Cavalry - Wounded

Initially with the TA, serving with The Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1916. When he was conscripted, he served with the Machine Gun Corps and then The East Yorkshire Regiment, Army no. 40269 where he was wounded. He was hospitalised to York 27 April to 31 May 1918 with a shell wound right thigh and then transferred to 7th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment Army no. 44142. He was the son of Isaac and Rachel Aldsworth

Oxford & Bucks L.I - Killed

Private, D Squadron, 1st/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 2nd Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Army no. 1932. He died from wounds received during the first Battle of Ypres on 23 May 1915. He was 19. He was the son of George Robert and Rosa Bennett, 28 Blackfriars Road, Oxford. He is buried in grave I F 46 Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)

His connection with Duns Tew has not been established

Royal Artillery

There are insufficient clues in the records to enable a certain identification of his unit in the Royal Artillery

2nd Lieutenant, Oxford & Bucks L.I

Captain 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was born on 16 November 1889, the son of Sir George John Egerton Dashwood, 6th Bt. and Lady Mary Margaret Seymour. He married Helen Gladys Cartmel on 12 June 1918. He subsequently married Dora Holmes on 6 March 1947. He died on 2 February 1970 at age 80.

2nd Lieutenant, Oxford & Bucks L.I - Killed

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. He was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915. He was 27. He was the son of Sir George JE Dashwood, 6th Bart., and Lady Mary Dashwood, The Warren, Abingdon and previously of Kirtlington. His brothers Wilfred and Ernest also fell. He has no known grave and he is remembered on panel 26 of the Le Touret Memorial

Brigade Major, 61st Infantry Brigade - Wounded

Captain, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles, Major, 3rd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Brigade Major in 1914, 61st Infantry Brigade. He was mentioned in despatches twice and he was wounded twice. Sir Robert Henry Seymour Dashwood, 7th Bt. was born on 19 July 1876. He was the son of Sir George John Egerton Dashwood, 6th Bt. and Lady Mary Margaret Seymour. He married Margaret Helen Henry on 14 January 1903. He died on 3 July 1947 at age 70. He succeeded to the title of 7th Baronet Dashwood, of Northbrook in September 1933. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

2nd Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards - Killed

Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division. He was previously a Private and then a Captain who had served with the Public Schools Battalion. He died of the wounds he received during the fighting at Pilckem Ridge during the Battle of Ypres on 2 August 1917. He was 34. He was the son of Sir George J E Dashwood, Bart., and Lady Mary Dashwood, The Warren, Abingdon and previously of Kirtlington. His brothers Lionel and Ernest also died. He is buried in grave II G 22 Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal, Oxford & Bucks L.I

Initially with The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army no. 22468; he was then transferred Lance Corporal, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) Army no. 25913. He was the son of John Henry and Mary E French

East Surrey Regiment - Killed

Private, 8th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 25169. He was formerly with The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was killed in action at Passchendaele on 1 December 1917. He was 28. He was the son of John C and Alice Gillam of Duns Tew and the husband of Agnes Gillam, 30 Spring Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. He is buried in grave II B 23 Bleuet Farm Cemetery

Gloucester Regiment - Killed

Private, 15th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 120 Brigade, 40th Division. Army no. 64665. He was formerly with The Gloucestershire Regiment. He was killed in action on 27 August 1918. He was 33. He was the son of John and Alice Gillam and the husband of Ann Maria Gillam of 56, Duns Tew. He is buried in grave IV A 17 Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul.

Notes.
There was no particular battle at time he died so it probably was one of those everyday horrors of trench warfare

Guards Machine Gun Corps

Probably Charles W K Gillam who served with the 4th (Foot Guards) Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Army no. 2469. He was the son of William and Kate Gillam

Oxford & Bucks L.I - Invalided

Recorded as being invalided out of The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was the son of George H and Fanny Harris born in 1895. No further records have been identified

Oxford & Bucks L.I

Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. For some reason he has two Army numbers 1911 and 200254

Oxfordshire Heavy Artillery

He was born in 1894 and married in 1914 but he does not feature in the 1901 census. There are, unfortunately, insufficient clues to identify him accurately

Worcestershire Regiment

Born 1890, the son of William and Hannah Jarvis. Details of his service with the Worcestershire Regiment has not been identified.

Royal Ordnance Corps

Born 1895, the son of William and Hannah Jarvis. Details of his service with the Royal Ordnance Corps has not been identified

London Irish Rifles - Killed

Rifleman, 1st/18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles), London Regiment, 141 Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division. Army no. 590364. He was killed in action at on 7 April 1917. He was 20. He was son of John and Annie Mobbs of Duns Tew. He has no known grave and he is remembered on panel 54 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Oxford & Bucks L.I - Invalided

The records show his service was with The Northumberland Fusiliers Army no. 50487. It would appear that he had suffered from malaria which re-occurred and he had a stiff right big toe. He was the son of James and Mary Mole and he was born in 1895

Royal Navy

No record of his service with the Royal Navy has been found

Labour Corps

No detail of his army service have been identified. He was born in 1891

Sergt, Oxford & Bucks L.I - Wounded

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 10021. On his Medal Index Card he is recorded as living at 2 Redway’s Cottages, The Lye, St John’s, Woking. He was born in 1896 and married Rose E Sandford in Guildford in 1919. He was awarded the Distinguished Sefvice Medal (D.C.M.) in 1915. The Roll of Honour records that he was wounded but his Army records do not survive. His Birth Certificate and Medal Index Records give this spelling. No trace of him has been found on the Census

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Not on memorial but with Duns Tews connection