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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THE PARISH OF BENSON WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING
AND COUTNRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF
1914 1918 THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS
HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
| BAILEY | Sam | Private
T/203929, 1st Battalion, (The Buffs) East Kent Regiment. Killed
in action 7 June 1915. Aged 33. Born Lightcilffe, Yorkshire, enlisted
Ashford, Kent, resident Brighouse, Yorokshire. Son of Titus and
Martha Bailey, of 4 Co-operative Buildings, Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse,
Yorks. Formerly 203130, 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Buried
in Philosophe British Cemetery Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row Q. Grave 8. |
| BATTS | Albert |
Lance Corporal 9589, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 25 Sep 1915. Born Northmoor, enlisted
Oxofrd, resident Benson. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85. |
| BRIDCUTT | Arthur Elijah |
Gunner 40822, Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in action in North Russia 11 August 1919. Aged 23. Enlisted
Coventry, born and resident Benson. Son of John and Esther Bridcutt
of Roke Benson Half-Brother to John Henry Bridcutt (see above) and
Charles Amos Bridcutt (see below) Full-Brothers Albert George Bridcutt
served as Gunner 80th Company Royal Garrison Artillery and Gunner
Francis Edward Birdcutt (55456) 471 Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery;
both survived the war. Commemorated in Archangel Allied Cemetery
Memorial (B12), buried Troitza Churchyard. |
| BRIDCUTT | John Henry |
Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in
action 1 October 1918. Son of John
and (late) Amelia Bridcutt of Roke Marsh Benson; husband of Mrs
J H Bridcutt of 11 Dalmeny Avenue Norbury London John Bridcutt enlisted
in Coldstream Guards (Service No 9509) in 1893 promoted to CSM within
8 years ending as CSM London District before Commission 2nd Lt Somerset
Light Infantry and transferred same day to 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Appointed Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish
Rifles 8 September 1918. Full-Brother to Charles Amos Bridcutt (see
below) Half-Brother to Arthur Elijah Bridcutt (see above). Half-Brothers
Albert George Bridcutt served as Gunner 80th Company Royal Garrison
Artillery and Gunner Francis Edward Birdcutt (55456) 471 Siege Bty
Royal Garrison Artillery; both survived the war. Distinguish Service
Order Mentioned in Dispatches (3 times): Lord Roberts’ Mentions
4 September 1901 Boer War. London Gazette 15 June 1916. London Gazette
4 January 1917 London Gazette 23 July 1917. Buried in Dadizeele
New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row E.
Grave 17. |
| BROWN | Ernest James |
Lance Corporal 8228, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's
(Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).). Killed in action 28 September 1915.
Born Benson, enlisted Reading, resident Wallingford, Berkshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 93 to 95. |
| BULLEN | Albert Edward |
Private 201104 [CWGC} or 20104 [SDGW], 2/4th Battalion, Princess
Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action
22 August 1917. Aged 20. Born Hammersmith, enlisted Reading, resident
Wallingford. Son of the late Cornelius and Florence Winifred Bullen.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 105. |
| CHADD | Peter |
Private 18163, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Princess
Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).). Killed in action
27 May 1916. Son of Mrs Isobel S August of Fisher Street Balaklava
South Australia. Buried in Loos British Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Commemorated on Cite Calone Military Cemetery Memorial 12
|
| COCKERELL | Herbert Frederick |
Private 8487, 97th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died
of wounds 16 December 1917. Born and resident Wansdworth, Surrey,
enlisted Oxford. Formerly 18726, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen.
Belgium. Plot XI. Row D. Grave 17. |
| DIXON | Frederick |
Gunner 73202, 2nd/1st (North Midland) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action 25 July 1917. Born Benson, enlisted
Oxford. Buried in Vlamertinge New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen.
Belgium. Plot V. Row A. Grave 12. |
| DUTFIELD | Frank H |
Private 17430, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 21
March 1918. Enlisted Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 50 and 51. |
| EMBERRY | Thomas Henry |
Private 28798, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action
28 April 1917. Enlisted Wallingfod. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| EUSTACE | Frank | Private
B/1927, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort’s Own). Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged
27. Born Benson, enlisted Birmingham, resident Roke, Benson. Son
of the late William and Eliza Eustace; husband of Kate Eustace (formerly
Denton). No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier 16. Face B/C. |
| FROST | Joseph |
Private 201111, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Princess
Charlotte of Wales's ). Killed in action
27 May 1918. Born Notting Hill, Middlesex, enlisted Reading, resident
Chelmsford. No known grave. Commemorated on Soissons Memorial, Aisne,
France. |
| GRAY | Cecil Gordon |
Acting Lance Corporal M2/046891, Mechanical Transport 24th Ammunition
Sub Park, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 24 October 1916. Aged 20.
Born Cookham, Oxon, enlisted London, resident Wallingford. Son of
Albert George and Amelia Gary of Benson. Buried in St Sever Cemetery,
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Section O. Plot I. Row A. Grave 7. |
| GREEN | Harry |
Private 1361, 1st (Service) Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry,
Channel Island Militia. Killed in action 13 April 1918. Aged 29.
