
STOKE GOLDINGTON & GAYHURST WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 Martin Edwards
The
memorial sits on a village Green area close to the school, at the side
of the main road (High Street) that runs through Stoke Goldington. It
takes the form of a two-stepped, square, base surmounted by a square,
sectioned, tapering, plinth with incised inscription panels. Rising
from the plinth is a boss with an octagonal sectioned column plus a
further boss, topped by a wheel cross. The whole memorial site is paved
within a low perimeter chain and ten posts. A path enters this enclosure
from roadside pavement. There are 31 names listed fopr World War 1 and
3 for World War 2.
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Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards -
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THIS
MEMORIAL
WAS ERECTED BY
THE INHABITANTS OF
STOKE GOLDINGTON AND GAYHURST
IN MEMORY OF THEIR HEROES
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1919
WORLD WAR 1939-1945
1914 |
HARRIS |
[John
or] Jack |
Private
7072, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
17th September 1914 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born Stoke
Goldington, enlisted Northampton. Son of Charles and Kate Harris,
of The Square, Stoke Goldington; husband of Clara Harris, of Spring
Cottages, Stoke Goldington, Newport Pagnell. Commemorated on LA
FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France. |
HARRIS |
William
[Charles] |
Stoker
1st Class SS/107618, H.M.S. "Hogue", Royal Navy. Died
22nd September 1914. Age 27. Son of Charles and Kate Harris, of
Stoke Goldington. Commemorated on CHATHAM MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
5. |
CADOGAN |
Henry
Osbert Samuel |
Lieutenant-Colonel,
1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 30th October
1914. Age 46. Son of the Rev. Edward Cadogan, of Wicken, Northants;
husband of Evelyn Violet Crispin (formerly Cadogan), of Little Salterns,
Beaulieu, Hants. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave IXA. L. 11. |
1915 |
COOPER |
Leonard |
Private
9082, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
27th February 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Stoke
Goldington, enlisted Northampton. Son of Mary K. Cooper, of 5, Buckingham
Terrace, Hanslope, Bucks, and the late William Cooper. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. |
SPARROW |
Fred[erick] |
Private
10540, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 25th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Stoke Goldington, enlisted Newport Pagnell. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 37 and 39. |
WEST |
Percy |
Private
11710, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action
18th March 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke Goldington,
enlisted Northampton, resident Newport Pagnell. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM
MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Grave VI. A. 16. |
WARREN |
Harry |
possibly
Harry Warren, Rifleman 9332, 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Died in England Sunday 3rd October 1915. Born and
resident Newport Pagnell, enlisted Northampton. Buried in FORT PITT
MILITARY CEMETERY, Kent. Grave 1338. |
WARREN |
Fred |
Private
7191, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
9th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke Goldington, enlisted
Northampton. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 28 to 30. |
WALKER |
Harry |
Corporal
9027, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
10th March 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke Goldington,
enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. |
MACALISTER |
James
D |
Private
15642, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
27th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Gayhurst, enlisted
Northampton. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 91 to 93 |
PLUMPTON |
Alfred |
probably
Alfred William PLUMPTON, Private 10286, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 25th September 1915 in
France & Flanders. Age 21. Born Old Buckenham, Norfolk, enlisted
Newport Pagnell, resident Wymondham, Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred W. Plumpton, of Hart's Farm, Wymondham, Norfolk. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 37 and 39. |
BROWN |
Joseph |
Private
- No further information currently. |
1916 |
CHAPMAN |
John |
Private
7071, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 21st January
1916 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke Goldington, enlisted Northampton.
Buried in LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
IV. E. 13. |
WOODFORD |
George |
possibly
George William WOODFORD, Bombardier 15016, 459th Howitzer Battery,
Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 29th May 1916 in France
& Flanders. Born Marylebone, enlisted London. Buried in RAILWAY
DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III.
C. 3. |
ROLLINS |
Henry
Richard |
[Harry
on memorial] Corporal 9241, "C" Company, 1st Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th June 1916 in France
& Flanders. Age 23. Born Ravenstone, enlisted Northampton. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rollins, of Olney, Bucks; husband of Bessie Winnifred
Rollins, of 10, York St., Plymouth. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. G. 2. |
MORRIS |
Reginald |
probably
Reginald MORRIS, Private 17619, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment attached 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died
of wounds 25th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born
Stanwick, Northamptonshire, enlisted Northampton. Son of Mrs. Maryiane
Craven, of Villa Lane, Stanwick, Wellingborough, Northants. Buried
in MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Grave II. D. 10. |
SANDERS |
James |
No
further information currently |
1917 |
WHITING |
William
Jesse |
Private
202693, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 30th November 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 32. Born Stoke Goldington, enlisted Oxford, resident Newport
Pagnell. Husband of Bertha May Whiting, of Myrtle Cottage, Stoke
Goldington. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France.
