Hornton, in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist
The plaque and the pulpit
A brass plaque
TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS PULPIT WAS GIVEN BY THE PARISHIONERS IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 WILLIAM CAWLEY ROYAL WARWICKS HORACE DENTON 6TH OX & BUCKS EMANUEL FREEMAN QUEENS OWN OXFORDSHIRE HUSSARS CLARENCE BERT GILKES 5TH OX & BUCKS WILLIAM PRICKET 13TH WEST RIDINGS JOHN ROBBINS 2ND HAMPSHIRES THOMAS RICHARDS 1ST “ JAMES TURNER ROYAL WARWICKS JOHN CORNELIUS WELLS 1ST HAMPSHIRES GRANT THEM O LORD, ETERNAL REST 
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The Fallen in WW1
William CAWLEY Private, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 112 Brigade, 37th Division. Army no 18421. He was formerly Army no 23812 with the Somerset Light Infantry He died on 13 August 1916 from the wounds fighting on the Somme. He was 36. He is remembered on pier and face 9A, 9B and 10B of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Hugh and Isabell Cawley of Hornton Horace Richard DENTON Private, 6th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Army no 11884 attached to 60th Trench Mortar Battery. He was killed in action near Ypres on 14 April 1916. He was 19 He is buried in grave I G 6 Bard Cottage Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of James Samuel and Henrietta Denton of Banbury Emanuel FREEMAN Private, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 4 Cavalry Brigade, Cavalry Division. Army no 285237 He was killed in action on the battlefields of the Somme on 21 March 1918. He was 33 He is remembered on panel 6 of the Pozières Memorial Additional Information He was the husband of Ellen Freeman of living in Balscote in the 1911 census His name is properly Emmanuel Clarence Bert GILKES Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 23101 He was killed in action between Gheluvelt and Polygon Wood in the Battle of Passchendaele on 16 October 1917. He was 20. He is remembered on panel 96-98 of The Tyne Cot Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of George and Susan Gilkes of New Street, Deddington William PRICKET Corporal, 13th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Army no 49378. He was formerly Army no 9551 with the Rifle Brigade He was killed in action near Armentieres on 14 October 1918. He was 21 He is buried in grave I H 37 rue David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Additional Information He was the son of Ellen Hancox of Hornton John ROBBINS Private, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, 88 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no 17201. He was formerly Army no 178451 with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action at Krithia Vineyard, Gallipoli on 6 August 1915. He was 36 He is remembered on panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 & 328 of the Helles Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Sarah Robbins of Hornton and the husband of Amy P Robbins, West End, Hornton Thomas RICHARDS Private, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, 11th Brigade, 4th Division. Army no 16444. He was formerly Army no 16444 with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 during the Battle of Albert on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 28 He is buried in grave A 27 Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2, Beaumont-Hamel Additional Information He was the son of John Joseph and Sarah Richards James TURNER Private, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 22 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 24221 He was killed in action on 5 October 1917 in the closing stages of 2nd Passchendale. He was 33 He is remembered on panel 23 to 28 and 163A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Turner of Epwell John Cornelius WELLS Private, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, 11th Brigade, 4th Division. Army no 16487. He was formerly Army no 17744 with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry He was killed in action on 23 October 1916 in the fighting on the Somme. He was 28 He is remembered on pier and face 7C and 7B of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of John and Jane Wells of Balscote |