OLNEY WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 Martin Edwards
The
memorial stands in the market square in the centre of Olney and is
in the form of a Cenotaph with lawned gardens surrounding. There are
64 men from World War 1 commemorated and 19 men from World War 2.
The memorial was unveiled by General Lord Horne of Stirkoke on 1st
May 1921; details of the memorial appeared in the Bucks Herald 23rd
April 1921. For in depth details of the men who gave their lives in
World War 2 visit Colin Macknezie's The
Names on The Olney War Memorial 1939-1945
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Photographs Copyright
© Martin Edwards -
2003
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THIS TOWN
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
ANDREWS |
Harry |
Prov.
Lance Corporal 44114, 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own).
Killed in action 1st June 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 23.
Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bedford. Son of Mrs. Sophia Andrews,
of 11, Market Place, Olney. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 3. |
BAGULEY |
Arthur
William |
Sapper
522415, 486 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died Sunday 24th November
1918. Age 25. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Baguley, of 11, Wellingborough
Rd., Olney. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Section E. Grave 222. |
BARNES |
Frank |
Private
10155, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
March 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Born and resident Olney,
enlisted Bedford. Son of Thomas Barnes, of High St., Olney. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 31 and 33. |
BARNES |
Thomas
William Terrill |
Private
7236, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
3rd November 1914 in France & Flanders. Born Olney, enlisted
Northampton. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
BERRILL |
John |
Private
18311, 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died of wounds
11th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Clifton (Reynes),
enlisted Bletchley, resident Olney. Formerly 22949, Somerset Light
Infantry. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave36. |
CAMPION |
Arthur |
Private
37780, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 16th November 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 20. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley. Formerly 28567,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Son of John Campion,
of 20, Cowper St., Olney. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row B. Grave 18. |
CAMPION |
Philip
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No
further information currently |
CHAPMAN |
Philip
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[Also
spelt Phillip] Private 50653, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 17th June 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 31. Born Ecton, Northamptonshire, enlisted Bedford. Son of Mr.
C. H. Chapman, of Park Farm, Olney, and the late Mrs. Chapman. Formerly
20655, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL,
Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 4 and 5. |
CHATER |
William |
Private
20403, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Olney,
enlisted Bedford. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
CHURCH |
Hugh |
Lance
Corporal 306561, 1st/8th Territorial Battalion, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment. Killed in action 7th October 1917 in France & Flanders.
Aged 31. Born 20 January 1886. Enlisted Bletchley, resident Olney.
Son of Arthur and Lilly Mary Church, of 64, East St., Olney. Admitted
to Olney Board School (infants) in 1891. Admitted to Olney Board
School (Boys) in 1893. In the 1891 census he was aged 5, a scholar,
resident with his mother, Lily M Church, in Bunyan Road, Bedford,
Bedfordshire. In 1901 he was aged 15, born Kempston, Bedford,
a Shoe Maker, resident with his parents, Arthur and Lily Mary
Church, at 43, Warwick Terrace, Olney, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.
In 1911 he was aged 25, born Kempston, Bedford, a Shoe Maker,
resident with his parents, Arthur and Lily Mary Church, in East
Street, Olney, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A
Photograph
Courtesy & Copyright © Paul Medlicott Great 2017
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CHURCH |
Sidney
Charles |
Private
18469, 1st Battalion, Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 29th
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 29. Born Warrington, Buckinghamshire,
enlisted Bletchley, resident Olney. Son of Charles Church, of 29,
Newton St., Olney. Formerly 24310, Somerset Light Infantry. Buried
in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XVII. Row H. Grave 29. |
CLARE |
Albert |
Private
3/11153, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
9th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Olney, enlisted Northampton.
Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
28 to 30. |
COLES |
Bert
aka Bertie |
Private
CH/1886(S), 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal
Marine Light Infantry. Missing, later reported killed in action
Friday 26th October 1917. Aged 25. Born February 1892. Son of Esther
Coles, of 14, Near Town, Olney. Enlisted 22 November 1916 aged 24
years 9 months; embarked Royal Marine Brigade 26 January 1917; with
draft for British Expeditionary Force 27 March 1917, posted to 1st
Royal Marine Battalion 19 April 1917 until 28 June 1917 suffering
from Pyrexia from an unknown origin, rejoined 1st Royal Marine Battalion
11 September 1917 until his death. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 1 and 162A |
COLES |
Harry
[Walter] |
Sergeant
9897, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancashire Regiment). He
was taken prisoner at the second battle of Ypres and died of wounds
in captivity at Giessen prison camp in Germany, 3rd December 1916.
