Oddington in St Andrew's Church

The Church of St Andrew

A Simple wooden Wall Plaque

In memory of those from this Parish
Who died that others might live
1914 – 1918
LEONARD PRICE    HARRY PRICE
JOSEPH PRICE    EDWIN PRICE
JAMES  FRANKLIN    THOMAS FRANKLIN
CYRIL WIGGINS
1939 – 1945
ARTHUR SIDNEY FRANKLIN

The Maori Memorial

BEHOLD AND SEE IF THERE BE ANY SORROW LIKE UNTO MY 
SORROW

On the left panel:

KI.TE KORORIA
NUI.O.TE
ATUA
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HE.TOHU.AROHA
WHAKAMAHARA
KI.O
MATUA.IWI.
MAORI.I. MATT.O.
TE EMEPAEA.I
HAEREMAI.I.
TE
AOTEAROA.KI.
TE.WHAWHAINUI.
1914-1918

An informal translation of the Maori text is:
To the greater glory of god sign of warmth and love to our fathers of Maori families farewell to the empire in defence of New Zealand.

Please contact me if you can offer a better translation

AMDC
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IN PROUD MEMORY OF OUR MAORI FELLOW CITIZENS
OF THE EMPIRE WHO LEFT NEW ZEALAND TO GIVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
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RIP

Maggie Papakura. A Maori who moved here when she married and it was she who donated the War Memorial Chest and the Pieta commerating Maori soldiers who died in WW1.
But in her veins coursed the best blood of the Maoris, being the fourteenth in descent from the famous Hinemoa and Tulanekai.
see: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3p5/papakura-makereti

The Fallen from WW1

Edwin Thomas PRICE
Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 177 Brigade, 59th Division. Army no. 15989
He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin. He was 33
He was the son of Joseph and Hannah Price
He is remembered on Bay 5 of the Arras Memorial
Additional information
Birth Place: Oddington
Residence: Hugglescote, Leicestershire
Enlistment Location: Coalville, Leicestershire

Harry PRICE
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division.  Army no. 9763
He was killed in action on 21 October 1914 during the Battle of Langemarck. He was 19.
He was the son of James and Sarah Price of Oddington.
He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Joseph PRICE    
Nigel Lambert has emailed me to say:
Joseph Price was born at Oddington in November 1897, the son of James Joseph and Sarah Ann Price.
He was a Private in The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army no 285053. He transferred to the Labour Corps, Army no 484315 before being discharged on 8 January 1918 aged 20 as being sick and unable to serve as a Soldier. He was awarded the Silver War Badge.
He was buried at Oddington on 4 February 1928. 
Writing in the parish magazine, the Rector indicates that Joseph died as a result of his service in WW1 but it is not clear whether he was injured, or possibly gassed.
​Thank you Nigel

Leonard PRICE
Gunner, 57th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 53385
He died of his wounds on 7 July 1916. He was 20
He was the son of James and Sarah Price of Oddington.    
He is buried in grave III C 20 Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension near Amiens
Additional Information
Birth Place: Oddington,
Enlistment Location: Oxford

James FRANKLIN    
Private 31st Battalion, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry 424801,
He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 on the Somme. He was 28
He is buried in grave XXVIII E 13 Sierre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel
He was the son of William and Sarah Franklin of Oddington. 
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Thomas FRANKLIN
Private, 11th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).  Army no. 57992
He died in a German Hospital in Annois on 16 June 1918. He was 25
He was the son of William and Sarah Franklin of Oddington
He is buried in grave I B 3 Annois Communal Cemetery

Cyril WIGGINS
Private, Scottish Horse. Army no. 27412
He died on active service at sea on 10 October 1918. He was 18
He was the son of Frederick and Maria Wilkins
He is remembered on Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton
Additional information
RMS Leinster was a vessel operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, served as the Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) - Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-123 on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She went down just outside Dublin Bay at a point four miles (6 km) east of the Kish light. Over 500 people perished in the sinking — the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea.

The Fallen in WW2

Alfred Sydney FRANKLIN
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Army no. 5387615
He died on active service on 16 May 1944. He was 25
He is buried in grave XII G 2 Cassino War Cemetery
Additional information
After the invasion of Sicily, progress through southern Italy was rapid despite stiff resistance, but by the end of October 1943, the Allies were facing the German winter defensive position known as the Gustav Line. The line stretched from the river Garigliano in the west to the Sangro in the east. Initial attempts to breach the line were unsuccessful. In  January 1944, the Allies  landed troops behind the German lines at Anzio but a break-through was not actually achieved until 18 May, when Cassino was finally taken.