
WADDESDON
WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Transcribed and photographed by Carolynn
Langley;
Researched by Lynda Smith ; Formatted Martin Paton - 2006
The
memorial is on the A41 by the entrance to Waddesdon Manor. It is engraved
on all four sides. There are further
Memorials inside the church of St. Michael & All Angels. Some
names appear on both memorials, some are only on one. There is a plaque
in the porch to right above the entrance door. The
ornate Italian alabaster pulpit is engraved:
As
a thank-offering to Almighty God for his safe return from the War
in South Africa, this pulpit, formerly in the chapel of Blenheim Palace
Oxon., is here set by C.J.R. Duke of Marlborough, Patron of this Church.
A.D. 1900.
In
the North Aisle is the Memorial Chapel. The
east window is dedicated to the memory of the Men of the parish who
fell in the Great War 1914/1918.
The War
Memorial
To the Glory of
God
and in
Proud and Grateful
Remembrance
of the Men of Waddesdon
who gave their
lives
in the Great War
1914 - 1919
and 1939 - 1945
FOR KING &
COUNTRY
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Photographs
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1914-1918
ALLEN |
Harry (Henry) |
Private 2411.
Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 18th July 1916. Aged 26. Lived Waddesdon.
Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mrs. Mary Allen, of Quainton Rd., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury. Buried: Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle,
Somme, France. Ref. I. B. 45. |
ASHBY |
Algernon
Henry |
Private 3766.
3rd Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 19th September 1916. Aged 19. Born
Burford. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Harrow Road. Son of Jane Eldridge
(formerly Ashby), of Frederick St., Waddesdon, Bucks, and the
late E. A. Ashby. Buried: Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme,
France. Ref. III. F. 9. |
ATKINS |
Thomas Cyril |
Private 1934.
1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 18th July 1916. Aged 20.
Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Brother of Mrs.
A. Speed, of Frederick St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
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BATES |
Thomas |
No further
information currently available |
BIRD |
Robert James
Gregory |
Lance Corporal
265451. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 22nd August, 1917.
Aged 21. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of
Henry and Jane Bird, of High St., Waddesdon, Bucks. Buried: New
Irish Farm Cemetery Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XVI.
C. 7. |
BISWELL |
Hubert |
Lance Corporal
266341. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 22nd August 1917.
Aged 20. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mrs. Mary
Ann Biswell, of New St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury. Commemorated: Tyne
Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to
98. |
BISWELL |
Stanley George
|
Private 24076.
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 6th July 1917. Aged 21. Born Waddesdon. Enlisted London.
Son of George and Mary Jane Biswell, of 6, Elmbrook Cottages,
Frederick St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: Artillery
Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. VI. D. 16.
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BISWELL |
Thomas |
Private 32876.
6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 10th August 1917.
Aged 18.
Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Arthur Biswell,
of Rothschild's Cottages, Quainton Rd., Waddesdon, Aylesbury,
and the late Susan Biswell. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 45. |
BRACKLEY |
Frank |
Lance Sergeant
R/14850. 16th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 17th October 1917. Aged 25. Born and
lived Waddesdon. Enlisted London. Son of Caroline Brackley, of
Frederick St., Waddesdon, Bucks. Buried: Outtersteene Communal
Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Ref. I. D. 3. |
BURGESS |
Sidney James |
Corporal
79957. Royal Engineers. Died at home on 12th March 1919. Aged
36. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Burgess; husband of Lilian Evans
(formerly Burgess), of Quainton Rd., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks.
Buried: Waddesdon (St. Michael) Churchyard. Near west boundary.
799957
Corporal
S.J.
BURGESS
Royal Engineers
12th March 1919.
Age 36
"THY WILL BE DONE" |
CARTER |
Harry |
Lance Sergeant
265487. "D" Coy. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light
Infantry. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 22nd August
1917. Aged 19. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carter, of High St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury.
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 96 to 98. |
CATERER |
Isaac Walter |
Private 8325.