Aged 26. Born Buckingham, enlisted Northampton. He was called up
from the reserves at the outbreak of the war in August 1914. He
was sent to France in April 1915. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY,
Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Plot V. Row K. Grave 9.
Photographs
Copyright © Maggie Cosford 2006
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COLES |
Herbert |
No
further information currently |
COOPER |
Arthur
James |
Private
200249, 1st/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
2nd December 1917 in Palestine. Age 21. Born Olney, enlisted Rushden,
Northamptonshire. Son of James Archer Cooper and Catherine Cooper,
of 18, Berrells Yard, High St., Olney. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY,
Israel. Plot XXXII. Row A. Grave 9. |
DAVIS |
Sidney
Charles |
Private
19972, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 3rd September 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 22. Born Olney, enlisted Oxford, resident Kingston Blount, Oxon.
Son of Charles Edward and Eliza Davis, of 78, High St., Olney. Buried
in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot XV.
Row H. Grave 29. |
EDMUNDS |
Edward
John |
Private
11480, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 22nd December 1914 in
France & Flanders. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Exeter.
Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
2 to 3. |
EVANS |
Leslie
Morier |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Division Train, Army Service Corps. Killed in action
12th November 1917. Aged 39. Son of Thomas Evans; husband of Nora
Louise Evans, of Gresham House, Olney, Bucks. Native of Loughton,
Essex. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XI. Row C. Grave 2. Member of the Stock Exchange and
listed on the Stock Exchange
Memorial.
Extract
from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book:
SECOND
LIEUTENANT LESLIE MORIER EVANS, Royal Army Service Corps,
the son of Thomas Stephen Evans, was born in 1879 and educated privately.
He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1904.
He served in the National Volunteers for a year, and then went to
a Cadet school, till he took his commission in September 1917.
Two months later, on 12 November, he was killed by a shell.
One of his brother officers wrote: “Though he had only been
with us a short time he had become the life and soul of the mess.
His loss to us can never be made good. A mind so original and untrammelled
is seldom met with and the world can ill spare such a man. I have
lost a real friend and most charming companion. He made all our
lives happier and was a most loyal and conscientious officer."
He married the daughter of Arthur Hipwell, J.P., by whom he had
one daughter. |
FAIREY |
Thomas
Walter |
Private
267211, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 23rd March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 36.
Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley. Husband of Alice Fairey,
of 78, East St., Olney. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 50 and 51. |
FIELD |
Alfred
John |
Private
26231, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died of wounds 30th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 42.
Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Archer and Hannah
Field, of Olney; husband of Sarah Field, of 87, High St., Olney.
Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II.Row J. Grave 37. |
FREEMAN |
Fred
aka Frederick |
Corporal 9286, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed
in action 17th September 1914 in France & Flanders. Born Olney,
enlisted Northampton. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France.
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FREEMAN |
Harry
William |
Private
22976, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 3rd May 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and
resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6 and 7. |
FREEMAN |
Horace |
Private
202672, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action 21st March 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, enlisted Bletchley, resident
Olney. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 50
and 51. |
GATHERGOOD |
Albert
Henry |
[Listed
as Alfred Henry on SDGW] Private 27961, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 31st March 1917 in France & Flanders.
Born and enlisted Rushden. Son of Robert and Maria Gathergood, of
Croxton, Norfolk; husband of Maria Ada Gathergood, of 28, Coalbrook
Mansions, Bedford Hill, Balham, London. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH
CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 6. |
GOLDSMITH |
Randolph
Frank |
Private
CH/2153, (S). Div., 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Marine Light
Infantry. Killed in action Saturday 8th September 1917 in France
& Flanders. Aged 30. Born 1 January 1887. Son of Samuel Goldsmith,
of Olney; husband of May Goldsmith, of 47, Midland Rd., Olney. Enlisted
24 June 1916 in Army transferred to Marines 7March 1917, aged 30
years 1 months; embarked Royal Marine Brigade 11 May 1917; with
draft for British Expedionary Force 19 June 1917, joined 1st Royal
Marine Battalion 1 August 1917 until his death. Height 5 feet 65/8
inches. Shoe Hand (Boot Operative) by trade. Buried in BAILLEUL
ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row Q. Grave 1. |
GREY |
Cyril |
No
further information currently |
HARRIS |
Edwin |
Private
27349, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th
October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 28. Born Olney, enlisted
Ampthill, Bedfordshire, resident Bozeat, Northamptonshire. Son of
Annie Harris, of Olney, and the late Thomas Harris; husband of Florence
Harris, of High St., Bozeat, Wellingboro', Northants. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
48 to 50 and 162A. |
HASELDINE |
Stanley |
Private
36395, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 30th August
1918 in France & Flanders. Age 18. Born and resident Olney,
enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mrs. M. A. Haseldine, of 36, Dartmouth
Rd., Olney. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 3. |
HINDE |
Ernest |
Private
48610, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 29th April 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Olney, enlisted Bletchley, resident Lavendon. Husband of Mrs.