Born Benson, enlisted Guernsey. Son of William and Minnie Green
of Brook Street, Benson; husband of Gladys A Le Tissier (formerly
Green, nee Guille) of Bel Air, Abecq, Guernsey. No known grave.
Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 11. |
| GREEN | Jonas | Corporal
116446, No 2 Army Tramways Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
29 September 1917. Aged 45. Born Benson, enlisted Westminster, Middlesex,
resident Wallingford, Berks. Husband of Gertrude Emily Green of
Brook Street Benson. Buried in Gwalia Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave 6. |
| HAILEY | Frederick |
Corporal 202216, "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s
Light Infantry. Killed in action 4
October 1917. Aged 32. Born Abingdon, enlisted Bodmin, Cornwall,
resident Truro, Cornwall. Son of Cecil and Ellen Hailey of Myrtle
Cottage, Benson. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 81. |
| HARMER | Jesse Walter |
Private 23630, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 20 September 1917. Born Ewelme,
Oxon, enlisted Wallingford. Buried in Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 16. |
| HASTINGS | William Charles |
Private G/4405, 6th (The Buffs) Battalion, East Kent Regiment. Killed
in action 11 July 1915. Born Notting
Hill, Middlesex, enlisted Hammersmith, Middlesex, resident North
Kensington, Middlesex. Buried in Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot III. Row A. Grave 6. |
| HAWTING | Henry |
Private 7783, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 17 January 1916. Aged 30. Born
Benson, enlisted Wallingford, Berks. Son of George and Emma Hawting,
of Roke Marsh, Benson, Wallingford. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row H. Grave 35. |
| HOLT | Frederick |
Driver 136754, Royal Engineers. Died in
Mesopotamia (Iraq) 4 August 1916. Born Sheffield, enlisted Wallingford,
Berkshire. Son of Mr & Mrs J R Holt of Sheffield. Buried in Bolarum
Cavalry Barracks Cemetery, Chennai, India. Plot B. Grave 18. |
| HUTCHINS | Edward Morris |
Flight Serjeant 2105, Royal Flying Corps. Died 18 June 1916. Buried
in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Plot 33. Row F. Grave 16. |
| JONES | William |
Private 204280, "D" Company, 1/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 16 August
1917. Aged 41. Born Dorchester, enlisted Wallingford, resident Crowmarsh,
Oxon. Son of late William and Sarah Jones of Dorchester Oxon; husband
of Emily Jones of Ferry Preston Crowmarsh Benson. No known grave.
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96-98. |
| LUKER | Alfred |
Acting Serjeant 7714, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's
(Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action
28 September 1918. Born and resident Wallingford, enlisted
Reading. Son of Mr & Mrs C Luker of Crowmarsh Wallingford Berks;
the 1911 Census has Alfred Luker living with his brothers (George
and James) at Clacks Cottages Ewelme Benson working as General Labourers
on a farm. James was also killed in the war (see below). No known
grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; Panel
93 to 95. |
| LUKER | James |
Private 15179, 71st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed
in action 15 September 1916. Son of
Mr & Mrs C Luker of Crowmarsh, Wallingford, Berks; the 1911 Census
has James Luker living with his brothers (George and Alfred) at
Clacks Cottages, Ewelme, Benson, working as General Labourers on
a farm. Alfred was also killed in the war (see above). Formerly
19552, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery
Guillemont, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 8. |
| MUMFORD | Arthur James |
Private 25192, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action
27 February 1918. Aged 24. Born Smokedon, Faringdon, berkshire,
enlisted Faringdon. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Mumford of Crown
Lane Benson. Formerly 9908, Royal Berkshire Regiment. No known grave.
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
92. |
| PAINTER | John Randall |
Gunner 316962, 4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Died 6 October
1918. Born 18 October 1895 in Oxfordshire. Son of John Thomas and
Helen Emma Painter of Benson. Farming in Mt Elgin Ontario until
September 1915 when he joined Curtiss’s Flying School Toronto. Attested
and passed fit 1 February 1916 in Toronto, Canada, aged 20 years
3 months, height 5 frrt 7¾ inches, girth 37 inches, complexion
fresh, eyes brown, hair auburn, religious denomination Congregationalist.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
LXVII. Row H. Grave 25. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7540 - 35 |
| PHILLIPS | Ernest Albert |
Private 10941, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 27 May 1917. Born Sutton Surrey,
enlisted Oxford, resident Benson. Buried in London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse,
France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 10. |
| SHELDRAKE | Robert James |
Private 20825, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 3 September 1916. Born Poplar,
Middlesex, enlisted Ocford, resident East Ham, Essex. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier 10, Face
10A and 10D. |
| SMITH | William George |
Serjeant 7784 [CWGC] or 7781 [SDGW], "G" Company, 2nd
Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 15 March 1915. Aged
31. Enlisted Wallingford. Son of William Brackley Smith and Martha
Smith of West View Benson. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30. |
| SOPER | Sydney |
Private 17101, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 15 November 1916. Aged 27. Born
and resident Millwall, enlisted Reading. Brother of Albert Soper
of 4 Johnson Street Cubitt Town London. Buried in Warlincourt Halte
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row J. Grave 12. |
| STRUDLEY | Alfred George |
[Memorial states Corporal] Private 14396, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 28 Apr 1917.
