The Men named on the Memorial who died in World War 1

Parish Church of Sts. Peter & Paul, Deddington, Oxfordshire

Sacred To The Honoured Memory Of These Men

Who Fell In The Great War 1914-1918

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First World War
Memorial Plaque

Albert ADEY: Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division; He was killed in action near Arras, Somme on 1 May 1918 age 38; He is buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez; His parents were Josiah & Sarah A Adey and he was the husband of Mary C Adey, Beaumaris, Upland Road, Sutton
Joseph AUSTIN: Private, 50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry 24 Canadian Division, 1st Corps; He died near Hill 145 on the second day of the Battle for Vimy Ridge on 10 April 1917 age 25; He is buried in Givenchy en Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, Souchez; He had emigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Clover Bar, Alta; His parents, Arthur & Eliza Austin of Hempton, had both died and he was survived by his sister, Ellen (Nellie) Churchill of Westcote Barton, Middle Barton
Edwin BLISS: Private, 1st Garrison Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment formerly with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment; He died on 23 November 1918 age 25; He is remembered on Face 6 of the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India; His parents were George & Caroline Bliss of Philcot Street
William Frederick BOLTON: Private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 86 Brigade, 29 Division; He was killed in action in the final days of the Gallipoli campaign on 4 December 1915 age 29; He is remembered on Panel 37-41 of the Helles Memorial, Turkey; His parents were Frederick T & Catherine E Bolton of Deddington
Ronald Page BULL: Ronald Page BULL; Wooden Cross; Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment who was previously a Private in The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; He was killed in action during the final advance in Picardy on 30 October 1918; he was 19; He is buried in Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau; His parents were Richard Page Bull MRCVS & Annie Bull of New Street, Deddington
Charles CALLOW: Pioneer, 2nd Signal Company, Royal Engineers, formerly with The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; He was killed in action on 16 September 1914 age 28; He is remembered on La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial; His parents were Thomas & Ruth Callow of Market Place
Wallace James CARVILL: Private, 139th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps; He died from measles on 3 March 1917 age 36; He is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery; His parents were Charles & Jane E Carvill of Deddington; Wooden Cross; War Grave
Alfred John CASTLE: Private, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was transferred to The Labour Corps; He died on 12 November 1918 in hospital in Bristol. He was 33; He is buried in the Churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington; His parents were Alfred M & Mary J Castle of Clifton
George William Henry CASTLE: Rifleman, 4th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 80 Brigade, 27th Division; He died of wounds received during the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge on 25 May 1915; he was 32; He is remembered on Panel 51 & 53, the Menin Gate, Ypres; His parents were Albert J & Lydia Castle
John Hawtin CHECKLEY: Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division, Army no. 1874; He died on 20 July 1916 of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme; he was 21; He is buried in grave Daours Communal Cemetery Extension; His parents were William & Louisa Checkley, Market Place
Arthur Joseph CHISLETT: One of two brothers, the sons of James & Emily Chislett of Deddington; Private, 27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), 6 Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division; He died on 6 November 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele age 27; He is remembered on Panel 24-26-28-30 of the Menin Gate, Ypres; He had emigrated to Canada in 1912
Norman CHISLETT: One of two brothers, the sons of James & Emily Chislett of Deddington; Rifleman, 18th (Arts and Crafts) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 122 Brigade, 41st Division; He was killed in action at the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, nr Ypres on 31 July 1917; he was 31; He is remembered on Panel 51 & 53 of the Menin Gate, Ypres
Henry George Stratford CHURCHILL: Private, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, 1st New Zealand Infantry Brigade, NZEF; He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle for Messines Ridge near Ypres on 7 June 1917; He is remembered on the Messines Ridge (NZ) Memorial; He had emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand on 1 October 1908 on the Ruapehu; His parents were Richard C & Thurza Churchill, Market Place
George Isaac DAVIS: Gunner, 98 Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Garrison Artillery; He died on 24 December 1918 age 26; He is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece; His parents were Harry & Charlotte Davis of Deddington and he was the husband of Nora B Davis of 42 Dun's Tew
Stanley Hubert DEELEY: Private, 3rd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 74 Brigade, 25th Division; He was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne on 27 May 1918; age 19; He is remembered on the Soissons Memorial; His parents were Edwin & Eliza Deeley of Castle Street; War Grave; Wooden Cross
O Arthur John H DORE: Private, 53rd Graduated Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment; He died of pneumonia on 6 October 1918 age 18 in Ludgershall, Suffolk, where his regiment was posted; He is buried in the Churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington; His parents were Arthur George & Rosina Dore of Victoria Terrace
William John DUNN: Private, 1st/1st Battalion, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 4 Cavalry Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division; He was killed in action on 1 April 1918 at Rifle Wood. This was day that The Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars suffered its worst casualties; He is remembered on Panel 6 of the Pozieres Memorial; He lived in Deddington and his parents were Thomas & Jenett Dunn; War Grave; Wooden Cross
Alfred ELL: Private, 12th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; He died from his wounds in hospital in Chichester on 3 March 1917 age 37; He is buried in the Churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington; His parents were George A & Frances Ell of New Wiggington but Alfred was born in Deddington
Harold FREEMAN: Private, 9th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division; He was killed in action at the Battle for Transloy Ridge on 7 October 1916; he was 19; He is remembered on Pier and Face 8C, 9A & 16A of the Thiepval Memorial; He was the son of Joseph & Jane E Freeman of Market Place

