Captain, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Gurds. Killed in action 16 September 1914. Aged 36. Son of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick George Banbury, Bart., M.P. (now 1st Baron Banbury of Southam) and Lady Banbury; husband of Josephine Banbury (now the Hon. Mrs. Rupert Craven), of Wadley Manor, Faringdon, Berks. Served in the South African Campaign. Buried in SOUPIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 2.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916: CAPTAIN CHARLES WILLIAM BANBURY, 3rd BATTN. COLDSTREAM GUARDS, was the son of Sir Frederick Banbury, Bart., M.P., of Warneford Place, Highworth, Wilts, and was born at 19, Grosvenor Street, London, on the 11th February, 1877. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, at both of which he rowed, in the Eton Eight in 1891. and in the University College boat at Oxford in 1896. Joining the Coldstream Guards in August, 1899, he soon saw active service in the South African War, during which he took part in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River ; and in the Transvaal, at the end of the year 1900: also at operations in the Orange River Colony in November, 1900, and at further operations in Cape Colony between November, 1900, and May, 1902: for his services he received the Queen's medal with three clasps, and the King's medal with two clasps. He was promoted Lieutenant in February, 1901, and Captain in March, 1909. In the latter year he was appointed A.D.C. to the General Commanding in Chief, Eastern Command, and in April, 1912, A.D.C. to the late Lieutenant-General Sir J. M. Grierson, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G., and was with that Officer when he died suddenly in France in August, 1914. He accompanied Lieutenant-General Grierson's body to England, and attended the military funeral at Glasgow. Captain Banbury returned to France on the 23rd August, and joined the 3rd Battalion of his Regiment, forming part of the 3rd Brigade, on the 30th of that month. He was twice wounded, the second wound received on the 14th September, 1914, while he was in command of the 2nd Company of his battalion, proving fatal ; from the effects of that wound he died on the 16th of the month at Soupir. He was buried, with several other officers of the Brigade of Guards, in the little graveyard at Soupir. Captain Banbury, who was known to all his friends as "Cakes," was a very successful rider, winning both the Grand Military and the Household Brigade Cup in 1909 -1910 on " Sprinkle Me." He was a member of the Guards' and the Turf Clubs. He married Josephine Marguerite, daughter of Don José Reixach, and left two children : Mary Heritage, born 28th March, 1914, at Wadley Manor, Faringdon, Berks, and Charles William, born after his father's death, on the 18th May, 1915, at 19, Queen Street, Mayfair, London.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918:

BANBURY, CHARLES WILLIAM, Capt., Coldstream Guards, only s. of the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick George Banbury, of Warnford Place, Highworth, co. Wilts., 1st Bt., M.P. for the City of London, by his wife, Elizabeth Rose, dau. and co-heir of the late Thomas Barbot Beale, of Brettenham Park, co. Suffolk ; b. 19, Grosvenor Street, London, W., 11 Feb. 1877 ; educ. Eton and University College, Oxford ; gazetted to the Coldstream Guards, 9 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 16 Feb. 1901, and Capt. 27 March, 1909. He served in the South African War, receiving the Queen's medal with three clasps, and the King's medal with two clasps. From March, 1909-Aug. 1910, he served as A.D.C. to the General Officer Commanding 1st Division, Aldershot Command, and from March, 1912, to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command. He d. at Soupir, near Soissons, 16 Sept., 1914, from wounds received in the Battle of the Aisne two days previously, and was buried at Soupir. He m. at the Guards' Chapel, 29 April, 1913, Joseph Marguerite (Wadley Manor, Faringdon, Berks), dau. of Jose Reixach, and had a son and a daughter: Charles William, b. 18 May, 1915, and Mary Heritage. b. 28 March, 1914. Capt. Banbury won the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown, riding Capt. Christie Miller's Sprinkle Me two years in succession, 1909 and 1910, and also the Grand International Steeplechase on the same. He won the Aldershot Gold Cup, and the United Service Hunter's Cup both twice on horse Noble Roy, and the Coldstream Plate twice (1903 and 1904) on his own horse Casino, and once (1911) on Noble Roy, besides many other races. He rowed in the University College four and in the eight, and played polo for the Coldstream Guards.

Gunner 152055, 431st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 24 November 1917. Born Faringon, enlisted Huddersfield. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 18.

Rifleman 553388, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles), London Regiment. Died of wounds 10 November 1918. Aged 19. Enlisted Westminster. Son of Mrs. E. Swan, of Chapel Square, Faringdon, Berks. Native of Faringdon. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot L. Row A. Grave 8.

Extract from Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-1920 - London Gazette 10 January 1920):

553388 Rfn. F.A. MOBEY 1/16th Bn. (Faringdon)
When his company was surrounded near Sebourg on 5th November 1918, he seized a Lewis gun whose team had become casualties, and alone proceeded to an isolated position, which he maintained for several hours, and it was largely due to his gallant initiative that the company was able to hold on.

[Listed on some records as Charles Frederick Jackson e.g. CWGC] Private 5336505, 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action defending 'The Bastion' near Dunkerque 25 May 1940, while taking part in the rearguard action as part of Operation Dynamo that enable the evacuation of Dunkerque to take place. Born 1905; birth registered in the July to September Quarter 1905 in Faringdon Registration District, Berkshire. Son of William Sidney Jackson and Florence Mary (nee Willis) Jackson; his wife Edith Ellen (nee Johnson) Jackson, and daughter, Pamela, were resident at as Ferndale Cottages, Faringdon at the time; he married Edith Ellen Johnson in 1931, the Banns were read 13 September 1931 in Faringdon, marriage was registered October to December Quarter 1931 in Faringdon Registration District, Berkshire. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot 1. Row 1. Joint grave 45.

Photograph of Frederick (left) at Salisbury Plain training camp © copyright Adrian Smith 2022