5th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 25th September 1915. Born and lived
Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39 |
CHARLOTT |
Bertie |
Private 9140.
1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died in Mesopotamia
on 30th September 1916. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Oxford.
Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. XXI. P.
21. |
CHARLOTT |
Percival
Henry |
Corporal
5659. 20th Hussars. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 18th October 1914. Born Oxford. Lived Colchester, Essex. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of Thomas and Alice Charlott, of Waddesdon, Aylesbury,
England; husband of Annie Charlott, of 179, Chalmers Avenue, Elmwood,
Winnipeg, Canada. Buried: Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. IV. D. 3. |
COOK |
William
Henry |
Private 135997.
2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Died
on 21st November 1916. Aged 22. Private Cook was born on 3rd March
1894, the son of Albert and Jennie Cook, of Garden Cottage, Quainton
Road, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks, England. In Canada he worked
as a labourer. Buried: Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. III. B. 9. |
COPCUTT |
Arthur |
Private 66376.
101st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 20th May 1917. Born Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Buried: St. Leger British Cemetery, Pas De Calais,
France. Ref. E. 2. |
COX |
Thomas Atkins |
Private 266713.
2nd/1st Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 19th July 1916. Born and lived
Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 83 - 85. |
CREED |
James |
Rifleman
A/203757. 18th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Formerly SS/4425
Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 3rd October 1918. Born Waddesdon. Lived Wealdstone, Middlesex.
Enlisted London. Husband of Mrs. L. Creed, of 37, Havelock Rd.,
Wealdstone, Middlesex.
Buried: Hooge
Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XIV. K.
1. |
CRIPPS |
Frederick
Ralph |
Private 9183.
1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died in Mesopotamia
on 30th June 1916. Aged 27. Born High Wycombe. Lived Cuddington,
Bucks. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of William and Jane Cripps, of
Cuddington, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Panel 26 and 63. |
CRIPPS |
Harry |
Private 267354.
2nd/1st Bucks Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 22nd August 1917. Aged 22.
Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Cripps, of Baker St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury. Commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96 to 98. |
CRIPPS |
Robert Cyril
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Corporal
266087. 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Died in Italy on 9th May 1918. Aged 21. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of Richard Charles and Ellen Cripps, of Frederick
St., Waddesdon, Bucks. Buried: Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy.
Ref. I. B. 5. |
CROOK |
Robert Alfred
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Private 306533.
1st/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916. Enlisted Waddesdon.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial . Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10
B. |
EVANS |
Alfred |
Private 29929.
2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly 22942 Oxford
& Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 3rd September 1916. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
9 A 9 B and 10 B. |
EVANS |
John |
Private 27236.
115th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly 21246 Oxford
& Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 11th July 1916. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Buried: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. Ref. IX.
G. 6. |
EVANS |
Leonard William
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Private 26248.
2nd/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 19th April 1918. Aged 18. Born and
lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Evans, of High St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: St. Venant-Robecq
Road British Cemetery, Robecq, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. II.
C. 6. |
EVANS |
Walter |
Private 8945.
1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds
in the Persian Gulf on 31st December 1915. Born and lived Waddesdon.
Enlisted Aylesbury. Buried: Kut War Cemetery, Iraq. Ref. K. 11.
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FARMER |
Henry Charles
McLean |
Second Lieutenant.
6th Battalion attached 4th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Killed in action on 10th May 1915. Aged 22. Son of the Rev. J
E. G. and Margaret Farmer, of Yeardsley Cottage, Furness Vale,
Cheshire. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 51 and 53.
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY
CHARLES MACLEAN FARMER
2ND LIEUT. K.R.R.C
Killed in action May 10th 1915
Age 22
This figure of St. Michael is placed
here by his brother.
In the south
Aisle in the Lady Chapel the window is dedicated to the memory
of a former Rectors son.
We Pray
you remember
HENRY
CHARLES MACLEAN FARMER
2nd Lieut.
