks which were waiting to take them to the town of Ekaterinodar. It took almost 2 days to reach this HQ aerodrome. By December, the Squadron was maintaining a fighting retreat, moving south and east to cross the river Don into Kuban country. They arrived at Krinichnaya in the Ukraine on Christmas Eve during a blinding blizzard. On 27 December AC2 Frank Freeman died of sickness Wallace GARDNER Private, A Company, 5th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 23235 He was killed in action on 9 April 1917 on the day that the Commonwealth Forces captured this village. He was 20. He is buried in grave III C 8 Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy les Mofflaines Additional Information He was the son of Robert and Mary Ann Gardner, 24 Guildhall Place, Chipping Norton George Edward GEE Private, 25th (County of London) Cyclists Battalion, The London Regiment. Army no 740885 He died on 10 August 1917 of wounds he had received. He was 21 He is buried in grave 1 C 2 Rawalpindi War Cemetery near Islamabad Additional information He was the son of John and Ada Gee, 4 Albion Street, Chipping Norton. He is listed on both memorials as G F Gee Further information The Battalion had been changed to Infantry in December 1915 and had been in India since 25 February 1916 Roby GIBBS Lance-Corporal, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Army no 2043 He died of accidental injuries on 5 June 1915. He was 31. He is buried in plot 4 row A grave 3 Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque in Flanders Additional Information He was the son of Joseph Henry and Emma Gibbs of Chipping Norton. Thomas Charles GIBBS MC Lieutenant, 7th Battalion attached to 9th (Service) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, 56 Brigade, 19th Division He was killed in action on 31 May 1918. He was 38 He is remembered on the Soissons Memorial. Additional Information He was the husband of Madge Brooke Gibbs, Upton Grange, Macclesfield. Further information The citation for his Military Medal: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as battalion intelligence officer. He continually visited the battalion frontage and the units on the flanks, obtaining information and carrying the CO's orders. Later, with the CO, he rallied the men and led them forward, in spite of a heavy fire of shrapnel shell and machine guns. He set a fine example of courage and energy throughout. William GILES Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 23025 He was killed in action on 11 August 1916 in the fighting on the Somme. He was 22. He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial Additional information He was the son of William and Rose Giles, 25 Churchill Terrace, Chipping Norton and the husband of Ethel Giles, 13 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton Charles Henry GROVES Sergeant, 4th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 8 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no L/6848 He was killed in action on 20 October 1914. He was 36. He is remembered on Le Touret Memorial. Additional information He was born in Chipping Norton, the son of Harriet Groves of New Street, Chipping Norton and the husband of Hannah Mary Groves, The Cottage, Upper Dargle Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow. He had earlier served as a professional soldier and re-enlisted in 1914. Albert Ernest Jesse HADLAND Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division. 19723 He was killed in action on 5 March 1916 in the fighting around Ypres. He was 20. He is buried in grave I I 9 Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres Additional Information He was the son of Jesse Hadland, 24 Spring Street, Chipping Norton Frederick George Beames HAKE Able Seaman, HMS Black Prince, Royal Navy. RN no PO/B/5808. He died on active service when his ship sank at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was 27. He is remembered on panel 13 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Sarah Hake, 61 Harpes Road, Oxford and the late Frederick Edward Hake and the husband of Edith Elsie Hake, 31 Spring Street, Chipping Norton Further information HMS Black Prince was an armoured cruiser serving in the 1st Cruiser Squadron who participated in the Battle of Jutland, where she was sunk with a heavy loss of life. The circumstances are a mystery. During the battle, 1st First Cruiser Squadron was deployed ahead of the main Grand Fleet and Black Prince lost contact as the Squadron came into contact with German forces, at about 17.42 hours. HMS Defence and HMS Warrior were heavily engaged by German ships, with HMS Defence blowing up and HMS Warrior receiving heavy damage, which caused her to sink. There were no positive sightings of HMS Black Prince by the British fleet after that, although a wireless signal from her was received at 20.45 hours, reporting a submarine sighting. During the night of 31 May/1 June, the British destroyer HMS Spitfire, badly damaged after colliding with the German battleship Nassau, sighted what appeared to be a German battle cruiser, with two widely-spaced funnels, described as being "..a mass of fire from foremast to mainmast, on deck and between decks. Flames were issuing out of her from every corner." The mystery ship exploded at about midnight. It was later thought that the burning ship may have been HMS Black Prince. The German account of the ship's sinking was that HMS Black Prince briefly engaged the German battleship Rheinland at about 23:35 hours, scoring two hits with 6-inch shells. Then the German battleship Thüringen fixed HMS Black Prince in her searchlights and opened fire. Other