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Middleton Stoney

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The War Memorial in front of the Churchyard
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MIDDLETON STONEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918

FREDERICK BOLTON        FRANK FOX
WILLIAM HODGES           ALBERT HUGHES
WALTER JOHNSON          FRANK TITCOMBE
FREDERICK TURNEY        GEORGE VARNEY
THOMAS VARNEY            ALBERT WADDUP

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The Roll of Honour

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The Plaque and the memorial headstone are for the same man
The plaque inscription explains:
IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF A BRAVE SOLDIER AND TRUE COMRADE
JOHN DOUGLAS YOUNG MC
MAJOR ROYAL BUCKS. HUSSARS
LAND STEWARD ON THIS ESTATE 1919-1928
BORN FEBRUARY 1889 DIED FRANCE APRIL 1928
GALLIPOLI EGYPT PALESTINE FLANDERS
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John Douglas Young MC
Royal Bucks Hussars
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Conroy Henry Ancil  20 July 1943.
The Fallen of WW1

Frederick Charles BOLTON

Private, 9th Battalion,  Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial
Forces.  Army no. 1719 
He was killed in action on 23 July 1916
. He was 25
He was the son of Charles K and Helen Bolton 
He is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Frank FOX
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 9503
He was killed in action on 21 October 1914 during the first Battle for Ypres. He was 21
He was the son of George and Martha Fox of Middleton Stoney 
He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

William HODGES
Private, 18th Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps. Army no. SE/5434
He died from natural causes on 1 January 1916. He was 41 
He was the son of Edmund G and Elizabeth Hodges and the husband of Sara A Hodges of Middleton Stoney.
He is buried in grave C 43 Chatby Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria

Albert HUGHES
Private, 10th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 51 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no. 242457. He was formerly with The Derbyshire Yeomanry. Army no. 3145 
He was killed in action on 22 March 1918 during the Battle of St
Quentin. He was 28
He is remembered on bay 7 of the Arras Memorial
He was the son of Jonas and Elizabeth Ann Hughes and the husband of Edith Hughes

Walter JOHNSON
Private, 205th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Army no. 5283. He was formerly Private, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 17502
He was killed in action in Flanders on 4 October 1917. He was 24
He was the son of William and Agnes Johnson of Middleton
Stoney
He is remembered on panel 154 to 159 and 163A of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Frank Charles TITCOMBE
Private 1st/5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, 185 Brigade, 62 Division. Army no. 68153 
He was killed in action on 28 July 1918 during the Battle of Tardenois. He was 21
He was the son of Walter H and Eleanor A Titcombe
He is buried in grave II F 2 Courmas British Cemetery near
Reims

Frederick TURNEY
Frederick James born 1891 Banbury Registration District
 
George William VARNEY
Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 10878
He was killed in action on 25 September 1915 during the second Battle of Bellewaarde. He was 27.
He was the son of Albert and Eliza Varney of Middleton Stoney
He is buried in grave XIV C 11 China Wall Cemetery Perth, near
Ypres

Thomas VARNEY
Acting Bombardier, 12th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 43405
He was killed in action on 10 November 1916 on the Somme. He was 21.
He was the son of Alfred T and Annie Varney of Middleton
Stoney
He is buried in grave XI T 4 Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs

Albert WADDUP
Private, 1st/8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 143
Brigade, 48thDivision. Army no. 4886 
He was killed in action on 25 August 1916 in the fighting for Pozières Ridge. He was 23. 
He was the son of John and Sarah Waddup of Middleton Stoney 
He is remembered on pier and face 9 A 9 B and 10 B of the Thiepval Memorial

Henry WILLIAMS
Private, 1st/8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 144
Brigade,  48th Division. Army no. 41810
He was killed in action on 23 February 1917 as there was no major battle at this time, this was probably as a result of normal trench warfare. He was 34.
He was born in Middleton Stoney, the son of the late Charles and Emily Williams.
He is remembered on pier and face 5 A and 6 C of the Thiepval
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The Fallen from WW2

Conroy Henry ANCIL       MiD
Lieutenant (A), HMS Stalker, Royal Navy
He died in an air accident on 20 July 1943. He was 26.
He was the son of Harry and Elsie Ancil of Chesterton
He is buried in 1 E grave 15 All Saints Churchyard, Middleton Stoney
Additional information
HMS Stalker was an aircraft carrier in the final stages of being fitted out

A Grave in the Churchyard

John Douglas Young MC
The memorial stone looks similar to the CWGC standard but the phraseology and the position of the grave indicates to me that this is a private burial
The additional information that we have is that he died 21 April 1928 and was living at  Manor Farm Middleton Stoney. He was 39

 
Aircrew  flying from RAF Upper Heyford who are buried in the churchyard and not on the War Memorial
Aircrew Burials
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So many memorials but in a very pleasant spot
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