K.R.R.C. Killed in action
near
Ypres,
the 10th day of May 1915.
In being
recollection of whom this
window,
in honour
of the Holy Incarnation of
Our Lord
Jesus Christ, is dedicated
by his
Parents.
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FIELD |
William James |
Private 24829.
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 25th September 1916. Aged 19. Born Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of Mrs. Ada Florence Field, of Quainton Rd., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 D. |
FIGG |
Arthur |
No further
information currently available |
FOWLER |
Alfred |
No further
information currently available |
FOWLER |
Arthur |
Private 241064.
6th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Formerly 7508 Royal
Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 30th September 1917. Aged 39. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of James and Mary Ann Fowler, of Quainton Rd.,
Waddesdon, Aylesbury. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
FOWLER |
Harry |
No further
information currently available |
FOWLER |
William James |
Private 203046.
1st/4th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 26th March 1917. Aged 29. Born and
lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of William and Sophia
Fowler; husband of Olive Elizabeth Fowler, of Quainton Rd., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury. Buried: Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Ref. II. F. 22. |
FOWLER |
Arthur John |
Pioneer 129616.
5th Battalion, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 14th July 1916. Aged 34. Lived Waddesdon.
Enlisted Burnham, Somerset. Son of William and Sophia Ann Fowler,
of Quainton Rd., Waddesdon, Bucks. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D. |
GENT |
Charles James |
Rifleman
4593. 1st/8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 21st May 1916. Aged
34. Born Lambeth. Lived West Dulwich. Enlisted London. Husband
of Mary Ann Gent, of High St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
HUMPHREY |
Edward Thomas |
Private 28741.
6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Formerly 266466 Middlesex
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 19th April
1918. Aged 42. Born Warrington, Lancashire. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
Oxford. Son of Thomas Edward and Emma Humphrey, of Waddesdon,
Aylesbury. Buried: Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Ref. I. A. 12. |
JONES |
William |
Gunner 94716.
"C" Battery, 311th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 25th September 1917. Aged 23. Born
Waddesdon. Enlisted London, Son of the late James and Elizabeth
Jones, of Waddesdon, Bucks. Buried: Underhill Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Ref. C. 34. |
KIRTLAND |
William |
Private 8078.
2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 21st October 1914. Aged 27. Born and
lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of David Kirtland; husband
of Agnes Annie Mole (formerly Kirtland), of Frederick St., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39. |
LITTLECHILD |
James Henry |
Private 12873.
10th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action on 24th February 1917. Aged 32. Born Cowlinge, Suffolk.
Lived Crawley, Sussex. Enlisted Horsham, Sussex. Son of William
and Louisa Littlechild, of Cowlinge, Newmarket; husband of Gertrude
Sarah Littlechild, of Frederick St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury. Buried:
Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. I. C. 18. |
MARTIN |
Thomas James
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Private 17186.
1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Formerly 16436 Oxford &
Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 8th August 1916.
Born Quainton,
Bucks. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Buried: Essex Farm
Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. III. A. 32. |
MILLARD |
Charles |
No further
information currently available |
MURRAY |
Douglas |
No further
information currently available |
RADWELL |
[Albert]
Leonard |
[Listed as
RODWELL on CWGC] Private 20865. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford
and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 22nd October 1916. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son
of Ernest Albert and Rosa Radwell, of 8, Frederick St., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue,
Nord, France. Ref. II. B. 20. |
READ |
Harry |
Private 50582.
7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 141805 Royal Army Service
Corps. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 28th April 1917.
Born Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
READ |
Robert Charles
|
Private 5722.
1st/4th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 24th August 1916. Born and lived Waddesdon.
Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D. |
RICHARDS |
Cyril |
Rifleman
B/203233. 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Formerly R/14851 King's
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
14th November 1916. Aged 24. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
London. Son of Mary Richards, of New St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury,
Bucks, and the late Charles Richards. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. |
RICHARDS |
Edgar Francis
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Private 13843.