German ships, including battleships Nassau, Ostfriesland, and Friedrich der Grosse, joined in the bombardment. HMS Black Prince was hit by at least twelve heavy shells and several smaller ones, sinking within 15 minutes. There were no survivors from HMS Black Prince's crew, all 857 died. Lewis Hubert HALL Private, 1st/19th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (St Pancras), 141 Brigade, 47th Division. Army no 1288 He was killed in action on 31 November 1915. He was 23. He is remembered on panel 130-135 of the Loos Memorial Bertie Charles Thomas HARDING Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 57 Brigade, 19th Division. Army no 15258 He died on 1 November 1916 of wounds received probably during the fighting on the Ancre Heights. He was 20. He is buried in V E 31 Pucheville British Cemetery. Additional information He was the son of John and Louise Harding, 28 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton. His brother Reginald F Harding also fell. Reginald Frederick HARDING Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no 2191 He was killed in action on 19th July 1916 during the fighting at Fromelles. He was 18. He is buried in grave II D 7 Laventie Military Cemetery. Additional Information He was the son of John and Louise Harding, 28 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton Arthur James HARRIS Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 115 Brigade, 38th Division. Army no 11291 He died of his wounds on 15 June 1918. He was 22 He is buried in grave Q I E 5 St Sever Cemetery extension, Rouen. Walter Edward HARRIS Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 2884 He died of natural causes on 22 March 1915 just before the battalion embarked for France. He was 24 He is buried in Whittle Road Cemetery, Chelmsford. Additional information His brother was Arthur James Harris, the previous name. Henry HARRISON Private, 5th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 27796 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917 at the third battle of the Scarpe. He was 36 He is remembered on bay 6 and 7 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the husband of Laura Harrison, 52 West Street, Chipping Norton Frank HITCHMAN Private, 5th (Service) Battalion The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 17943 He was killed in action on 24 August 1916 at the Battle of Delville Wood. He was 18. He is buried in grave I B 4 Delville Wood Cemetery Longueval Additional Information He was the son of Mr W J Hitchman, 6 Guildhall Place, Chipping Norton. Victor Oswald HOARE Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 134 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no 241686 He died, probably of natural causes, on 12 February 1917. He was 23. He is buried in grave I C 4 Assevillers New British Cemetery in the Somme. Hubert Frank HORWOOD Rifleman, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles, 107 Brigade, 36th Division. Army no 43519. He was formerly Army no 7051 with The London Regiment He died of his wounds on 22 April 1918. He was 24. He is buried in grave P IX D 11A St Sever Cemetery extension, Rouen. Additional Information He was the son of William and Helen Horwood, 68 The Leys, Chipping Norton Albert William HUGHES Private, 15th (Service) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (2nd Portsmouth), 122 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no 45730 He was killed in action on 25 July 1918. He was 19. He is buried in grave XXVIII G 14A Lijssehthoek Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Albert Edward and Jane Hughes, Distons Lane, Chipping Norton William Henry HUNT Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no 202603 He was killed in action near Ypres on 8 August 1917. He was 29 He is remembered on panel 37 & 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Sarah Hunt of Lew and the husband of Maud Hunt, 2 Kimberley Place, Chipping Norton. Albert Harry HYDE Stoker 1st class, HMS Ruby, Royal Navy. RN no 303807 He died of natural causes on 7 October 1918. He was 34. He is buried in grave 15 G 19 Bari War Cemetery, Italy Additional Information He was the son of Richard and Emma Hyde, 35 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton Robert HYDE Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards, 1 Guards Brigade, Guards Division. Army no 15434 He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 at the battle of Flers Courcelette. He was 34. He is buried in XV C 10 Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval. Additional Information He was the son of Richard and Emma Hyde, 35 Rock Hill and the husband of Susan Hyde, Southside, Hook Norton Charles David JOINES Private, 62nd Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps. Army no 22890 He died at home on 26 January 1917. He was 62 He is buried in grave 3 259 Chipping Norton Cemetery Additional Information He was the husband of Sarah Joines, 67 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton He was discharged from the Army on 7 January 1917 and awarded the Silver War Badge which confirmed that he was no longer medically fit to serve as a soldier. He died at home a few days later Edward George JOINES Serjeant, B Battery, 84th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 12614 He died on 17 August 1917 from wounds he had received during the fighting in this vicinity. He was 34. He is buried in grave I B 39 Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Belgium Additional Information He was the son of the late Charles (see previous record) and Sarah Joines, 67 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton and the husband of Laura Mabel Joines, 5 Church Lane, Bicester He had also served in the Artillery during the Anglo Boer War in South Africa and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa medal with clasps. Frank KEEN Private, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Regiment, (The Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no 220276. He was formerly Army no 202748 with The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry He was killed in action on 23 October 1918 in the Battle of the Selle. He was 20. He is buried in grave XI A 13, the Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau Additional information He was the son of Joseph and Patience Keen, Chapel House, Over Norton and the brother of Joseph (below). When he enlisted he was living in Chipping Norton He is also remembered on the Over Norton Memorial. Joseph Henry KEEN Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 28 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 9085 He died, probably from fever, on 6 August 1916 as a Prisoner of War of the Turks. He was 28. He is buried in grave XXI D 40 North Gate Cemetery, Baghdad Additional Information He was the son of Joseph and Patience Keen, Chapel House, Over Norton. At the time of the 1911 census, he was a professional soldier serving with 1st Battalion in Ahmednagar, India. The Battalion, was part of the 6th Poona Division. Andrew Bernard KING Private, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 95 Brigade, 5th Division. Army no 34909 He was killed in action on 23 August 1918 in the fighting at Albert. He was 20. He is buried in grave II N 14 Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy Additional Information He was the son of Alfred and Emma King, 1 High Street, Chipping Norton Leslie Frederick KING Private, 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 200368 He died, probably from natural causes, on 21 April 1917. He was 19. He is buried in grave 3 86 Chipping Norton cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Emily King, Gloucester Villas, Chipping Norton. Philip Charles Valentine KERBY Trooper 1/1st Battalion, The Warwickshire Yeomanry. Army no 2140 He died on active service then his troopship HMS Wayfarer was torpedoed in the Irish Sea on 11 April 1915. He was 22. He is remembered on the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton. Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Mahlda Kerby of Mollington Whilst the War Memorials agree on the spelling of his surname, they disagree with his birth registration and military records Further information On 10 April 1915, HMS Wayfarer sailed from Avonmouth en-route to Egypt, having on board, five army officers and 189 NCOs and men of the Warwickshire Yeomanry and 763 horses and mules. The following day, when 60 miles W.N.W. of the Scilly Isles, the ship was struck by a torpedo from U-Boat U 32 captained by Freiherr Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim. She was hit on the port side just forward of the engine room. Both the engine room and boilers were flooded. All on board went to their boat stations and the boats with their occupants were safely got away. Unfortunately one boat capsized, with the loss of three men of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, including Trooper Kerby, and one of the Army Service Corps. An hour later a small trading steamer, the SS Framfield, came to the rescue and all were transferred on board and the Wayfarer taken under tow to Queenstown in Ireland, with the result that only 5 men lost their lives and 760 animals were landed safely. Frederick KNIBBS Lance-Corporal, B Company, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 58 Brigade, 19th Division. Army no 13086 He died on 28 September 1915 of wounds that he had received at the Battle of Loos. He was 26. He is buried in plot 1 row J grave 5A Le Tréport Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Sarah Knibbs, 30 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton. William James KNIGHT Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no 14532. He was killed in action on 1 May 1918. He was 30. He is buried in the grave VIII Q 4 Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery near Arras. Additional Information He was the son of William and Rose Knight, 10 Guildhall Place, Chipping Norton and the husband of Annie Maria Knight, 8 Over Norton He is also remembered on the Over Norton Memorial. Harry Rowland LANE Stoker 1st Class, HMS Indefatigable, Royal Navy. RN no SS/110260 He died on active service when his ship was lost at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was 26 He is remembered on panel 16 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of William Bayles and Sarah Lane, 2 Alexandra Square, Chipping Norton. Further information On 31 May 1916, the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron was HMS New Zealand (flagship of Rear-Admiral William Pakenham) and HMS Indefatigable. It was assigned to Admiral Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet which had put to sea to intercept a sortie into the North Sea by the German High Seas Fleet. The Germans opened fire first at 3:48. The German fire was accurate but the British overestimated the range as the German ships blended into the haze. Indefatigable aimed at Von der Tann and New Zealand targeted Moltke while remaining unengaged herself. Around 4:00, Indefatigable was hit near the rear turret by shells from Von der Tann. She fell out of formation and started sinking towards the stern and listing to port. Her magazines exploded at 4:03 after more hits, one on the forecastle and