The
Ashley Green War Memorial can be found outside St Jon's Church at the
junction of Two Dells Lane and Ashley Green Road, Ashley Green, Buckinghamshire.
It takes the form of a three stepped, octagonal, base surmounted by
an octagonal plinth with a tapering shaft and Latin cross; the inscription
is carved onto the sides of the plinth. It was first unveiled by Major
Macleod and dedicated by the Rural Dean, the Reverend S C A Whittington,
on 8 May 1920. The memorial was designed and made by stonemasons J Underwood
and Son of Baker Street, London. There are 21 nams for Wolrd War 1 and
4 for World War 2.
BUSH |
Colin |
No
further information currently available |
CHAPMAN |
Frederick
[James] |
Private
265262, 2/1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 22 August 1917. Born Ashley Green, enlisted Chesham.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
CLARK |
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
DELL |
Frank |
No
further information currently available |
DELL |
James |
No
further information currently available |
DWIGHT |
Henry |
No
further information currently available |
FOSKETT |
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
GOMM |
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
GOMM |
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
GREEN |
Townsend |
No
further information currently available |
GRIMSDELL |
John
[George] |
Private
18528, 9th Battalion, Royal WarwickshireRegiment. Died in Mesopotamia
21 October 1918. Born Ashley Green, enlisted Aylesbury, resident
Chesham. Formerly 25376, Someset Light Infantry. Buried North of
the church in TYLERS HILL (ST. GEORGE) CHURCHYARD, Buckinghamshire. |
GURNEY |
Albert |
No
further information currently available |
HEWITT |
Harold |
No
further information currently available |
HEWITT |
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
HILL |
Arthur |
Private
53139, 150th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
27 June 1917. Aged 28. Born Ashley Green, enlisted Chesham. Son
of Henry and Mary Hill, of 4, Leigh Green, Chesham, Bucks. Formerly
12019, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire Light Infantry. Buried in
WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Special
Memorial 51. |
LAW |
Thomas |
Private
7736, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 15 September 1914.
Aged 32. Brother of Alfred Law. of Ashley Green, Berkhampstead,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
LAW |
Thomas
H F |
No
further information currently available |
NUNN |
Hugh |
No
further information currently available |
PUDDEPHATT |
George |
Serjeant
16468, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3
September 1918. Aged 24. Born Great Missenden, Bucks, enlisted Watford,
resident Ashley Green. Son of James and Sarah Puddiphatt, of Botley
Cottages, Chesham, Bucks. Buried in BEAUMETZ CROSS ROADS CEMETERY,
BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section F.
Grave 53, |
RUSSELL |
Henry |
No
further information currently available |
SCOTT |
Albert |
No
further information currently available |
TWIDELL |
George |
No
further information currently available |
TWIDELL |
James |
No
further information currently available |
THEIR
NAME LIVETH FORM EVER MORE |
1939
– 1945 |
JAMES |
Alfred
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
NEWMAN |
Herbert
James |
No
further information currently available |
GREEN |
Russell
Townsend |
No
further information currently available |
WHITWELL,
DFM |
Peter
Coulson |
Flying
Officer 40613, 7 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Died 7 November
1942. Aged 22. Son of the Revd. Samuel Mapleton Whitwell and Gwendoline
Whitwell, of Ashley Green, Buckinghamshire. Awarded the Distinguished
Flying Medal (D.F.M.) No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 114. |