50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died in France &
Flanders on 31st October 1918. Aged 23. Born and lived Waddesdon.
Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Charles and Mary Richards, of New St.,
Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel,
Hessen, Germany. Ref. III. E. 7. |
ROADS |
Harry |
Private 15819.
8th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died at home on
11th June 1916. Aged 42. Born Waddesdon. Enlisted Buckingham.
Buried: Buckingham Cemetery. Ref. Church side. 2420. |
ROLFE |
Arthur |
Private 427418.
16th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died on
8th August 1918. Private Rolfe was born on 4th March 1890, the
son of Elizabeth Rolfe of High Street, Waddesdon. In Canada he
worked as a bricklayer. Buried: Demuin British Cemetery, Somme,
France. Ref. A. 20. |
RUSSELL |
Richard Charles
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Private 205410.
Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Killed in action in Palestine on
21st November 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Richard
James and Matilda Florence Russell, of Windmill Hill, Waddesdon,
Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial. Panel 3. |
SCOTT |
Eli |
Private 27903.
1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. (CD states 7th Battalion).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 13th June 1917. Born
Waddesdon. Lived and enlisted Watford, Hertfordshire. Buried:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. V. D. 14.
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SHARPE |
Thomas James |
Private 3850.
1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 15th August 1916. Aged 33.
Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Thomas James and Emily
Sharp, of Frederick St., Waddesdon, Bucks. Commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D. |
SHERWIN |
George |
No further
information currently available |
SLADE |
Percy Allen |
Gunner 249625.
"A" Battery, 174th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
at home on 9th May 1918. (This seems to be at odds with his burial
place) Aged 25. Born Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Slade, of High St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks.;
husband of Mrs. L. R. Slade, of Milton Cottage, Frederick St.,
Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: Bagneux British Cemetery,
Gezaincourt, Somme, France. Ref. I. B. 3. |
SOUTHAM |
George |
Private S/344040.
Royal Army Service Corps. Died at home on 22nd January 1919. Buried:
Waddesdon (St. Michael) Churchyard. East of church. |
SOUTHAR |
Stanley |
No further
information currently available |
SPEED |
John |
Private 37256.
9th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly 4082 Oxford
& Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 6th December 1916. Aged 20. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Speed, of Frederick St.,
Waddesdon, Bucks. Buried: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme,
France. Ref. I. G. 1. |
STANTON |
Frederick |
No further
information currently available |
STEELE |
Benjamin |
No further
information currently available |
STONEHILL |
Stanley |
Private 5397.
2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 22nd august 1917. Aged 23.
Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Edward and Jane Stonehill,
of Park Lane, Waddesdon, Aylesbury. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
THICKENS |
Ralph Cook |
Private 49925.
1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. Formerly 8/3629 Royal Hampshire
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 19th May
1918. Born King's Norton, Worcestershire. Lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Buried: Gwalia Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. II. F. 27. |
THORPE |
William Henry |
Private 266566.
2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died at home on
23rd August 1917. Aged 33. Born and lived Waddesdon. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of Henry and Helen Thorpe, of Quainton Rd., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: Waddesdon (St. Michael) Churchyard.
Near south entrance.
266566
Private
WILLIAM
HENRY THORPE
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.
23rd August 1917. Age 33
PEACE PERFECT PEACE |
WHEELER |
Arthur Thomas
|
Private 37927.
8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 28th March 1918. Born Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6. |
WHEELER |
John |
Private 2068.
1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 23rd August 1916. Lived
Waddesdon. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial.
Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D. |
1939-1945 |
ATKINS |
Edward George |
Private 5378971.
