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Chipping Norton

The Memorial in the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
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​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


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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
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​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 

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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
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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
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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
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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.


























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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

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