
CASTLETHORPE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 - Carolynn Langley
additional research Martin Edwards
The
memorial stands in an elevated site adjacent to the churchyard wall
of St Simon & St Jude , North Street, Castlethorpe. It takes the
form of a single-stepped square base surmounted by a square plinth with
curved, fluted and buttressed corner stones; rising from the plinth
is a square sectioned tapering column with a shallow decorative-edged
square platform shelf at top; mounted on the platform is a short obelisk
with a laurel wreath in relief. The memorial was unveiled 2 April 1921
by Col. The Hon. Rupert Carrington with Rev. W.J. Harkness (vicar) and
Rev. J. Johns (Wolverton Wesleyan Church) conducting the service. The
memorial lists 74 men who served and returned and 9 that died in World
War 1 and one man who died in World War 2.
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TO
THE HONOURED
MEMORY OF
OUR
BRAVE FALLEN
BRICE |
William
George |
[Listed
as G W] Private 266421, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 23rd March 1918. Aged 19. Enlisted
Aylesbury, resident Stony Stratford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Brice,
of Castlethorpe, Stony Stratford, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated
on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 50 and 51. |
COEY |
William
John |
Lance
Corporal 12625, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died of wounds 5th October 1915. Age 24. Born and resident
Castlethorpe, enlisted Wolverton. Son of Mrs. A. Coey, of 4, New
Rd. Castlethorpe, Bucks. Buried in Merville Communal Cemetery Nord,
France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 10. |
COWLEY |
Sydney |
Rifleman
47673, 2nd Battalion, Royal irish Rifles. Died 3rd June 1918. Born
castlethorpe, enlisted Wolverton. Formerly S/4/109945, Royal Army
Service Corps. Buried in Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Plot V. Row A. Grave 18. |
DAVIDGE |
H
John |
Private
9152, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action
5th April 1915. Born Islington, London, enlisted London, resident
Highbury. Husband of Mrs. Phyllia B. (nee Worker) Davidge, of New
Road, Castlethorpe, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, married July
to September Quarter 1914 in Newport Pagnell Registration District,
Buckinghamshire. A Machinist in Wolverton Carriage Department working
for London and North Western Railway. Buried in Desplanque Farm
Cemetery, La Chapelle-D’Armentieres Nord France. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 10. |
JONES |
Frederick |
Private
203596, 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia
28th September 1918. Aged 27. Born Castlethorpe, enlisted Rugby,
Warwickshire. Son of Ellen Jones, of Castlethorpe, Stony Stratford,
Bucks, and the late Charles Jones. Buried in Tehran War Cemetery,
Iran. Plot III. Row B. Grave 14. |
OSBORNE |
Frank
Compton |
Private
81720, 97th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
2nd December 1917. Age 26. Born and resident Castlethorpe, enlisted
Bletchley. Son of Thomas and Annie Elizabeth Osborne, of Castlethorpe,
Stony Stratford, Bucks. Formerly 26697, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.
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SMITH |
Eustace |
Private
13873, "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.
Killed in action 24th April 1917. Aged 29. Born Stowe, Northamptonshire,
enlisted Wolverton, resident Watford, Hertfordshire. Son of Job
Smith, of Castlethorpe, Stony Stratford, Bucks; husband of Florence
Annie Smith, of 59, Shakespeare St., Watford, Herts. Formerly 14146,
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. No known grave.
Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece. |
WORKER |
Charles |
Private
265219, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 16th August 1917. Born and resident
Castlethorpe, enlisted Wolverton. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
WORKER |
John
T |
Rifleman
652538, 1st/21st Battalion (First Surrey Rifles), London Regiment.
Killed in action 7th June 1917. Age 19. Born adn resident Castlethorpe,
enlisted Oxford. Son of Mrs. Edith E. Worker, of New Rd., Castlethorpe,
Stony Stratford, Bucks. Formerly 22538, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54. |
1939
- 1945 |
ATKINS |
Aubrey
[Richard] |
Leading
Aircraftman 1316067, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 14th
February 1942. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Atkins, of Castle
Thorpe, Buckinghamshire, England; husband of Rene Violet Atkins,
of Castle Thorpe. Buried in Terrell (Oakland) Memorial Park Texas,
United States of America. R.A.F. Plot. Grave 5.
Note:
Terrell (Oakland) Memorial Park contains a plot of 22 Commonwealth
burials of the Second World War, all airmen who died while training
in Texas under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. |
In
the churchyard but not on memorial |
PEARSON |
Oliver
Oscar |
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T/236372
Driver, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 25th May 1941. Age
30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearson; husband of Phyllis
J. M. Pearson, of Moulton, Northamptonshire. Buried in SS
Simon and Jude Churchyard, Castlethorpe. |
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ERECTED
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF
THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
BAVINGTON |
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OWEN |
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OWEN |
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PANTER |
Richard
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(1884-
1961). Son of Henry and Harriet Panter. |
PITTAM |
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SMITH |
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STEWARD |
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Last updated
14 September, 2023
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