1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died on 27th May
1940. Aged 29. Son of Josiah and Rosa Atkins; husband of Margaret
Atkins, of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial,
Nord, France. Column 92. |
BISWELL |
C. Rolfe
|
No further
information currently available |
BURGESS |
Leslie |
Lance Corporal
1877628. Commando No. 9 Royal Engineers. Died on 28th March 1942.
Aged 27. : Son of Sydney Burgess, and of Lilian Burgess, of Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire. Commemorated: Brookwood Memorial, Surrey. Panel
5. Column 1. |
CROOK |
Arthur Christopher |
Steward D/LX
25166. H.M.S. Matabele, Royal Navy. Died on 17th January 1942.
Aged 25. Son of Fred Dodwell Crook and Lilian Mary Crook, of Waddesdon,
Buckinghamshire; husband of Kathleen Crook. Commemorated: Plymouth
Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 72, Column 2. Special note: On 17
January, just off Kola Inlet, HMS Matabele was torpedoed by the
German submarine U-454 and sank in two minutes. At the time HMS
Matabele was escorting Arctic Convoy PQ-8. |
CANNON |
Leonard |
No further
information currently available |
FOWLER |
Joseph |
No further
information currently available |
GASSOR |
Cecil |
Grew up in
Woodham, a village next door to Waddesdon. Just after the outbreak
of WW2 on 12/02/1940 joined the Army, he was posted into the Coldstream
Guards Regiment and went on to serve in North Africa. Cecil was
seriously injured during the battle of El Alamein in 1942, following
which he was repatriated back to this country via Cairo and following
more than eighty operations he died in 1958 after contracting
meningitis, the infection was related to his war wounds. His name
did not originally appear on the war memorial due to his death
being so many years after the end of the war, however following
evidence supplied, and the costs being met privately, Cecil’s
name was added. Cecil is buried in the Churchyard at Waddesdon
Parish Church |
HARMS |
Geoffrey
James |
Guardsman
2664348. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died on 11th September
1943. Aged 20. Son of Leonard and Gertrude Harms, of Waddesdon,
Buckinghamshire. Buried: Salerno War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. II.
B. 27. |
NEARY |
William |
No further
information currently available |
RAYNOR |
Lionel |
Private 5389302.
7th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died on 12th September
1943. Aged 29. Son of Arnold Weatherill and Minna Raynor; husband
of Clara Joan Raynor, of Westcott Hill, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated:
Cassino Memorial, Italy. Panel 8. |
SHARP |
William James |
Private T/111342.
32 Motor Coach Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died between
29th May and 1st June 1940. Aged 26. Son of Arthur William and
Minnie Sharp; grandson of Mrs. T. J. Sharp, of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire.
Buried: Lombardsijde Churchyard Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. Grave 207. |
SNELLING |
Robert |
No further
information currently available |
WASHINGTON |
Alec |
Private 5389329.
1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died on 16th July
1944. Aged 29. Son of Annie Mary Saunders, of Westcott, Buckinghamshire.
Buried: Brouay War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Ref. III. C. 3.
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WHEELER |
George Edwin |
Lance Corporal
5393640. 225 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on 12th May
1944. Aged 37. Son of Thomas Edwin and Alice Rebecca Wheeler,
of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire; husband of Florence Mabel Wheeler,
of Waddesdon. Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. VIII.
F. 22. |
Buried in
the churchyard, not on the memorial |
CANNON |
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Private 8989.
2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Died at home on
5th June 1920. Aged 38. Husband of E. Cannon, of Baker St., Waddesdon,
Aylesbury. Buried: Waddesdon (St. Michael) Churchyard. Near south
entrance.
8989
Private
G. CANNON
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.
5th June
1920. Age 38
PEACE PERFECT PEACE |
CHERRY |
Norman Frank |
Pilot Officer
(Wireless Operator /Air Gunner) 158620. Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 22nd February 1944. Aged 21. Son of William Charles
and Elsie Cherry. Buried: Waddesdon (St. Michael) Churchyard. |
DUNKLEY |
Percy George |
Fusilier
6478497. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died on 28th
April 1942. Aged 32. Son of Thomas and Laura Dunkley; husband
of Rosilla May Dunkley, of Aylesbury. Buried: Waddesdon (St. Michael)
Churchyard. |
Last updated:
5 December, 2020
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