WATER STRATFORD
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2007 |
The
memorial is located inside St Gile's parish church and is in the form
white marble plaque with black lettering containing within a coloured
marble frame. It contains the names of six men who fell in World War
1. Details of the memorial were published in the Buckinghamshire Herald
12th March 1921 presumably when the memorial was unveiled. No deaths
were recorded in the village for World War 2.
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| Photographs
Copyright © Michael Edwards 2007 |
IN
PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE
MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| CADD
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Herbert
George |
Private
949, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Killed in action in Egypt 11th
December 1915. Born and enlisted Buckingham, resident Tottenham.
Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 115.
The
Cadds are still a prominent Buckingham family. A Herbert Edward
Cadd, born 1893, was living with his Johnstone grandparents in Water
Stratford in 1901. |
| HENRY
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Kenneth
Borrodaile |
Rifleman
S/3710, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Died of wounds 12th July 1916. Born 1895, Hendon (census) or Harrow
(SDGW), enlisted LOndon, resident Pillerton Priors, Warwickshire.
Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France.
Plot II. |
| MAY
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Francis
John |
Lance
Sergeant 430259, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
Died 15th August 1917. Born 1888, Water Stratford (2nd October 1896
at Weber Stratford, Bucks according to Canadian NA). Fruit rancher
by trade. Married, wifre Mrs F May of Wynndoce?, British Columbia.
Enlisted 3rd March 1915 at Victoria, British Columbia, aged 28 years
5 months; height 5 feet 7 inches, girth 36 inches, complexion fair,
eyes grey, hair fair; religion Church of England. Pass fit 29th
March 1915 at Willows Camp. No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada Accession
Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6067 - 52 |
| PEARSON |
Thomas
Walter |
Private
G/21055, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 17th
July 1918. Born 1897, Water Stratford, enlisted Luton, Beds, resident
Water Stratford. Buried in CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION,
Aisne, France. Plot 4. Row B. Grave 28.
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| HILSDON
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William
James |
Private
165662, 101st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
14th October 1918. Born 1898, Water Stratford, enlisted Buckingham,
resident Water Stratford. Formerly 863, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars.
His family farmed at Water Startford throughout the 20th century.
Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, , Belgium. Plot XIV Row H Grave
16. |
| SIKES
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Robert
Gordon |
Lieutenant,
Leicestershire Yeomanry attached to 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Died
22nd February 1919. Aged 30. Born 1888, Leciestershire. The Sikes
family lived in one of the 'big houses' in Water Stratford and the
head of that family was born in Leicestershire, but Robert was living
with his mother in Leicestershire in 1901, so was presumably a nephew
of the Water Stratford family. Son of James Sikes, of 10a, Dawson
St., Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada; husband of Clementina Gwendoline
Sikes, of Water Stratford, Buckingham. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY
EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section S. Plot V. Row
M. Grave 12.
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Last updated
13 February, 2007
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