F. M. Hinde, of Horse Shoe Yard, Lavendon. Formerly 40447, Somerset
Light Infantry. Buried in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot
II. Row H. Grave 13. |
HIPWELL,
M.C. |
Charles
Stanley |
Lieutenant,
Queen's Westmister Rifles. Killed in action 15th October 1916 in
France & Flanders. Age 29. Second son of John Charles and Annie
Eva Hipwell, of Olney. Born 23rd September 1887. Buried in MAROEUIL
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row H. Grave
13. See also Northill,
Horton School
On
Sep? 23rd? 1916 he led a successful raid into the enemy trenches
which resulted in the capture of prisoners. He engaged a fire bay
full of Germans and silenced them with his revolver, remaining standing
on the parapet while his men crossed the hostile wire and thereafter
until the last man had left for our lines. He went out again under
continuous fire to search "no mans land" for a wounded
man, the success of the raid was due to his determination, and resourceful
leading for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
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HIPWELL |
Harry
Reginald |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th (Ross Highland) Battalion (Territorial), Seaforth
Highlanders and Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action Monday 23rd
pril 1917 in France & Flanders. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY,
ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 30. |
HOPPER |
[George]
William |
Private
3811, 1st/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
at sea 3rd August 1915. Born Olney, enlisted Northampton. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 154 and 155. |
HUCKLE |
Walter |
Private
267195, 2/1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died Saturday 31st March 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 35. Born Olney, Bucks, enlisted Bletchley, Bucks, resident Clifton
Reynes. Son of Mrs. Eliza Huckle; husband of Alice Elizabeth Huckle,
of Clifton Reynes, Olney, Bedford. Buried in TERTRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 1. See also Clifton
Reynes. |
JOHNSON |
Alfred
Charles |
Private
201277, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26th March
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Olney, enlisted Kettering, resident
Bozeat, Nothamptonshire. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM
MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 33 to 39. |
JOHNSON |
Charles |
Private
19712, 9th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of
wounds Saturday 9th October 1915 in France & Flanders. Born
Buckingham, enlisted Oxford. Son of Mr. W. Johnson, of 81, High
St., Olney. Buried in ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 10. |
JONES |
Arthur
[Joseph Ellard] |
Private
9415, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
15th July 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 23. Born Olney, enlisted
Northampton. Son of George and Arabella Jones, of 7, Midland Rd.,
Olney, Bucks. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 9. |
JOYCE |
Arthur
George Percy |
Private
41264, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd
December 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 33. Born Olney, enlisted
Northampton, resident Rushden. Son of George and ElLizabeth Joyce,
of 49, Newton L St., Olney, Bedford; husband of Mary Ellen Joyce,
of 51, Glassbrook Rd., Rushden, Northants. Formerly 38540, Northamptonshire
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL,
Nord, France. Panel 5. |
JOYCE |
Peter |
No
further information currently |
KITCHENER |
William |
*
[Also known as Will] Private 12125, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
Died of wounds 31st January 1917 in Mesopotamia. Born Olney, enlisted
Ampthill. |
LIMBREY |
[Albert]
Ernest |
Private
30678, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own). Killed in action
8th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 19. Born and resident
Olney, enlisted Bedford. Son of Harry Limbrey, of 67, Weston Rd.,
Olney, Bucks, and the late Emma Limbrey. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. |
LONGLAND |
Joseph |
*
Private 267208, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire &
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed inaction 2nd April 1917 in
France & Flanders. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley. |
LYMAN |
Frank |
Rifleman
8129, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 23rd October 1914 in France & Flanders. Aged 34. Born
and resident Olney, enlisted Northampton. Son of Thomas William
and Annie Maria Lyman, of Weston Rd., Olney, Bucks. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10. |
MILLWARD |
Alfred
Charles |
*
Private 20339, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
15th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Northampton,
enlisted Bedford, resident Olney. |
MILLWARD |
John
Percy |
Private
5802, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died of wounds 1st September 1916 in France & Flanders.
