Wendlebury

St Giles Church

St. Giles’ parish is now a member of the Church of England Benefice of Akeman, which includes the parishes of Bletchingdon, Hampton Gay, Kirtlington, Middleton
Stoney, Wendlebury and Weston-on-the-Green.

The Fallen in WW1

Albert James HATHAWAY
Private, 5th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 35 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 37732. He was formerly with The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army no. 26756
He was killed in action on 28 June 1917 in the course of the normal trench warfare. He was 25
He was the son of Eliza Hathaway, 4 Oxford Road, Wendlebury
He is buried in grave A 20 Happy Valley British Cemetery, Fampoux
Additional information
Birth Place: Wendlebury
Residence: Wendlebury
Enlistment Location: Oxford

William HATHAWAY
Private, 4th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 88
Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 23003
He was killed in action on 6 August 1915 during the Battle of Krithia Vineyard. He was 17
He was the son of Amos and Fanny Hathaway, Oxford Road, Wendlebury
He is remembered on panel 104 to 113 of the Helles Memorial

William George HATHAWAY
Private, B Company, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division.  Army no. 202345
He was killed in action on 16 August 1917 in the Battle of Langemarck, Ypres. He was 34
He was the son of Eliza Hathaway, 4 Oxford Road, Wendlebury
He is remembered on panel 96 to 98 of the Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional information
Birth Place: Wendlebury
Residence: Wendlebury
Enlistment Location: Oxford

Arthur William HOLTON
Private 2nd/1st Northumberland Yeomanry, XIX Corps.  Army no. 40277
He died from his wounds on 26 July 1917. He was 36
He was the husband of either Annie Elizabeth or Elsie Fanny Holton
He is buried in grave I H 2 Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Additional information
Enlisted: Oxford
Residence: Bicester

Cyril John WHEELER
Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division.  Army no. 12156
He was killed in action on 20 November 1917 in the Tank Attack during the Battle of Cambrai. He was 21
He was the son of William and Elizabeth Wheeler
He is remembered on panel 7 of the Cambrai Memorial,
Louverval
Additional information
Birth Place: Wendlebury
Residence: Wendlebury
Enlistment Location: Oxford


Those not on the Memorial – WW1

Alfred Read BLACKWELL
Private, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 122 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no.
G/9285
He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 at the Battle of
Flers-Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme. He was 43
He was the son of Caroline Blackwell of Greenford, Middlesex and the husband of Amelia Blackwell of Battersea.
He is remembered on pier and face 11 C of the Thiepval
Memorial
Additional information
Birth Place: Wendlebury
Residence: Battersea
Enlistment Location: Rotherhithe, London
1911 census
Alfred Read Blackwell 36
Amelia Blackwell 34
Alice Blackwell 12
Amy Blackwell 10
Elsie Blackwell 8
Alfred Blackwell 2

Walter George HATHAWAY
Private, 2nd/8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 182 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 43737
He died of his wounds on 28 August 1918. It is probable that he was wounded as a result of the normal trench warfare. He was 19
He was the grandson of Joseph Hathaway of Bicester and son of the late Frederick and the late Ellen Hathaway
He is buried in grave IV C 20 Aire Communal Cemetery, south of St Omer
Additional  information
Birth Place: Wendlebury
Residence: Wendlebury
Enlistment Location: Oxford


The Fallen in WW2

Arthur William HOLTON
Stoker 2nd Class, HMS Nile, Royal Navy. RN no. C/KX
105917
He died from illness on 28 September 1940. He was 23
He was the son of Ann Holton and the husband of Eileen Betty Holton of Kirtlington.
He is buried in grave 8 K 12 Kirkee War Cemetery, near Poona, India       
Additional  information
HMS Nile was a shore establishment, rather than an actual vessel, based at Ras el Tin Point, Alexandria, but its personnel were posted to other ports and to other ships

John Worsley DUXBURY
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 15 Scottish Infantry Division. Army no. 293227
He was killed on 29 June 1944 shortly after D Day during Operation Epsom.  He was 22
He was the son of Edmund W and Jessica R Duxbury of Wendlebury.
He is buried in grave VII A 8 St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados       
Additional information
Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, was a British offensive that took place between 26 and 30 June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. The offensive was intended to outflank and seize the German-occupied city of Caen, a major Allied objective in the early stages of the invasion of northwest Europe.
Operation Epsom was launched early on 26 June with units of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division advancing behind a
rolling artillery barrage. Air cover was sporadic because poor weather in the United Kingdom forced the last-minute cancellation of bomber support.
Accompanied by the tanks of the 31st Tank Brigade, the 15th Scottish made steady progress and by the end of the first day had overrun much of the German outpost line. In heavy fighting over the following two days, a foothold was secured
across the River Odon and efforts were made to expand this by capturing strategic points around the salient and moving up the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division.

George Alfred HANKS
Private, 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), 15 Scottish Infantry Division. Army no. 5385776
He died in the hard fought battle for Normandy on 7 August 1944. He was 30
He was the son of Alfred and Daisy Hanks and the husband of Hilda E Hanks of Oakley, Buckinghamshire.
He is buried in grave VII A 1 3 St. Charles De Percy War
Cemetery, Calvados       
Additional information
This campaign followed the D Day invasion and established the Allied foothold in Europe