William Loder FRENCH: Private, 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF; He died on 10 February 1916 age 25 in Deddington where he had been convalescing from the illnesses contracted in Gallipoli; He is buried in the Churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington; The Australian Army accorded him a funeral with full military honours; He had emigrated to Australia in 1913; His parents were William J & Emily French, Council Street now known as Hopcraft Lane
Walter Albert GARDNER: Private, 1st/1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division; He died on 5 January 1916 age 24 in Cornwall before his Battalion had embarked for France; He was a native of Deddington; He is buried in Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall; His parents were Frank & Elizabeth Gardner of Cardiff
Louis Henry GARDINER: Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 148 Brigade, 61st Division; He died on 2 December 1918 aged 22; He is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2; He was the husband of Ellen K Gardiner of Laurel Cottage, Barford St. Michael
James GODFREY: Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division; He died on 29 September 1915 from the wounds received in the attack on Bellewaarde; he was 27; He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery; His parents were Samuel & Martha Godfrey and he was the husband of Rose Godfrey of Bishop's Itchington, Leamington Spa
Archie Andrew GOMM: Private, 6th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division; He was killed in action between Combles and Bapaume on 27 February 1917 age 25; He is remembered on Pier & Face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval Memorial; His parents were the late Andrew Gomm & Harriet Gomm
Harry GRACE: Private, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division; He died of fever on 12 February 1916 age 27; He is buried in Kut War Cemetery, Iraq; His parents were the late William Grace & Deborah Grace, Earls Lane and he was the husband of Lillian R Grace
Harry Gerard GRIFFIN: Private, 2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 100 Brigade, 33 Division; He was killed in action at the Battle of Messines on 11 April 1918 age 21; He is remembered on Panel 5 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium; His parents were the late Henry Griffin & Elizabeth Grimn, formerly Griffin, Hillbre, 25 Bowling Green Road, Stourbridge; Walter David HANCOX, William Rufus HANCOX and Albert Edward HANCOX
Walter David HANCOX: One of three brothers, the sons of David & Ellen Hancox of Grove Lodge; Sapper, 154 Field Company, Royal Engineers; He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 age 30 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Over 60,000 men were killed or wounded on that day; He is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery
William Rufus HANCOX: One of three brothers, the sons of David & Ellen Hancox of Grove Lodge; Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division; He was killed in action at the Battle of Pozieres Ridge on 14 August 1916 age 20; He is remembered on Pier & Face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval Memorial; Albert Edward HANCOX
Albert Edward HANCOX: One of three brothers, the sons of David & Ellen Hancox of Grove Lodge; Sapper, 101 Field Company, Royal Engineers; He died of his wounds on 24 July 1917 in hospital near Ypres age 19; He is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France
Fred HAWKINS: Private, 700 MT Company, Army Service Corps formerly with The Worcestershire Regiment; He died on 18 January 1918 after an accident, age 29; His parents were George & Annie Hawkins of Croughton and he was the husband of Emily T Hawkins of Market Place; He is buried in the Churchyard of All Saints Church, Croughton
John Frederick HAWKINS: One of two brothers, the sons of Josiah J & Caroline J Hawkins of Clifton; Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division; He was killed in action on 22 November 1915 age 25; He is remembered on Panel 26 & 63 of the Basra Memorial, Iraq
Benjamin HAWKINS: One of two brothers, the sons of Josiah J & Caroline J Hawkins of Clifton; Private, 6th (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 58 Brigade, 19th Division; He was killed in action on 23 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin age 19; He is remembered on Bay 7 of the Arras Memorial
Joseph William HIORNS: Lance Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division; He was killed in action on 11 October 1918 during the Pursuit to the Selle; he was 30; He is buried in Iwuy Communal Cemetery, France; His parents were William & Emma Hiorns of Castle Street
Archie William HUTT: One of two brothers, the sons of John W & Mary F Hutt of Deddington; Sergeant Major, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 42 Brigade, 14th Division and formerly a Sergeant with The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars who had been in France since 1914; He was killed in action at the Battle of St Quentin on 21 March 1918 age 32; He is buried in Montescourt Lizerolles Communal Cemetery, France; He was the husband of Margaret Hutt of Deddington
