Shenington, the memorial in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 .. 1919 GEORGE COLES RICHARD BRYAN FRED HARRIS SIDNEY JOSEPH UPTON GEOFFREY W W MARSHALL FREDERICK BENNETT FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 
1939 - 45
RICHARD A COLES |
The Fallen in WW1
Frederick BENNETT Private, Bakery Base Depot, Royal Army Service Corps. Army no S4/184629 He died, probably of natural causes, on 4 December 1918. He was 25 He is buried in grave Div 62 IV G 5 Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Additional Information He was the son of Richard and Fanny Bennett of Shenington Richard BRYAN Gunner, 128th (Oxford) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 51 He was killed in action on 6 June 1916. He was 29 He is buried in grave II C 1 Brandhoek Military Cemetery near Ypres Additional Information He was the husband of Sarah Bryan of Shenington George COLES Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 19416 He died from his wounds on 3 September 1916. He was almost certainly wounded on the battlefields of the Somme. He was 20 He is buried in grave II H 5 Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec Additional Information He was the son of Annie and the late Henry Coles of Shenington Fred HARRIS Private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 22 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 29987. He was formerly Army no 22940 with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He died from his wounds on 4 May 1917. He was probably wounded in the Battle of Bullecourt. He was 39. He is remembered on bay 3 of the Arras Memorial. Additional information He was the son of Sarah Ann Harris and the late Mr Harris Geoffrey William Whitmore MARSHALL Private, 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Army no 200633. His number had changed from Army no 2638 He died in the quarter ending September 1917. He had enlisted on 1 September 1914 and his poor health had resulted in his discharge from the Army and the award of the Silver War Badge on 16 June 1917. I have not established whether his health was as a result of his wartime service Additional information He was 23 and the son of William Edward and Annie Caroline Marshall Sidney Joseph UPTON Private, 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 190 Brigade, 63 Division. Army no G/68098. He was formerly Army no 7873 with 2nd/5th The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) He was killed in action on 30 October 1917 in the second Battle of Passchendaele. He was 29 He is remembered on panel 28-30 and 162-162A and 163A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the only son of Joseph and Annie Upton of Shenington and the husband of Annie Elizabeth Upton, Woodbine Cottage, Great Bourton The Fallen in WW2 Richard Alan (Dick) COLES Private, 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army no 5388062 He died on active service on 25 December 1940 in Devon. He was 21 He is buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Shenington Additional Information He was the son of George Frederick and Millicent Coles of Shenington |