Deddington WWI on the War Memorial
The Plaque donated by Miss Hands predates the main War Memorial but contains the same names 
The plaque to Ronald Page Bull 
A wooden memorial carved by their Father, David Hancox for his three sons, Walter David, William David and Albert Edward Hancox Gravemarkers hanging in the Church
Ronald Page BULL 
Alfred John CASTLE 
O Arthur J H DORE 
Alfred John ELL 
William Loder FRENCH 
Albert Edward HANCOX 
Frederick T TUSTAIN 
Bernard WHEELER |
The Fallen from WW1
Albert ADEY
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 8718 He was killed in action near Arras, Somme on 1 May 1918. He was 38. He was the son of Josiah and Sarah A Adey and the husband of Mary C Adey, Beaumaris, Upland Road, Sutton He is buried in grave VIII Q 3 Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez Joseph AUSTIN Private, 50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry, 24 Canadian Division, 1st Corps. Army no. 811891 He died near Hill 145 on the second day of the Battle for Vimy Ridge on 10 April 1917. He was 29 His parents, Arthur and Eliza Austin of Hempton, had both died and he was survived by his sister, Ellen (Nellie) Churchill of Westcote Barton, Middle Barton He is buried in grave B19 Givenchy en Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, Souchez Additional information He had emigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Clover Bar, Alta. Edwin BLISS Private, 1st Garrison Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment. Army no. 47153. He was formerly with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Army no. 16598 He died on 23 November 1918. He was 25 He was the son of George and Caroline Bliss of Philcot Street, Deddington He is remembered on face 6 of the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India William Frederick T BOLTON Private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 86 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. G/15577 He was killed in action in the final days of the Gallipoli campaign on 4 December 1915. He was 29. He was the son of Frederick T and Catherine E Bolton, Chapel Square, Deddington He is remembered on panel 37-41 of the Helles Memorial, Turkey Ronald Page BULL Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment. He was previously a Private with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 30416 He was killed in action during the final advance in Picardy on 30 October 1918. He was 19 He was the son of Richard Page Bull MRCVS and Annie Bull, New Street, Deddington He is buried in grave XII A 9 Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau near Cambrai Additional information The 4th Battalion was never posted overseas so it is probable that he had been attached to either 1st or 2nd Battlion at the time of his death Charles Thomas CALLOW Pioneer, 2nd Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 24900. He was formerly with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 8893 He was killed in action on 16 September 1914. He was 28 He was the son of Thomas and Ruth Callow of Market Place, Deddington He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial Additional information He was a Regular and died early in the War as part of the British Expeditionary Force (The Old Contemptibles) which halted the initial German sweep across Northern Europe Wallace James CARVILL Private, 139th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no. 66928 He died from measles on 3 March 1917. He was 36. He was the son of Charles and Jane E Carvill of Deddington. He is buried in grave IV B 34 Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer Alfred John CASTLE Private, The Labour Corps. Army no. 134798. He was formerly with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 24522 He died on 12 November 1918 in hospital in Bristol. He was 33 He was the son of Alfred M and Mary J Castle of Clifton He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington George William Henry CASTLE Rifleman, 4th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 80 Brigade, 27th Division. Army no. 12174 He died of wounds received during the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge on 25 May 1915. He was 32. He was the son of Albert J and Lydia Castle He is remembered on panel 51 and 53 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres John Hawtin CHECKLEY Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 1874. He died on 20 July 1916 of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme. He was 21 He was the son of William and Louisa Checkley, Market Place, Deddington He is buried in grave I B 24, the Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Somme Arthur Joseph CHISLETT Private, 27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), 6 Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division. Army no. 21136 He died on 6 November 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele. He was 27 He was the son of James and Emily Chislett of Deddington and the brother of Norman, the next entry He is remembered on panel 24-26-28-30 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information He had emigrated to Canada in 1912 Norman CHISLETT Rifleman, 18th (Arts and Crafts) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 122 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no. R/31261 He was killed in action at the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres on 31 July 1917. He was 31 He was the son of James and Emily Chislett of Deddington He is remembered on panel 51 and 53 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Henry (Harry) George Stratford CHURCHILL Private, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, 1st New Zealand Infantry Brigade, NZEF. Army no. 21210 He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle for Messines Ridge near Ypres on 7 June 1917. He was the son of Richard C and Thurza L Churchill, Market Place, Deddington He is remembered on the Messines Ridge (NZ) Memorial Additional information He had emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand on 1 October 1908 on the Ruapehu George Isaac DAVIS Gunner, 98 Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 99379 He died on 24 December 1918 probably from illness. He was 26 He was the son of Harry and Charlotte Davis of Deddington and the husband of Nora B Davis, 42 Dun's Tew He is buried in grave 1143 Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece Stanley Hubert DEELEY Private, 3rd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 74 Brigade, 25th Division. Army no. 57334 He was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne on 27 May 1918. He was 19 He was the son of Edwin and Eliza Deeley, Castle Street, Deddington He is remembered on the Soissons Memorial O Arthur John H DORE Private, 53rd Graduated Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Army no. TR/7/28029 He died of pneumonia on 6 October 1918 age 18 in Ludgershall, Suffolk, where his regiment was posted, He was the son of Arthur George and Rosina Dore of Victoria Terrace, Deddington He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington Addititional information His forenames and initials are not consistently recorded William James DUNN Private, 1st/1st Battalion, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 4 Cavalry Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division. Brigade, Division. Army no. 285515 He was killed in action on 1 April 1918 at Rifle Wood. This was day that The Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars suffered its worst casualties. He was 20 He was the son of Thomas and Jenett Dunn He is remembered on panel 6 of the Pozières Memorial Alfred John ELL Private, 12th (Labour) Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. The 12th Battalion transferred into the Labour Corps in April 1917. Army no. 25436 He died from his wounds in hospital in Chichester on 3 March 1917. He was 37 He was the son of George A and Frances Ell of New Wiggington He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington Additional information Alfred was born in Deddington in 1879 and registered as Alfred John but his CWGC records give him as Alfred Christian, SWD gives Alfred Harold FREEMAN Private, 9th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 27710 He was killed in action at the Battle for Transloy Ridge on 7 October 1916. He was 19 He was the son of Joseph and Jane E Freeman, Market Place, Deddington. He is remembered on pier and face 8C, 9A and 16A of the Thiepval Memorial William Loder FRENCH Private, 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Army no. 35 He died on 10 February 1916 in Deddington where he had been convalescing from the illnesses contracted in Gallipoli. He was 25 He was the son of William J and Emily French, Council Street, Deddington now known as Hopcraft Lane He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington. Additional information The Australian Army accorded him a funeral with full military honours. He had emigrated to Australia in 1913. Walter Albert GARDNER Private, 1st/1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 3859 He died on 5 January 1916 in Cornwall before his Battalion had embarked for the Front. He was 24 He was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Gardner of Cardiff. He is buried in grave K N 2 in Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall Louis Henry GARDINER Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 148 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 200238 He died on 2 December 1918, after the Armistice was signed. He was 22. He was the husband of Ellen K Gardiner, Laurel Cottage, Barford St. Michael He is buried in grave I E I Communal Cemetery Extension no. 2, Doullens Additional information He is named as L H GARDNER on the War Memorial James GODFREY Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 10418 He died on 29 September 1915 from the wounds received in the attack on Bellewaarde. He was 27 He was the son of Samuel and Martha Godfrey of Clifton and the husband of Rose Godfrey of Bishop's Itchington, Leamington Spa He is buried in grave IV H 16 Étaples Military Cemetery Archie Andrew GOMM Private, 6th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 17425 He was killed in action between Combles and Bapaume on 27 February 1917. He was 25 He was the son of Harriet Gomm and the late Andrew Gomm of Charlbury He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial Harry GRACE Private, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division. Army no. 8687 He died of fever on 12 February 1916. He was 27. He was the son of the late William Grace and Deborah Grace, Earls Lane and the husband of Lillian R Grace. He is buried in grave H 4 Kut War Cemetery, Iraq Harry Gerard GRIFFIN Private, 2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 100 Brigade, 33 Division. Army no. 204055 He was killed in action at the battle of Messines on 11 April 1918. He was 21. He was the son of the late Henry Griffin and Elizabeth Grimn, formerly Griffin, Hillbre, 25 Bowling Green Road, Stourbridge. He is remembered on panel 5 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Walter David HANCOX Sapper, 154th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 140053. He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme when over 60,000 men were killed or wounded. He was 30. He was the son of David and Ellen Hancox of Grove Lodge, Deddington and the brother of the next two entries He is buried in grave VIII B 13 Bienvillers Military Cemetery William Rufus HANCOX Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 1907 He was killed in action at the Battle of Pozières Ridge on 14 August 1916. He was 20 He was the son of David and Ellen Hancox of Grove Lodge, Deddington and the brother of the previous and the following entries He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial Albert Edward HANCOX Sapper, 101st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 139675 He died of his wounds on 24 July 1917 in hospital near Ypres. He was 19 He was the son of David and Ellen Hancox of Grove Lodge, Deddington and the brother of the previous two entries He is buried in grave I A 4 Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France. Fred HAWKINS Private, 700th Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Army no. M/323118. He was formerly with The Worcestershire Regiment. Army no. 48503 He died on 18 January 1918 after an accident. He was 29. He was the son of George and Annie Hawkins of Croughton and the husband of Emily T Hawkins of Market Place, Deddington He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Croughton John Frederick HAWKINS Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division. Army no. 9245 He was killed in action on 22 November 1915. He was 25 He was the son