Aged 29. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Alfred
and Mary Millward, of Olney, Bucks. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot X. Row B. Grave 18A. |
MOBBS,
DSO |
Edgar
Roberts |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment who was killed
in action in the Battle of Passchendale on
Tuesday, 31st July 1917 charging an enemy machine-gun post. Age
37. Son of Oliver L. and Elizabeth Anne Mobbs, of Northampton. At
school from 2nd Term 1892 to 3rd Term 1898 - lived at Olney, Buckinghamshire.
Former England International Rugby Football player. Awarded the
Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Commemorated on Yres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. See
also Northampton
and Bedford
Modern School.
Picture
courtesy & copyright Bedford Modern School
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MUSKETT |
Melbourne |
[Spelt
Nelburn on CWGC] Private 23581, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 13th November 1916. Born and resident Olney, enlisted
Ampthill. No known grave, Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
NEWBURY |
Frederick |
*
Private 29066, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 6th November 1915
at Gallipoli. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Northampton. |
PARROTT |
Ernest |
Real
name Ernest William FARROW. Private 10828, 6th
Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 21 August 1915 at Gallipoli.
Aged 16. Born Holloway, Middlesex, enlisted Carlisle, Cumberland,
resident Olney. Adopted foster son of Ellen Hester Parrott of 43
Grantham Rd., Sparkbrook, Birmingham. The Parrot family moved to
Olney and owned a baker’s shop in Bridge Street. Used his
“name at birth” to enlist as he was under age (he was
only 16 years old when he was killed in action) when he enlisted.
Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, near Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Plot I. Row D. Grave 18. |
PARTRIDGE |
Walter |
Private
9095, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in action 9th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 23.
Born Olney, enlisted Northampton. Son of Thomas and Mary Partridge,
of 4, Market Place, Olney, Bucks. No known grave, Commemorated on
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 7. |
PATER |
[George]
Vincent |
*
Private 51287, 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 18th June 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Olney, enlisted Bletchley. |
PERKINS |
[Cecil]
Charles |
Private
33655, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
June 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born and resident Olney,
enlisted Bedford. Son of Isaac and Rosa Eleanor Perkins, of Olney,
Bucks. Formerly 2004, Bedfordshire Yeomanry. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot IV. Ropw G. Grave
16. |
PERKINS |
Horace
Thomas |
Private
18448, 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
10th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born and resident
Olney, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Perkins,
of 88, East St., Olney, Beds. Formerly 24031, Somerset Light Infantry.
No known grave, Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 3. |
RICE |
Percy
Ernest |
Driver
272908, 881st Battery, 351st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
at home Monday 9th September 1918. Age 27. Born Northampton, enlisted
Oxford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rice; husband of Annie Mabel Rice,
of r8, Cowper St., Olney. CWGC states born at Olney. Buried in SS.
PETER AND PAUL CHURCHYARD, OLNEY, Buckinghamshire. Plot/Row/Section
5. Grave 6. |
RICHARDSON |
George |
Corporal
200151, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 2nd
November 1917 in Palestine. Aged 22. Born and resident Olney, enlisted
Bedford. Son of William and Ellen Richardson, of 27, East St., Olney,
Bucks. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Plot XXX. Row B. Grave 9. |
ROBINSON |
Alfred
[Edward] |
Private
29057, 40th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 28th
June 1916 in Mesopotamia. Aged 20. Born and resident Olney, enlisted
Northampton. Son of William and Eliza Robinson, of 30, Weston Rd.,
Olney, Bucks. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXII. Row
B. Grave 1. |
UNDERWOOD |
Alfred
George |
*
Private 60101, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 20th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged
20. Formerly 46386, 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
WALLINGER |
Benjamin |
Private
3/11131, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
31st July 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 38. Born Buckingham,
enlisted Rushden, Northamptonshire. Son of Thomas and Rebecca Wallinger,
of Olney, Bucks. No known grave, Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
WALTON |
John |
Private
28240, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 4th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged
19. Born Northampton, enlisted Bletchley, resident Olney. Son of
George and Alice Ann Walton, of 5, Cobbs Gardens, Olney, Bedford.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 41 to 42 and 163A. |
WARD |
Bert
[J] |
Private
20426, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th
April 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 21. Born and resident
Olney, enlisted Bedford. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ward, of East
St., Olney, Bucks. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave lost. Special Memorial B. 2. |
WHITING |
William
Henry |
Acting
Corporal 11129. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in
action 3rd July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
olney, enlisted Grimsby. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Grimsby.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 44 to 46 or 331.
