BIERTON
WAR MEMORIALS
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley;
researched Lynda Smith 2005 |
Bierton is near Aylesbury.
The Memorial is to the left of the pathway to Church of St. James the
Great. Inside the church there is a World War 2 memorial window.
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| Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2005 |
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To the GLORY of GOD
And
In MEMORY
Of those who fell
In the GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| DEARING |
William |
Private
265548. 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 10th March 1917. Lived
Bierton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Buried: Hem Farm Military Cemetery,
Hem-Monacu, Somme, France. Ref. I. L. 13. |
| GURNEY |
Richard
Everitt |
Private
276278. "C" Company, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment). Died on 9th August 1918. Aged 36. Private Gurney was
born on 27th February 1882, the son of the Rev. J. L. Gurney, of
Bierton Vicarage, Aylesbury; husband of Katharine Elinor Gurney,
of Stone Farm, Aylesbury, Bucks, England. Commemorated: Vimy Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. |
| HILL |
Horace
S. |
Private
8009. 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 25th September 1915. Born Hulcutt, Bucks.
Lived Bierton. Enlisted Thame, Oxfordshire. Commemorated: Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85. |
| HILL |
Raymond
|
No
further information available at present. |
| HOLDHAM |
Frederick
George |
Private
36950. 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 27th September 1917. Aged 32. Born Bierton.
Lived and enlisted Aylesbury. Husband of Constance Tamar Holdham,
of 11, Broughton Crossing, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 75 to 77.
|
| HONOUR |
Percy |
Private
2144. 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 14th August 1916. Aged
26. Lived Bierton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Honour,
of Rowsham Rd., Bierton, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D. |
|
MATTHEWS |
Albert
George |
Private
18428. 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly 23820
Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
13th August 1916. Born Walton, Bucks. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B.
|
| NORWOOD |
Arthur
|
Lance
Serjeant 266122. 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 16th August 1917. Aged
22. Lived Bierton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of William and Maria
Norwood, of Corner House, Bierton, Bucks. Buried: Poelcapelle British
Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen. Ref. L. D. 11.
|
|
O’GRADY
MM |
Henry
|
Serjeant
8907. 5th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 25th August 1916. Aged 27. Born Buttevant,
Co. Cork. Lived Stewkley, Bucks. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Denis O'Grady, of Buttevant, Co. Cork; husband of Ada Williams
(formerly O'Grady), of South End, Stewkley, Bucks. Buried: Dernancourt
Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref. J. 89. |
| READ |
Harry
|
Probably:
Private 50582. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 141805 Royal
Army Service Corps. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 28th
April 1917. Born Waddesden, Bucks. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
|
REYNOLDS |
Edmund
|
Lance
Corporal 18366. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 11th August 1917. Born Piddington, Oxfordshire.
Lived Ledburn, Bucks. Enlisted Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
31 and 33. |
| RICKARD |
Frank
|
Possibly:
Private 16981. 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died
of wounds with the British Expeditionary Force on 10th August 1916.
Enlisted Haywards Heath. Buried: Bernafay Wood British Cemetery,
Montauban, Somme, France. Ref. L. 26. |
|
SMITH |
Harry
|
No
further information available at present |
| THORNE |
Frank
William |
Private
5727. 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 14th August 1916. Aged 33. Born
and lived Bierton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of William and Mary Ann
Thorne, of Bierton, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D. |
|
THORNE |
John
T |
Private
265677. 5th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Aged 22. Lived Bierton.
Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of William and Mary Ann Thorne, of Bierton,
Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 6 and 7. |
| WHITE |
Algernon
|
Gunner
144909. 12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 19th April 1918. Born and lived Broughton,
Bucks. Enlisted Aylesbury. Buried: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery,
Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. G. 35. |
|
WHITE |
William
George |
Possibly:
Private 44519. 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Formerly
37416 Wiltshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 25th October 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Aylesbury. Son
of Mrs Fanny White, of 127, Buckingham Rd., Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 7. |
TO
THE GLORY OF
GOD IN THANKSGIVING
FOR VICTORY AND IN
PROUD MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES 1939-1945 |
17 July 2005 |