another on the forward turret. The most likely cause of her loss was an explosion in 'X' magazine that blew out her bottom and severed the steering control shafts, followed by the explosion of her forward magazines from the second volley. Von der Tann fired only fifty-two 28 cm (11 in) shells at Indefatigable before she exploded. Of her crew of 1,019, only two survived. Leonard LANGFORD Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 1 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no 15584 He died of wounds received near Albert during the Battle of the Somme, on 20 November 1916. He was 29. He is buried in IV C 18 Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. Additional information He was John and Emily Langford 67, Rock Hill, Chipping Norton. Ernest MARGETTS Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 81 Brigade, 27th Division. Army no 8625 He died on 11 July 1915 having been wounded at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. He was 26. He is buried in grave I D 4 Erquinghem-lys Churchyard Extension near Armentieres. Additional Information He was the only son of Thomas and Elizabeth Margetts of Over Norton and the husband of Ivy Margetts Harold Francis MARGETTS Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 9889 He was killed in action during the battle at Arras on 24 April 1917. He was 21. He is remembered on bay 6 and 7 of the Arras Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Philip and Martha Margetts 15 Distons Lane, Chipping Norton and the brother of Edward Philip Margetts. John Henry MARGETTS Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. Army no 6721 He died of natural causes on 16 June 1916 in Mesopotamia whilst he was a prisoner of war of the Turks. He was 34. He is remembered on panel 22 and 63 of the Basra Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Emily Margetts, 178 New Street, Chipping Norton Isaac MARSHALL Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards, 4 (Guards) Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 11517 He was killed in action during the 1st Battle of Ypres on 25 October 1914. He was 29. He is remembered on panel 9 and 11 of the Menin Gate Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Edwin and Emma Marshall, Coneygree Terrace, Chipping Norton and the husband of Marian Marshall of Great Rollright John MEADES Private, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 9124 He died of illness on 25 September 1918 whilst he was a prisoner of war of the Turks. He was 28. He is buried in grave XXI S 43 North Gate Cemetery, Baghdad. Additional Information He was the son of Joseph and Jane Meades, 4 Newbridge Terrace, Worcester Road, Chipping Norton. The 1st Battalion was captured and less than 20% of the men survived Mowbray MEADES Private, 2nd/6th Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment. Army no 42220. He was formerly Army no 41376 with the Middlesex Regiment. He died of illness on 9 July 1918 in the German hospital at Lille. He had been reported missing in April 1918. He was 26. He is buried in grave III B 9 Lille Southern Cemetery. . Additional Information He was the son of William and Ann Meades, 23 Distons Lane, Chipping Norton and the husband of Emily Meades According to the BBC Archives, his widow: Mrs Meades received a letter from the Agence des Prisonnieres de Guerre dated 11th October 1918 telling her that according to lists despatched from Berlin on 5th September 'Pte Meades Mowbray 2/6 North Staffordshire Regiment born 5.10.81, of Chipping Norton, had died on 9th July 1918 in the Military Hospital at Lille of inflammation of the lungs'. William Roland MEADES Private 10th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 23100. He was formerly Army no 9508 in 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. He died of his wounds in hospital on 10 July 1916. He had probably been wounded in the fighting at Albert. He was 36. He is buried in grave A 24 35 St Sever Cemetery in Rouen Additional Information He was the son of William and Ann Meades, 23 King Edward Street, Chipping Norton and the brother of Mowbray Richard Cecil MOORE Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 39 Brigade, 13th Division. Army no 22967 He was killed in action on 14 September 1918. He was 32. He is remembered on panel 2 column 2 of the Tehran Monument Additional Information He was the husband of Elsie Moore, Horsefair, Chipping Norton George MORRIS Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no 200370 He was wounded on 15 June on the first day of the Battle of Piave River and died on 17 June 1918. He was 23. He is buried in plot 4 row B grave 4 Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension Cemetery, Italy. Additional information He was the son of Albert and Ellen Morris, 58 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton Frederick MOULDER Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 7169 He was killed in action at the battle of Gheluvelt on 31 October 1914. He was 29. He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Susan Moulder of Over Norton and the husband of Mary Moulder, 78 West Street, Chipping Norton George Frederick MURRELL Private, 31st Mobile Section, Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Army no SE/6574 He died on 4 September 1915 from natural causes. He was 41. He is buried in grave IV A 27 Lillers Communal Cemetery. Additional Information He was the husband of May Murrell Lillers was a centre throughout the war for several Casualty Clearing Stations Mowbray NASON Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no 27791 He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 