BERRY

Arthur William

Private 28343, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 22 April 1918. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Warwick, resident banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 73.

CARPENTER

William Edgar

Private 73071, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 20 March 1918. Aged 19. Born Wappenham, enlisted Northampton, resident Banbury. Son of Mr. W. T. and Mrs. M. A. Carpenter, of Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxon. Formerly 75385, 107th Battalion, Training Reserve. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.

FENEMORE

Walse

[Private on memorial] Gunner 68520, "B" Battery, 74th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 26 July 1917. Enlisted Towcester, resident Sulgrave. Buried in BLEUET FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row F. Grave 16.

FRANKLIN

Albert Williams

Private 30008, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 September 1916. Born Overthorpe, enlisted Banbury, resident Culworth. Formerly 21321, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Buried in PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 28.

HADLEY

Robert Charles William

Sick Berth Steward 351324, H.M.S. Invincible, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 31 May 1916. Aged 32. Brother of M. E. Thorneycroft (nee Hadley), of 37, Dundee St., St. James, Northampton. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 20.

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JEFFS

Frank

Private 31060, 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died 26 October 1918. Aged 22. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Northampton. Formerly 30652, Northamptonshire Regiment. Son of Charles Owen Jeffs and Sarah Elizabeth Jeffs, of Sulgrave, Northants. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Division 62. Plot V. Row N. Grave 8.

MUDDIMAN

James William

[Listed as Private on memorial] Driver 90047, 10th Dividion H.Q., Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in Salonika 23 June 1917. Aged 36. Born Birmingham, enlisted Banbury, resident Oxford. Husband of Emily Muddiman, of Sulgrave, Banbury. Buried in LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot I. Row C. Grave 2.

SHELLARD, MM

Leonard

Private 10126, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 14 December 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Sulgrave, enlisted Oxford. Son of Mrs. Sarah Shellard, of New Lane, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxon. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98.

SMITH

Wallace [James]

Private 27270, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 November 1917. Aged 20. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Bletchley. Son of George Henry and Maria Smith, of Little Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 4.

TAYLOR

Lilian Annie Maria

Member 12942, Women’s Royal Air Force. Died 6th November 1918. Age 29. Daughter of William and Harriet Taylor, of Sulgrave Buried near north-west corner of the church in ST JAMES THE LESS CHURCHYARD, SULGRAVE, Northamptonshire.

TYRELL

J R

Private. No further information currently available.

Note: There is a Walter Thomas TYRELL, Private 7880, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 10 November 1914. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Pontefract, resident Brackley. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8.

WADE

Frederick G

Private 18759, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds in the Persian Gulf 7 April 1916. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 26 and 63.

WHITEHEAD

Leonard

Private 203313, 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine 19 April 1917. Aged 26. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Northampton. Husband of Ella Jane Hawkes (formerly Whitehead), of Bulwick, Peterborough. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel. Panel 40.

WHITEHEAD

Leslie

Private F/439, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 1 June 1916. Aged 19. Born Sulgrave, enlisted Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex, resident Harlesden, Middlesex. Son of William and Elizabeth Whitehead, of Sulgrave, Banbury. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 14.

WHITTON

George E

Private 63928, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment). Died 23 May 1915. Aged 29. Son of John and Isabel Whitton, of 51, Warwick Rd., Banbury. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 60. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10334 - 42

WOOTTON

Harold

Private 8206, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 21 October 1914. Aged 21. Born and resident Sulgrave, enlisted Banbury, Oxon. Son of Joseph Butlin Wootton and Catharine Elizabeth Wootton, of Little St., Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Panel 37 and 39.

WOOTTON

Henry Leonard James

Private 5708, 1/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 7 October 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Sulgrave (Salgrave on SDGW), enlisted London. Son of Leonard Henry and Rhoda Jane Wootton, of 8, Council Houses, Sulgrave (Silgrove on CWGC), Banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 C.

WEBB

Hector John

Leading Aircraftman 611113, Royal Air Force. Lost when the ship he was being transported in as a Japanese prisoner of war was sunk by USS Bonefish 29 November 1943. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 427.

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