See also Yardley
Hastings. |
WILFORD |
Charles |
No
further information currently |
WILLEY |
George |
Private
26203. 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 28th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged
39. Born and resident Olney, enlisted Bletchley Son of Henry and
Elizabeth Willey; husband of Emily Ann Willey, of 49, Moores Hill,
Olney, Bucks. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 26. |
WILSON |
John |
No
further information currently |
WRIGHTING |
Albert
William |
Private
200157, "B" Company, 1/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died 14th November 1918 in Palestine. Aged 27. Born, resident and
enlisted Olney. Son of Fredrick and Rebecca Wrighting, of Olney;
husband of Annie Mary Ann Wrighting, of 22, East St., Olney, Bucks.
Buried in BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY, Lebanese Republic. Grave 119. |
In
the churchyard but not on the memorial |
CLARK
|
Tom
Field
|
|
Private
23886, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at
the Battle of Arras 29th April 1917. Age 22. Born Olney, enlisted
Rushden, Northamptonshire. Son of Charles and Sarah Clark.
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Private,
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died on active service 6th November
1918. Age 35. Son of Charles and Sarah Clark; husband of Laura
Clark.
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CLARK |
Charles |
COX |
W
J |
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Ordinary
Seaman, J/44853, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died 7?th March
1920. Age 20. Buried in Olney Churchyard, Olney, Buckinghamshire. |
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IN
TOKEN OF SORROW FOR THEIR LOSS
OF PRIDE IN THEIR VALOUR
1939-1945
ANDREWS |
Victor
Ernest |
Gunner
1528718, 197 Battery, 61 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 14th November 1942. Aged 23. Son of Reginald and Ada Mary Andrews,
of Olney, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt.
Column 33. |
BARCOCK |
Arthur
Charles |
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Private
7630961, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died 7th October 1940.
Age 24. Son of Arthur George and Annie Barcock; husband of
Myra Barcock, of Olney. Buried in Olney Cemetery, Olney, Buckinghamshire.
Grave 103. |
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BARRICK |
Jack |
Able
Seaman P/JX 197642, H.M.S. Tynwald, Royal Navy. Died 12th November
1942. Aged 22. Son of Jack and Susan Barrick, of Olney, Buckinghamshire.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 63,
Column 1.
Note:
Anti-aircraft ship Tynwald sunk by Italian submarine Argo off Bougie
on 12th November 1942.
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BOSWORTH |
Frederick |
Gunner
1626336, Royal Artillery. Died 13th March 1945. Aged 33. Buried
in OLNEY CEMETERY, Onlney, Bucks. Grave 171. |
BRENT |
Herbert
James |
Private
5952312, 2nd Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 17th April
1943. Aged 24. Son of Archibald James Brent and Lily Brent, of Olney,
Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL, Tunisia.
Face 17. |
BRIMLEY |
Richard
George |
Engine
Room Artificer 4th Class P/MX 61686, H.M.S Express, Royal Navy.
Died 1st September 1940. Aged 30. Son of Albert Samuel and Minnie
E. Brimley, of Olney, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 41, Column 1.
Bedfordshire
Times & Standard: 3rd September 1948
In
Memorium:
BRIMLEY:
- In loving memory of Richard George Brimley, E.R.A., Royal Navy
who lost his life on the destroyer H.M.S. "Express" on
1 September 1940, - from mother, dad, brother, and sister
Note:
HMS Express was an 'E' Class Destroyer, displacement 1,375 tons,
length overall 329 feet, speed 35.5 knots, launched at Swan Hunter
shipyard 1936. She carried four 4.7 inch guns, eight 0.5 inch anit-aicraft
guns in fours and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes in fours. Her complement
was 145 men. On August 31st 1940, the Express and 4 other Minelaying
Destroyers left Immingham to lay an offensive field off the coast
of the Netherlands. At around 23.00 hours almost to the pint of
dropping mines, it was reported by radio that there was an enemy
convoy near at hand, which was to be attacked after the mines had
been dropped. Before any mines were dropped, three of the ships,
including Express, had themselves struck mines. Express was the
first and some of the crew were picked up by the Ivanhoe, who then
also struck a mine. Meanwhile the Esk struck and sank almost immediately.