at the battle of St Quentin. He was 36. He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of William and Alice Nason, 22 Albion Street, Chipping Norton. Haylock Ether OWEN Private, 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, 9 Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Army no 14963 He was killed in action at the battle of Amiens on 9 August 1918. He was 21 He is buried in grave II F 9 Rosieres Communal Cemetery. He was the son of Frederick and Louisa Owen and lived in Southcomb, Chipping Norton Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Louisa Owen of Southcombe, Chipping Norton Bernard Thomas PADLEY Rifleman, 21st (Midland) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 228 Brigade, 28th Division. Army no 780. He was formerly Army no 3923 with 3rd Oxford N R He died on 3 July 1916. He drowned whilst swimming in a canal. He was 27 He is buried in grave D 3 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery. Additional Information He was the son of John and Annie Padley 30, Worcester Road, Chipping Norton, Martin Guy PEARSON Lance-Corporal, 5th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 200171 He was killed in action at the third battle of the Scarpe on 3 May 1917. He was 26. He is remembered on bay 6 and 7 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Martin Knight and Elizabeth Pearson, 15 The Leys, Chipping Norton. He was reported wounded and missing on 3 May 1917 and later assumed killed in action on that date. He had been shot in the thigh whilst jumping into an enemy trench leading his platoon. Reginald Leslie PINK Lance Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no 2030 He was killed in action on 29 June 1916. He was 18. He is buried in grave II A 7 Laventie Military Cemetery, la Gorgue Additional Information He was the son of Francis and Alice Pink, 5 Blenheim Terrace, Chipping Norton. John Henry RANDALL Private, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry), 11 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no 28222 He died of wounds on 6 May 1918. He was 19. He is buried in grave VII F 10 Lapugnoy Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Archibald and Annie Randall, The Leys, Chipping Norton. Charles Edward RANDLE Private, 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 10 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no 20101 20201 He died of wounds received probably during the battle of the Lys on 16 April 1918. He was 34. He is buried in grave VII D 32 Lapugnoy Cemetery. Additional Information He was the husband of Emmeline A Randle, 6 Portland Place, Chipping Norton, Lewis RHYMES Private, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 3 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no 7657 He died on 25 December 1914 of his wounds. He was probably wounded at the battle of Givenchy, part of 1st Ypres. He was 29. He is buried in grave III A 89 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Edwin and Eliza Rhymes and the husband of Ellen Rhymes, 5 Alexandra Square, Chipping Norton. He was born at Chipping Norton His name appears as both Lewis and Louis Ernest SANDLES Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no G/39081 He was killed in action at Inverness Copse during Third Ypres on 10 August 1917. He was 19. He is remembered on panel 11-13 & 14 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He was the son of George and Sarah Ann Sandles of Over Norton. George Albert SAUNDERS Private, 3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards, 1 Guards Brigade, Guards Division. Army no 19189 He died on 15 September 1917 of wounds received during Third Ypres. He was 19. He is buried in grave VII C 3 Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium. Additional Information He was the son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Saunders, The Post Office, Over Norton. William SCOTT Private, 258th Protection Company, Southern Command, The Royal Defence Corps. Army no 9100. He had formerly served with The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 4020 He died, probably of natural causes, on 8 February 1917. He was 44. He is buried in grave 3 180 Chipping Norton Cemetery. Additional Information He was the husband of Ellen M Scott, 5 Alfred Terrace, Chipping Norton Charles David SCOTT MACKIRDY Lieutenant, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars He died on 23 March 1918 from his wounds whilst he was a prisoner of war of the Germans. He was 24. He is remembered on panel 4 of the Pozières Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of William Augustus and Lucy Scott Mackirdy of Birkwood, Lanarkshire and the brother of Susan Chamberlayne, The Elm, Church Lane, Chipping Norton George SHELLEY Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 57 Brigade, 19th Division. Army no 27993 He was killed in action on 19 April 1918 in the fighting on the Aisne. He was 23. He is remembered on panel 23 to 28 and 163A the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information Albert and Annie Shelley of Burford Road. Frank SHEPARD Private, 1st/4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 155 Brigade, 52nd Division. Army no 35312 He was killed in action on 20 September 1918. He was 34. He is remembered on panel 6 of the Vis en Artois Memorial, Additional Information He was the son of William and Mary Shepard, Worcester Road, Chipping Norton and the husband of Mary Alice Shepard, 47 Storey Square, Barrow-in-Furness. William Thomas SHEPARD Private, 646th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Army no 312421. He was formerly Army no 5744 