of Josiah J and Caroline J Hawkins of Clifton and the brother of Benjamin, the next entry He is remembered on panel 26 and 63 of the Basra Memorial, Iraq Benjamin HAWKINS Private, 6th (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 58 Brigade, 19th Division. Army no. 27369 He was killed in action on 23 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin. He was 19 He was the son of Josiah J and Caroline J Hawkins of Clifton He is remembered on bay 7 of the Arras Memorial Joseph William HIORNS Lance Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 337005 He was killed in action on 11 October 1918 during the Pursuit to the Selle. He was 30 He was the son of William and Emma Hiorns, Castle Street, Deddington He is buried in grave B 44 Iwuy Communal Cemetery, France Archie William HUTT Sergeant Major, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 204649. He was formerly a Sergeant with The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Army no. 2119 He was killed in action at the Battle of St Quentin on 21 March 1918. He was 32 He was the son of John W and Mary F Hutt of Deddington, the husband of Margaret Hutt also of Deddington and brother of Frederick, the next entry He is buried in grave 141 Communal Cemetery Montescourt Lizerolles, France Frederick Rowland HUTT Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 10498 He was killed in action near the Ypres Salient on 8 February 1916. He was 25. He was the son of John W and Mary F Hutt of Deddington He is buried in grave III C 5 Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium Thomas Alexander MANCHIP Private, 20th Battalion (The 3rd Public Schools), The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 19 Brigade, 33rd Division. Army no. 62843 He was killed in action at the second Battle of the Scarpe on 25 April 1917. He was 35 He was the son of Elizabeth J and the late Thomas A Manchip of Deddington and the husband of Grace L Manchip, 89 Hayes Road, Bromley, Kent He is remembered on bay 3 of the Arras Memorial John Ernest MUNDY Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 18758 He was killed in action in the Somme on 3 June 1917. He was 22 He was the son of Albert T J and Caroline Mundy of the Paper Mills, Adderbury He is buried in grave III K 24 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux en Gohelle Percy PINFOLD Private, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no. 9341 He was killed in action in the Somme on 1 January 1917. He was 24 He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Pinfold of Clifton He is buried in grave Priez Farm Mem 5, Guards’ Cemetery, Combles, France Albert Edward SPENCER Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 8721 He was killed in action on 16 May 1915. He was 32 He was the son of William and Adelaide Spencer of Hook Norton and the husband of Sarah R E Spencer, Queen Street, Hook Norton and he had been living in Hempton He is remembered on panel 26 of Le Touret Memorial George SYKES Private, A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 9275 He was killed in action on 16 May 1915 during the Battle of Festubert. He was 22. He was the son of George D and Louisa Sykes, The Green, Deddington He is remembered on panel 26 of Le Touret Memorial Frederick T TUSTAIN Private, 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 2 Guards Brigade, Guards Division. Army no. 6633 He was killed in action near Lesboeufs on 29 September 1916. He was 30 He was the son of William and Eliza Tustain, Victoria Terrace, Deddington and the husband of Agnes Tustain, 267 Alama Street, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia where he had emigrated. Matthew, the next entry is his brother He is buried in grave IV ZZ 4 Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs. Matthew James TUSTAIN Lance Corporal, C Company, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 1915 He was killed in action at the Battle of Pozières Ridge on 23 July 1916. He was 23 He was the son of William and Eliza Tustain, Victoria Terrace, Deddington He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial James Ethelbert TWISSELL Private, 82nd Battalion, Abegweit Light Infantry Regiment, Canadian Infantry, Army no. 160637. He died on 1 June 1916 in Holy Cross Hospital Calgary. He was 32 He was the son of the late Frank and Emily Twissell, New Street, Deddington and the husband of Edith M Twissell of Cabin Lake, Alberta. He is buried in grave L 95 B 7 S P Calgary Union Cemetery, Canada Additional information He had emigrated on 20 April 1912 on the Tunisian bound for Saint John, Canada. William Alfred WEAVER Private, 7th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, 37 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 32103 He was killed in action near Armentières on 17 January 1918. He was 33 He was the son of George and Mary A Weaver of Deddington He is buried in grave IV F 24, Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Bernard WHEELER Private, Training School, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Army no. 523687. He died on 18 November 1916 in England. He was 29 He was the son of James and Sarah Wheeler of Deddington and the husband of Janet Wheeler, 629 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington Additional information He had emigrated in 1907 sailing on the Southwark to Halifax, Canada George Henry WHITE Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 202769 He was killed in action at the third Battle of the Scarpe on 3 May 1917. He was 30 He was the son of Job and Eva A White of Hempton and the husband of Emma E White, The Bank, Hempton He is remembered on bay 6 and 7 of the Arras Memorial William WILKINS Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 7887 He was killed in action during the 1st Battle for Ypres on 21 October 1914. He was 31 He was the son of George and Lavinia Berry (previously Wilkins) of Earl's Lane, Deddington He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Alfred Edwin YERBURY Private, 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers, 87Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 40660. He was formerly with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 27236 He died on 27 April 1917 of the wounds he received during the Battle of the Scarpe. He was 19 He was the son of Alfred and Cicely Yerbury of Castle Street, Deddington He is buried in grave XIX L 10A Étaples Military Cemetery |