There was a considerable loss of life in all three ships, the Express
lost 4 officers and 55 ratings. |
COWLEY |
Samuel
Henry |
Major
149280, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment attached to 9th
Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 19th July 1944. Aged
33. Son of Horace and Ethel Cowley; husband of Violet May Cowley,
of Harrow, Middlesex. Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot I Row A Grave 14. |
HAINES |
John
Marriott |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1324343, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 20th January
1944. Aged 21. Son of William Leonard and Kathleen Haines, of Olney.
Buried in SS. PETER AND PAUL CHURCHYARD, OLNEY, Buckinghamshire. |
HANSON |
David
James |
Sub-Lieutenant
(A), H.M.S. Jackdaw, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 1st May
1944. Aged 22. Son of James and Florence Minnie Hanson, of Olney,
Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Bay 5, Panel 5. |
HOLTON |
Jack |
probably
Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer) 83746, 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 9th November 1944. Buried in REICHSWALD
FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 20.
Row B. Grave 7. |
HOOTON |
Peter |
Lance
Corporal 14426891, 1st Battalion, Oxfordhire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 3rd November 1944. Aged 19. Son of John Henry
and Ellen Hooton, of Olney, Buckinghamshire. Buried in LEOPOLDSBURG
WAR CEMETERY, Leopoldsburg, Limburg, Belgium. Plot III Row E Grave
10. |
MacKENZIE |
Gilbert |
Sergeant
(PIlot) 518372, 253 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 19th May 1940.
Aged 23. Stepson of Mr. A. G. Clark, of Olney, Buckinghamshire.
Buried in CYSOING COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave 5. |
PETITT |
Charles
Edward |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 754782, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th October
1940. Aged 24. Son of Frederick Clement Petitt and Francis Annie
Petin, of Olney. Buried in OLNEY CEMETERY, Olney, Buckinghamshire.
Grave 104. |
PHILPOT |
John
William |
Private
5385280, 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 29th mArch 1945.
Aged 26. Son of William James Philpot and Margaret Alice Philpot,
of Olney, Buckinghamshire. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY,
Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Plot 61 Row G Grave 14. |
RUFFHEAD |
Angus
Walter |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 89397, 184 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 6th January 1944. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 19. |
SIBLEY |
Leslie
Reginald Vincent |
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Pilot
Officer (Air Bomber), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
20th October 1943. Age 34. Son of William and Edith Sibley;
husband of Elsie Gwendoline Sibley, of Olney. Buried in OLNEY
CEMETERY, Olney, Buckinghamshire. Grave 111. |
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TIDMARSH |
George
Frederick |
Private
7664401, Royal Army Pay Corps. Died 10th November 1941. Aged 27.
Son of Frederick James Tidmarsh and Ruth Lavinia Tidmarsh; husband
of Sarah Elizabeth Tidmarsh, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in ST
JAMES CHURCHYARD, PAULERSPURY, Northamptonshire. |
TOMPKINS |
Anthony
[Peter Claude] |
Trooper
14403023, 'A' Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). Died
17th July 1944. Aged 20. Son of Harold George and Gladys Mary Tompkins,
of Olney, Buckinghamshire. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados,
France. Plot I Row B Grave 18. |
WILLEY |
Stanley |
Private
5953196, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died 21st September 1944. Aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Willey,
of Olney, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, kranji
War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 64. |
In
the churchyard but not on the memorial |
MASKELL |
A
J |
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Lance
Sergeant 1895834, Royal Engineers. Died 20th September 1944.
Age 34. Buried in Olney Cemetery, Olney, Buckinghamshire. |
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In
the parish church can be found a chapel dedicated to those who fell. In
the chapel is glass topped case containing a book of remembrance with
details of the men who fell in World War 2.
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Other
Memorials in the Church |
COOPER |
William
Leapidge |
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Accidentally
drowned at sea on his voyage out to South Africa 18th October
1903. Aged 24. |
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MASON
MASON |
William
Robert Valentine |
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Lieutetant
William Mason of the Navy and Agent to Troops destined for
the West Indies under Admiral Christian and of his brother
Robert valentine Mason, midshipman, who were both wrecked
in the Æolus Transport near the Isle of Portland in
the memorable gale of wind on the 18th of November 1795. |
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