Throughout Buckinghamshire there are various memorials and rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women who fell in various wars. These memorials and rolls cover many centuries in some cases, most World War One and Two.

During any conflict there are certain acts of bravery or defiance that are noticeable above others. For these acts citations and medals have been awarded.

If anybody has information for those of the Second World War, Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied for the First World War then I would gladly post these as well.

The other source of information is photographs andd there are several that have been supplied without details - do you know who they are?

To gain an overview of all the towns and parishes covered, and hopefully to be covered, by this site there is an alphabetical index.

Some of the cap badges are laid out, on a separate page.

For those of you with an interest in the World War 1 there is The British Army in the Great War, World War 1 - Trenches on the Web, the Regimental Warpath and the Cambridgeshire branch of the Western Front Association. Cliff Brown, Chairman of the Cambridgeshire branch of the WFA, Lynda Smith, Dave Edwards and Phil Cume have generously added detail to the names recorded for many of these memorials giving details of those who died. These names are all taken from the main local war memorial (i.e. the town or village memorial). Some extra names are added on the end when they crop up elsewhere in the town/village, such as someone buried in the cemetery.

For further reading when researching World War 1 relatives then there is a book published by the Federation of Family History Societies for family Historians entitled "World War I Army Ancestry - Third Edition" by Norman Holding ISBN 1 86006 056 2.

Please Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information accurately but there are occasions that the information supplied is incorrect or errors occur during transcription. We do not wish to cause offence to any families of the men detailed here and will change the relevant information when informed.

Also note that places detailed on these memorials may appear in the wrong county. This information has been transcribed from the records given and, as the men were parochial, the information supplied at enlistment was the view of the men and the county they thought they resided in.

World War 1 & 2 Buckinghamshire
Adstock | Ashendon | Aston Clinton | Astwood | Bierton | Bletchley | Bletchley St Mary | Bow Brickhill | Bradwell | Broughton | Buckland | Calverton | Castlethorpe | Chalfont St Giles | Chesham | Chicheley | Clifton Reynes | Cold Brayfield | Coleshill | Dagnall | Edlesborough | Emberton | Fenny Stratford | Ford | Gayhurst | Great Brickhill | Hanslope | Haversham | Ivinghoe | Lavendon | Linslade | Little Brickhill | Little Linford | Loughton | Marsworth | Milton Keynes | New Bradwell | Newport Pagnell | Newton Blossomville| Newton Longville | North Crawley | North Marston | Old Stratford | Olney | Oving | Shenley | Sherington | Simpson | Stewkley | Steeple Claydon | Stoke Goldington | Stony Stratford | Swanbourne | Tyringham | Waddesdon | Water Stratford | Wavendon St Mary | Wendover | Weston Underwood | Whaddon | Willen | British Legion Hall - Air Disaster | Wolverton & Old Wolverton | Wooburn | Woughton on the Green

Pre-1914
Aylesbury Boer War 1st Bucks Volunteers | Coombe Hill, Wendover, Boer War | Latimer, Boer War

The various memorials and cemeteries maintained by the War Graves Commission for the Western Front are described and pictured on the Internet. There is also another site that describes these memorials. Details of Kranji War Cemetery and Taiping can be found on MyFarEast website.

NEWS AND REVIEWS

This section contains various news reports and cuttings, old and new, with reference to the memorials in and around Huntingdonshire. To view the section please click here.

The Maple Leaf Legacy Project A Millennium Project in Remembrance of Canada's War Dead War Memorials Trust Friends of War Memorials is a charity dedicated to promoting awareness of the debt we owe to those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom, by ensuring that their memorials are properly maintained and preserved. Links to other sites that you may find useful. Learn about the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL INVENTORY OF WAR MEMORIALS

Much information about soldiers who fell, were awarded medals and more is to be found in old copies of the London Gazette. Here is a brief resume:

The London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest, continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom and probably the world. The London Gazette and its sister publications, the Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, have a unique position in British publishing. They are official newspapers of the Crown. The London Gazette contains a wide range of office notices including State, Parliamentary and Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning notices as well as Corporate and Personal Insolvency notices to name a few. In addition, a number of Supplements are published covering Honours and Awards, Premium Bonds, Armed Forces Promotions and Re-gradings, Companies' information, etc. and a Quarterly Index.

In the 17th century, it was believed that National efficiency depended on the intelligence received by the Crown and that the reckless publishing of news might endanger it. An embargo on the printing of news other than reports of events abroad, natural disasters, Royal declarations and sensational crime continued until 1640. This had the effect of delaying the development of the press in the UK. Censorship was introduced in 1643, followed by licensing of news publications. The Gazette came about because of two momentous events: the Great Plague and the decision of King Charles II to remove his court - effectively the government of the time - to Oxford. The London Gazette started life as the Oxford Gazette and after a few months changed to its current title.