ALLIBON

[Francis] Bernard

[Spelt ALLLIBONB on SDGW] Private G/15662, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 1st July 1916. Born Burton Dassett, enlisted Rugby, resident Banbury. Formerly 65365, Royal Field Artillery. Buried in HAWTHORN RIDGE CEMETERY No.2, AUCHONVILLERS, Somme, France. Section B. Grave 13.

BAKER

Edward [Harold]

Private 35223, 16th [SDGW] or 19th [CWGC] Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th September 1918. Aged 19. Born Leamington, enlisted Coventry. Son of Edward Thomas and Sarah Ann Baker, of Knightcote, Leamington Spa. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3.

BAKER

William [John]

Private 11003, 7thn 9Service) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in acxtion at gallipoli 9th August 1915. Aged 31. Born Birmingham, enlisted Rugby, resident Leamington. Son of Edward Thomas Baker, of Knightcote, Leamington, and the late Sarah Ann Baker. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 134 to 136.

BALDWIN

Harry

Sergeant 13593, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19th February 1917. Born and resident Burton Dassett, enlisted Rugby. Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS, Somme, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 23.

BENFIELD

Bertram [George]

Private 41336, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died of wounds 16th April 1918. Aged 19. Enlisted Coventry. Son of Ernest George and Mary Ann Benfield, of North End, nr. Leamington, Warwickshire. Formerly 8/18433, Training Reserve Battalion. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 26.

FRANKLIN

[Arthur] Oliver

Private 10670, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 1st August 1917. Born Melmdon, Northamptonshire, enlisted Warwick, resident Northend. Formerly 15456, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

HAMMOND

[Claude] Douglas

Private 9026, 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Killed in action 24th August 1915. Aged 19. Born Radya, Cardiff, enlisted Rugby, resident Leamington. Son of Mary Edith Hammond, of Northend, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and the late Arthur Warren Hammond. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 3 to 5.

LOWE

Herbert [William]

Lance Corporal 32528, 12th 9Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 25th August 1918. Aged 26. Born Northend, enlisted Leamington. Son of William and Jane Lowe, of Northend, Leamington Spa. Formerly 17727, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6.

MANN

F

No further information currently available

MANN

William

Sergeant 52898, "D" battry, 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 14th July 1916. Aged 27. Born Leamington, enlisted Banbury. Son of James and Harriett Mann, of Northend, nr. Leamington. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 27.

MUMFORD

P

probably Percy MUMFORD, Private 32844, 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1917. Born Ashorne, enlisted Warwick. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 72 to 75.

NEALE

J

No further information currently available

VARNEY

John

Private 188293, 3rd Battalion, Labour Corps. In the 1901 census he is aged 4 living with his parents in Knightcote, His discharged papers show that on his discharge on 11 August 1917 he was 'no longer fit for war service' (he had also been operated on) and the register of deaths at nearby Southam (6 miles from Knightcote) has the death of a John Varney, age 22, registered during the first quarter of 1918.

VARNEY

Levi

Private 20713, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 27th April 1918. Aged 35. Born Knightcote, enlisted Bishop's Itchington, resident Eknnightcote, near Leamington. Son of William and Eliza Varney; husband of Annie Elizabeth Varney, of Knightcote, Leamington. Buried in NIEPPE-BOIS (RUE-DU-BOIS) BRITISH CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN, Nord, France. Section C. Grave 12.

WICKHAM

Oliver [Samuel]

Private 203312, 1/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Palestine 1st October 1917. Born Burton Dassett, enlisted Bishop's Itchington. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row T. Grave 44.

Erected to the memory of the airmen
from the 407th Bomb Squadron,
United States Air Force,
whose aircraft crashed near this village
during an operational flight on
the morning of 13th November 1943

ARNOLD

T T

Staff Sergeant - body repatriated

ASTON

S M

Sergeant - body repatriated

DUNAWAY

Leo E

2nd Lieutenant O-680422, 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces. Entered service from Oklahoma. Awarded the Purple Heart. Buried in Madingley War Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Plot F Row 2 Grave 65

FISHER

H T

2nd Lieutenant - body repatriated

GUSAR

D

2nd Lieutenant - body repatriated

HERLIHY

E C

[Llisted as HERHILY on memorial incorrectly] Sergeant - body repatriated

JOHNSON

Henry B

2nd Lieutenant O-744474, 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces. Entered service from California. Awarded the Purple Heart. Buried in Madingley War Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Plot C Row 1 Grave 6

PAYETTE

Edward E

Sergeant 11031367, 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces. Entered service from Rhode Island. Awarded the Purple Heart. Buried in Madingley War Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Plot F Row 2 Grave 99

RHUDY

Robert W

Sergeant 13119103, 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces. Entered service from Nebraska. Awarded the Purple Heart. Buried in Madingley War Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Plot B Row 7 Grave 52

YODER

D A

[Listed as YEDER on memorial incorrectly] Staff Sergeant

See our on-line bookstore