Panel 8. |
WARNER |
Charles |
possibly
Charles A WARNER, Private 87404, 12th Battalion, King's (Liverpool
Regiment). Killed in action 30th November 1917 in France & Flanders.
Born Eakley Lancs, Northamptonshire, enlisted Northampton, resident
Horton, Northamptonshire. Formerly 24632, 12th Lancers. Buried in
HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave I. A. 39. |
WEST,
MM |
Walter
John |
Corporal
14737, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 3rd November
1917 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born Stoke Goldington, enlisted
Northampton. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in south
west part of ST PETER CHURCHYARD, STOKE GOLDINGTON, Buckinghamshire. |
GREEN |
George |
Sergeant
200010, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
3rd November 1917 in Palestine. Born Stoke Goldington, enlisted
Bedford, resident Olney. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Grave
XXII. A. 12. |
GARRATT |
Ernest
[Edward ] |
Private
304178, 1st/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade),
London Regiment formerly 2826, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16 August 1917. Born
in 1891 in the village of Stoke Goldington Buckinghamshire, resident
Waltham Cross, wnlisted Hornsey. Son of John Garratt and Sarah Anne
(nee Herbert). Baptised 5 April 1891 in Stoke Goldington, son of
Sarah Anne and John Garratt. On the 1891 Census Stoke Goldington
he was a son aged 3 months, In the 1901 Census he was aged 10, born
Stoke Goldington, son of John and Mary Garratt, resident Buridge
Cottages, Gayhurst, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 52 and 54. |
KILPIN |
Reginald
Eustace |
Private
41749, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
29th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke Goldington,
enlisted Northampton, resident Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire.
Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave XXI. G. 12A. |
1918 |
KILPIN |
Frederick
aka Fred |
Private
40335, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
22nd March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke Goldington,
enlisted Northampton, resident Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire.
Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 29 and 30. |
EDMUNDS |
Harry |
Private
45261, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 29th August 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Stoke goldington, enlisted Wolverton, resident Newport Pagnell.
Husband of S. A. Edmunds, of Stoke Goldington Rectory, Newport Pagnell.
Formerly 9111, Oxfordhsire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried
in ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IV.
E. 18. |
PETTITT |
Henry
Green |
Private
482548, 430th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Died at home 30th
October 1918. Age 31. Born Stoke Goldington, enlisted Bletchley,
resident Newport Pagnell. Formerly 8814, 4th/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Buried south of the chancel in ST PETER CHURCHYARD, GAYHURST,
Buckinghamshire. |
WHITING |
Henry
Walter |
[Listed
as Harry on memorial] Private 22514, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 25th October
1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Stoke Goldington,
enlisted Bletchley. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 7. |
WARREN |
Elisha |
Driver
245517, 107th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
of wounds 25th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Stoke
goldington, enlisted Oxford. Buried in BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Grave III. F. 7. |
BYWAY |
William
Thomas Trevor |
Private
39073, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Died of wounds 21st September 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 19. Born and resident Stoke Goldington, enlisted Bletchley.
Son of Joseph and Mary Byway, of Stoke Goldington, Bucks. Formerly
41718, Somerset Light Infantry. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY,
LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave VII. H. 3B. |
LYMAN,
MM |
James
Jessie |
Private
32723, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 11th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
Stoke Goldington, enlisted Bletchley, resident newport Pagnell.
Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in HERMIES HILL BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. A. 38. |
BLAND |
Arthur
E |
Private
22066, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 4th November 1918 in
France & Flanders. Born Stoke goldington, enlisted Bletchley,
resident Newport Pagnell. Son of Mrs. H. Bland, of Stoke Goldington.
Buried in VILLERS-POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France.
Grave I. 3. |
WORLD
WAR 1939-1945 |
FRENCH |
Leslie
James |
Marine
PO/X 4415, Royal Marines. Died Tuesday 28th October 1941. Buried
in St Peter Churchyard, Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire. |
LOVELL |
John
Edwin |
Flying
Officer 136381, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died Tuesday 16th November 1943. Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Lovell; husband of Vera Rose Lovell, of New Bradwell, Buckinghamshire.
Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 268. |
NEWBERY |
Thomas
A |
possibly
either Thomas Arthur NEWBERY, Flying Officer 129260,
228 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15th May 1943.
Son of Arthur Thomas Newbery and Emma Newbery; husband of Mary Elizabeth
Newbery, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 127. or
Thomas A NEWBERY, Private 7388883, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died
10th December 1944. Age 34. Son of William F. and Mary Ann Newbery,
of Shirley, Southampton. Buried in FORLI WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Grave
I, C, 11. |
GREATER
LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
Last
updated 5 April, 2021 |