Swalcliffe
The Church of St Peter and St Paul
A wall plaque In memory of LIEUT KENNETH BUIST 1st BATT BLACK WATCH PERCY GEORGE HAC CHARLES EDWARD LINES OBLI ALBERT WILLIAM SCRIMSHAW OBLI PERCY REGINALD STRATFORD GREN GUARDS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 --- 1918 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John XV 13 on a separate plaque 1939 - 1945 L/CPL L J BARBER Gloucestershire Regt KILLED IN ACTION BURMA 3RD APRIL 1942 |
The Fallen of WW1
Kenneth BUIST Lieutenant, B Company, 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1 Brigade, 1st Division He was killed in action in the fighting at Givenchy on 25 January 1915. He was 20 He was the son of Colonel Frederick Braid (Army Service Corps) and Marion C Buist, of Swalcliffe Lea He is buried in grave II B 25 Cuinchy Communal Cemetery Percy GEORGE Private, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. Army no. 7082. He died after the Armistice on 17 November 1918 possibly from the influenza pandemic. He was 27 He was the grandson of Thomas George of Swalcliffe. He is buried in grave L E 2 Étaples Military Cemetery Charles Edward LINES Private, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army no. 9353. He died of natural causes on 26 July 1916. He was 27 He is buried in grave VI J 4 Basra War Cemetery Albert William SCRIMSHAW Lance Corporal, 1st/1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48 Division. Army no. 267596. He died of his wounds on 1 October 1917. He was wounded at the Battle of Polygon Wood near Ypres.He was 32. He was the son of John T and Hannah Scrimshaw of Eastwell, Melton Mowbray and the husband of Annie E Scrimshaw of Windley, Derby He is buried in grave VI C 9 Mendinghem Military Cemetery Percy Reginald STRATFORD Private, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Army no. 26903 He died of his wounds on 3 April 1918. He was 20. He was the son of George and Mary Ann Stratford of Swalcliffe, He is buried in grave XXXIII C 3 Étaples Military Cemetery Additional information Étaples was a major hospital centre The Fallen of WW2 Leslie J BARBER Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. Army no. 5182310. He was killed in action on 3 April 1942 during the retreat through Burma. He was 25. He was the son of Archie John and Ada Agnes Barber. He is remembered on face 12 of the Rangoon Memorial |
