Roll of Honour - Oxfordshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

GREAT TEW WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Andrew Dishman and Gill Cannell 2019

The war memorial is to be found on the North wall of the North aisle in St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Tew, Oxfordshire. The memorial is in the form of an ornate, rectangular, stone tablet with the inscription in gold painted lettering with an additional tablet at the base for that has been appended to list the World War 2 names that are also in gilt lettering with gilt and green painted, foliate, column borders on three sides of the tablet; at the top of the memorial are two gilt painted angels that support a shield with the cross of St George on it with a green painted wreath at the top of the tablet. There are 9 names listed for World War 1 and 3 names for World War 2.

Photographs Copyright © Andrew Dishman and Gill Cannell 2019

1914 – 1918
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

DEAN	William Thomas	Private 39091, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 41738, Somerset Light Infantry. Died of wounds 31 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Fulwell, Oxon, resident Enstone, Oxon, enlisted Oxford. Son of Harry and Jane Dean, of Barn Cottages, Tracey, Enstone, Oxon. Buried in LIGNY-SUR-CANCHE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave 17.
FRIEND	Henry Victor	Private 85777, 2nd/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry formerly 8304, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 October 1918. Aged 31. Born Great Tew, Oxon, enlisted Banbury. Son of Henry Thomas Friend, of Great Tew, Enstone, Oxon., and the late Mary Ann Friend. Buried in RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot VI. Row I. Grave 4.
GOUGH	Albert Henry	Private 29928, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 23042, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 4 May 1917. Born and resident Great Tew, Oxon, enlisted Banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.
HARTLEY	Frederick George	Corporal 13833, 19th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 13 September 1919 in Russia. Born Southam, Warwickshire, enlisted Banbury, Oxon. In the 1881 census Frederick G Hartley was aged 8, born Little Tew, Oxfordshire, a scholar, son of Charles and Harriet Hartley, resident Little Tew Village, Little Tew, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 28, born Little Tew, Oxfordshire, a Gardener, married to Sylvia Hartley with one son, wife born Great Tew, resident Appendix Street, Mountfield Gardens, Southam, Warwickshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 38, born Little Tew, a Jobbing Gardener (Domestic), married to Sylvia Hartley with two sons and a daughter, wife born Great Tew, resident Mountfield Gardens, Southam, Warwickshire. He was buried in buried Svyatnavolok Chyd but is commemorated in MURMANSK NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Russian Federation (North). Special memorial B11.
KNIBBS	George Herbert	Private 17112, 2nd Battalion., Hampshire Regiment formerly 18188, Oxfordshire and Buckinghahsire Light Infantry. Died on service 8 November 1916. Born Swerford, Oxfordshire, resident Enstone, Oxfordshire, enlisted Bournemouth. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, iraq. Plot XXI. Row M. Grave 7.
RICHARDS	Leslie John	[Listed as Corporal on memorial] Private 32852, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry formerly 3680, Queen's Own Oxon Hussars. Died of wounds 19 October 1916. Aged 23. Born Charlbury, Oxon, resident Chipping Norton, Oxon, enlisted Oxford. Son of John Walter and Mary Richards, of Tracey, Enstone, Oxford. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row N. Grave 27.
VIPOND	George Emmerson	[Listed as Corporal, Can. Mtd. Rifles on memorial] Private 225272, 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 2 September 1918. Born 2 January 1884 in Durham, United Kingdom. Husband of Margaret Vipond, of Tracey, Enstone, Oxfordshire. A Coachman by trade. Attested 26 July 1917 in Toronto, Canada, aged 33 years 7 months, height 5 feet 10 inches, chest 33-38 inches, medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Buried in DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 28. National Archives of Canada Accesssion Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9960 - 36
WILLIAMS	Harvey John	Private 7416, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 29 September 1915. Born Milton, Wiltshire, resident Great Tew, Oxon, enlisted Devizes. Burioed in DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot iV. Row G. Grave 9.
YEATES	Frederick	Lance Corporal 9683, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 May 1915. Aged 21. Born Garsington, Oxon, resident Great Tew, Oxon, enlisted Oxford. Son of Henry and Mary Yeates, of Garsington, Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 26.
1939-1945
COLES	Rodney Maxwell	[Listed as Squadron Leader on memorial] Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 41553, 211 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action when it is believed he was to have been shot down by a Japanese AF Ki-43 during an attack on Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon, Burma, flying a Beaufighter TFX, serial number NE540, flying out of Chiringa, India, 18 October 1944. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 431. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946: COLES Rodney Maxwell of Porch House Great Tew Oxfordshire died on or since 18 October 1944 on war service Administration Oxford 20 December to Martha May Coles widow. Effects £1218 13s. 8d.
HARPER	E	Sergeant, R.A.C. probably Edward HARPER, Sergeant 5380505, 61st Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Died 19 October 1944. Aged 34. Son of William Jesse Harper, and of Florence Harper, of Exhall, Warwickshire. Buried in UTRECHT (SOESTBERGEN) GENERAL CEMETERY, Utrecht, Netherlands. Plot 12D. Row 2. Grave 19.
NEWELL	Eric George	Private 5388641, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action in North West Europe 7 June 1944. Aged 27. Born 5 December 1916, and resident, Oxford. Son of Eva M. Newell, of Great Tew, Oxfordshire. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, a Garden Labourer, resident Great Tew, Chipping Norton R.D., Oxfordshire. Buried in HEROUVILLETTE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Grave 20.

Last updated 5 May, 2023

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