Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Born 26 June 1891 in Chenies, Buckinghamshire. Son of Rev. Reginald and Elizabeth Shann. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Chenies, Bucks, a Student at Royal Agricultural College, boarding at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 42 and 43.

Within St Michael's Church, Chenies is a memorial to him that takes the form of a large tablet set on a backboard with a triangular pediment and pilasters either side, a latin cross is above and scrolled apron below.

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF
LIEUT REGINALD ARTHUR SHANN EAST LANC REGT
YOUNGER SON OF REGINALD SHANN. FOR 33 YEARS
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
SERVED FROM 1914-1918 IN THE GREAT WAR
FELL IN ACTION AT HARGICOURT MARCH 21ST 1918
A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW PARISHIONERS
ADELINE MARIE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

SHANN Reginald Arthur of the Rectory Chenies Buckinghamshire died 21 March 1918 in France or Flanders Administration London 10 May to the reverend Archibald Shann clerk. Effects £486 7s. 2d.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5, page 149:

SHANN, REGINALD ARTHUR, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 4th (Territorial), Battn. The East Lancashire Regt., s. of the Rev. Reginald Shann, Rector of Chenies, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. E. Hoare, Hon. Canon of Canterbury and Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells; b. Chenies, co. Buckingham, 26 June, 1891; educ. The Abbey School, Beckenham, 1901-5; Tonbridge School, 1906-8, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 1909-11, from where he passed out with honours; was training for Land Agency; volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the 18th (Public Schools Battn.) Royal Fusiliers 3 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 14 Nov. 1915; was recommended for a commission, and, returning to England for training, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd East Lancashire Regt. 7 July, 1916; promoted Lieut. Jan. 1918; joined the 1st Battn. in France 14 Nov. 1916; was wounded at Arras 9 April, 1917, and invalided home; on recovery, returned to France, where he was attached to the 4th Battn. Sept. 1917; had short leave in Jan. 1918, then rejoined 9th Battn., and was killed in action near Hargicourt 21 March, 1918. Buried where he fell; unm.

Cannot locate any Military records. Died at The Emergency Hospital, Amersham, 6 May 1942. Aged 26. Born 27 March 1916 in Hendon Registration District, Middlesex. Resident Rookwoood, Church Grove, Little Chalfont, Amersham, Buckinghmahsire. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Dental Surgeon L.D.S.R.C.S., son of Ernest T and Lilian E Clarkson, resident Rockwood Church Grove, Little Chalfont, Amersham R.D., Buckinghamshire.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

CLARKSON Ernest James Allen of Rookwood Church-grove Little Chalfont Amersham Buckinghamshire died 6 May 1942 at The Emergency Hospital Amersham Administration Llandudno 31 August to Ernest Thorne Clarkson licentiate of dental surgery. Effects £2748 16s. 2d.

Aircraftman 2nd Class 3032911, 3 Radio School, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Technical Training Command). Died 12 December 1944. Aged 19. Native of Amersham, Bucks. Son of John Oliver and Phyllis Mary Crook, of Amersham. Based at Compton Bassett, Wiltshire. Buried in CHENIES (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Buckinghamshire.

In St Michaels Church is a pedestal type bookstand with plain supporting lip commemorating him. The base has a quatrefoil calex above a stepped collet at the junction, and an incurring rectangular stepped foot on four ball feet with the inscription on the back of the stem.

IN DEAR MEMORY OF
JOHN LIONEL CROOK
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 1944
CHORISTER OF THIS CHURCH

Ordinary Coder P/JX 293401, French Ship Mimosa (H.M.S. Avalon), Royal Navy. Died at sea 9 June 1942. Aged 19. Born 10 February 1923 in Harrow, Middlesex. Son of Frank and May Dean, of Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. In the 1939 Register he was single, an Insurance Clerk, resident with his parents at Cottage, Churcham Road, Little Chalfont, Amersham R.D., Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 67, Column 1.

Also commemorated within St Michael's Church, Chenies on a large hammered brass alms dish with plain edge inset on a wide border; mounded rim; deeply stepped bouge and slightly domed centre with an inscription on the border.

IN MEMORY OF
ALAN JOHN DEAN
KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
JUNE 9TH 1942
"WHOSE SHINING SPIRIT TRIUMPHED OVER DEATH"

Flying Officer (Pilot) 70324, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying a Blenheim IV, serial number R3750, out of Lossiemouth, Moray, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 over North Sea during a raid on Stavanger airfield, Norway, 9 July 1940. Aged 24. Son of Martin and Christine Hopkinson, of Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. B.A. (Oxon.). In the 1921 census he was aged 5, born Buxton, Derbyshire, son of Martin and Christine Hopkinson, resident Rosehill, Montague Road, Berkhampstead, Great Berkhampstead Urban, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 6.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1941:

HOPKINSON Richard Adrian of Long Meadow Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire died 9 July 1940 on war service Administration Llandudno 10 May to Martin Hopkinson of no occupation. Effects £3545 1s. 4d.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

PHELPS Donald Percy of Highways Amersham Way Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire died 19 May 1944 at Royal Ear Hospital Huntley-street London W.C.1 Administration Llandudno 28 September to Phyllis Mabel Phelps widow.
Effects £2124 18s. 3d.