Frederick Rowland HUTT: One of two brothers, the sons of John W & Mary F Hutt of Deddington; Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division; He was killed in action near the Ypres Salient on 8 February 1916 age 25; He is buried in Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Thomas Alexander MANCHIP: Private, 20th Battalion (The 3rd Public Schools), The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 19 Brigade, 33rd Division; He was killed in action at the second Battle of the Scarpe on 25 April 1917 age 35; He is remembered on Bay 3 of the Arras Memorial; His parents were the late Thomas A & Elizabeth J Manchip of Deddington and he was the husband of Grace L Manchip, 89 Hayes Road, Bromley, Kent
John Ernest MUNDY: Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division; He was killed in action in the Somme on 3 June 1917 age 22; He is buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arlux en Gohelle; He was a native of Hinton-in-the-Hedges; His parents were Albert T J & Caroline Mundy of the Paper Mills, Adderbury; Certificate of
Education 1914; Percy PINFOLD
Percy PINFOLD: Private, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division; He was killed in action in the Somme on 1 January 1917 age 24; He is buried in Guards' Cemetery, Combles, France; His parents were Joseph & Elizabeth Pinfold of Clifton
Albert Frederick SPENCER: Private, 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division; He was killed in action on 16 May 1915 age 32 during the Battle of Festubert; He is remembered on Panel 26 of Le Touret Memorial; His parents were William & Adelaide Spencer of Hook Norton and he was the husband of Sarah R E Spencer of Hempton
George SYKES: Private, A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division; He was killed in action on 16 May 1915 during the Battle of Festubert, age 22; His parents were George D & Louisa Sykes of The Green; He is remembered on Panel 26 of Le Touret Memorial; Frederick T TUSTAIN
Frederick T TUSTAIN: One of two brothers, the sons of William & Eliza Tustain of Victoria Terrace; Private, 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 2 Guards Brigade, Guards Division; He was killed in action near Lesboeufs on 29 September 1916 age 30; He is buried in Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs; He was the husband of Agnes Tustain, 267 Alama Street, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia where he had emigrated
Matthew James TUSTAIN: One of two brothers, the sons of William & Eliza Tustain of Victoria Terrace; Lance Corporal, C Company, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division; He was killed in action at the Battle of Pozieres Ridge on 23 July 1916 age 23; He is remembered on Pier & Face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial
James Ethelbert TWISSELL: Private, 82nd Battalion, Abegweit Light Infantry Regiment, Canadian Infantry, Army no. 160637; He died on 1 June 1916 age 32 in Holy Cross Hospital Calgary; He is buried in Calgary Union Cemetery; He had emigrated on 20 April 1912 on the "Tunisian" bound for Saint John, Canada; He was married to Edith M Twissell of Cabin Lake, Alberta; His parents were the late Frank & Emily Twissell of New Street
William Alfred WEAVER: Private, 7th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, 37 Brigade, 12th Division; He was killed in action near Armentieres on 17 January 1918 age 33; he lived in King's Sutton; He is buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier; His parents were George & Mary A Weaver of Deddington; Bernard WHEELER
Bernard WHEELER: Private, Training School, Canadian Army Medical Corps; He died on 18 November 1916 age 29; He is buried in the Churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington; His parents were James & Sarah Wheeler of Deddington and he was the husband of Janet Wheeler of Winnipeg where he had emigrated in 1907 sailing on the Southwark to Halifax, Canada
George Henry WHITE: Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division; He was killed in action at the third Battle of the Scarpe on 3 May 1917 age 30; He is remembered on Bay 6 & 7 of the Arras Memorial; His parents were Job & Eva A White of Hempton and he was the husband of Emma E White, The Bank, Hempton
William WILKINS: Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division; He was killed in action during the 1st Battle for Ypres on 21 October 1914 age 31; He is remembered on Panel 37 & 39 of the Menin Gate, Ypres; His parents were George & Lavinia Berry (previously Wilkins) of Earl's Lane
Alfred Edwin YERBURY: Private, 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers, 87 Brigade, 29th Division formerly with The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; He died of his wounds received during the Battle of the Scarpe on 27 April 1917. He was 19; He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery; His parents were Alfred & Cicely Yerbury of Castle Street

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