with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry He died of natural causes on 16 February 1919 probably in Oxford as he was based there. He was 28. He is buried in grave 1 750 Chipping Norton cemetery. Additional Information He was the son of John and Emma Shepard of Rock Hill, Chipping Norton John Alexander SHERRETT Lance-Corporal, B Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Army no 10/3735 He was killed in action on 14 September 1916. He was 25. His buried in grave II G II Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz. Additional Information He was the son of James and Mary Sherrett, 25 High Street, Chipping Norton Harry Lindus SIMS Private, 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment, 20 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 29098 He was killed in action on 26 October 1917 at the second Battle of Passchendaele. He was 29. He is commemorated on panel 85 to 86 of the Tyne Cot Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Annie Sims, 11 Market Street, Chipping Norton and the husband of Kate E Sims, 7 Horsefair, Chipping Norton Herbert Rutter SIMMS Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service He died on active service on 5 May 1916. He was 25 He is buried in grave 3 338 Chipping Norton Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Daniel Rutter and Ellen Simms, 36 New Street, Chipping Norton On 15 May 1916 whilst flying Nieuport Type 12 serial no. 8904 his aircraft Came under fire from a German torpedo boat and crashed. He was already in a dog fight with a German seaplane off Ostend. The pilot of the German seaplane went down to 150 feet to try and rescue Herbert Simms but was driven off by an approaching Royal Navy vessel. His body was recovered by a British ship. William Harry SOUTH Private, Army Service Corps attached to 21st Light Ordnance Mobile Workshop. Army no M2/100858 He died, probably of natural causes, on 8 July 1918. He was 39. He is buried in grave II E 11 Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William South, 4 Mead Place, West Croydon and the husband of Minnie Anna South, 61 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton George Alexander TOLLETT Rifleman, 13th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 111 Brigade, 37th Division. Army no B/203623. He had previously served with The Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Army no R/20002 He was killed in action during the second battle of the Scarpe on 23 April 1917. He was 27. He is commemorated on bay 9 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Mrs Elizabeth Tollett, 7 Victoria Place, Market Street, Chipping Norton and the late William Tollett. Arthur George TOWNSEND Rifleman, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own). Army no 47707 attached to London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). He had previously served with The Royal Flying Corps. RFC no 24742. He was killed in action on 31 August 1918. He was 28. He is buried in grave Hem Farm Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, the Somme. Additional Information He was the son of George and Rose Townsend, Albion Street, Chipping Norton. Tom TRACE Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 19509 He was killed in action on 30 July 1916 in the fighting at Delville Wood. He was 19. He is remembered on pier and face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Ruth Trace of Over Norton and the late Thomas Trace Arthur WEARING Gunner, A Battery, 92 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 51387. He was formerly Army no 9460 with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry He was killed in action on 30 November 1917. He was 38. He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial. Louverval Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Mary Wearing of Enstone and the husband of Emily Wearing, Chalford Oaks, Chipping Norton Albert Henry WHITE Lance-Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no 200333 He died on 2 March 1917 from the wounds he had received. He was 18. He is buried in grave II B 52 Bray Military Cemetery near Albert. Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Sarah White, 24 Worcester Road, Chipping Norton. Arthur Thomas WITHERS Lance-Bombardier, 351st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 163645 He died from his wounds on 11 April 1918. He was 24. He is buried in grave XXVI H 5 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Additional Information He was the son of Arthur and Jane Withers and the husband of Gertrude May Withers, 8 Worcester Road, Chipping Norton John WRIGHT Gunner, A Battery, 69 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 33917 He died, probably of natural causes, on 20 May 1916. He was 31. He is buried in grave XXI F 17 Amara Cemetery, Iraq Additional Information He was the son of John and Clara Wright, Spring Street, Chipping Norton and the husband of Sarah Wright, Halbatch Farm, Marden, Herefordshire. Peter Patrick WOOD Flying Officer, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 51421 He died whilst on active service on 10 April 1945. He was 25 He is buried in grave 11 C 6 Khartoum War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Harold and May Wood and the husband of Alice Lilian Wood, Midway Grange, Chipping Norton His Probate record confirms this is the right man: Wood Peter Patrick otherwise Peter of Midway Garage (sic) Chipping Norton died 18 April 1945 on war service. Administration London 13 May to Alice Lilian Wood, widow. You may spot the there are two different dates for his death. I do not know which is correct so i have included both |