Middleton Stoney
The War Memorial in front of the Churchyard
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 
The Roll of Honour
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 
John Douglas Young MC
Royal Bucks Hussars 
Conroy Henry Ancil 20 July 1943.
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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 Memorial 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
So many memorials but in a very pleasant spot
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