Aged 27. Born Wobblestone, Surrey, enlisted Oxford, resident Benson.
Husband of Alice Mary Town (formerly Strudley), of 6, Clifton Terrace,
Benson. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 6 and 7. |
| WEBB | Charles William |
Private 17360, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 2 July 1916. Aged 23. Born Chalsey,
enlisted Oxford, resident Benson. Son of Emily A Webb of Crowmarsh
Wallingford Berks. Buried in Vlamertinge Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot III. Row E. Grave 13. |
| WHEELER | C William |
Private, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). No Further Information currently available. |
| WHICHELLO | Richard William |
Sergeant RMA/7928, HMS Hogue, Royal Marine Artillery. Killed in
action when his ship was torpedoed by U-9 in the North Sea, 22 September
1914. Aged 33. Born 29 November 1880 in Benson. Son of Frederick
Walter Whichello, of Benson, Wallingford, Berks.; husband of Beatrice
Emily Roberts (formerly Whichello, nee Bartholomew), of 15, Meon
Rd., Milton, Portsmouth. Birth registered in the January to March
Quarter 1882 in Wallingford Registrration District. Pawnbroker's
Assistant before he enlisted. Enrolled Royal Navy 27 January 1899
in London, re-engaged 17 December 1910 at which time his wife was
living at 212 Eastfield Road, Eastney, Portsmouth. Height 5 feet
10 inches, complexion fresh, hair brown, eyes grey. Religious denomination
Church of England. He married in the April to June Quarter 1910
in the Strood Reistration District, Kent. In the 1901 census he
was aged 20, born Wallingford, aged 20, Gunner R.M.A. a member of
Crew. In the 1911 census he is listed as being aged 29, a Sergeant
in the Royal Marine Artillery, born Benson, resident with his wife
Beaterice Emily and their bay son at 212 Eastfield Road Eastney,
Portsmouth. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Hampshire. Panel 5. |
| WIGMORE | Harry |
Private 204225, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 21 August 1917.
Son of Daniel and Sarah Wigmore of Mary’s Farm Wallingford. No known
grave. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panels 96 – 98. |
| WILDE | John |
[Spelt WILD on CWGC] Private 18168, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 13 July 1916.
Born and resident Stockport, enlisted Reading. Son of Harry and
Mary Wild, of 23, Higher Hillgate, Stockport. Buried in Leeds Lawns
Wood Cemetery, Yorkshire. Screen Wall. W. 440. |
| WINFIELD | John Henry |
Private 6502, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action 13 November
1916. Aged 35. Born Ewelme, Berkshire, enlisted Oxofrd, resident
Briightwell, Oxon. Son of Samuel Winfield; husband of Ann Maria
Winfield of Slade End, Wallingford, Berks. Buried in Waggon Road
Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave
32. |
| YOUNG | Maurice Gilberrt |
Private 10335, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 20 July 1917. Born and resident
Wallingford, enlisted Reading. Buried in Monchy Le Preux Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 24. |
1939-1945 |
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| BEAL | Alex Edward |
[Listed
as Alec on memorial] Lance Corporal 5336332, 4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).). Died 29 May 1940. Aged 20. Son of Thomas Mitchel
Beal and Evelyn Beal, of Benson, Oxfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on Dunkirk Memoriak, Nord, France. Column 111. |
| CHAMBERLAIN | Walter Newton |
Serjeant
2486, Burma Auxiliary Force. Died 28 April 1942. Aged 32. Son of
Frederick Philip and Annie Elizabeth Chamberlain, of Benson, Oxfordshire.
Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar, Burma. Plot 26. Row E.
Grave 7. |
| DUNLOP-MACKENZIE | Robert Jack |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 40685, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 25
March 1942 flying Avro Manchesters out of RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
Aged 23. Son of Archibald and Mary Louise Dunlop-Mackenzie; husband
of Letitia Dunlop-Mackenzie, of St. John's Wood, London. Buried
in Harlingen General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands. Plot E. Row
1. Grave 1. |
| HEATH | Thomas W |
No
further information currently available |
| HOWSE | Kenneth William |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1667482, 355 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 8 April 1944. Aged 23. Son of William and Amy Howse; husband
of Adeline Priscilla Howse, of Benson, Oxfordshire. Buried in Ranchi
War Cemetery, India. Plot 9. Row F. Grave 3. |
| PICK | Ben Michael |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1194506, 138 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died in Halifax W7775 (NF-R) which crashed near Meppel, during Operation
MARROW 12, over Holland, 22/23 December 1942. Aged 21. Son of Ben
and Lizzie Robinson Pick, of Benson, Oxfordshire. Buried in Staphorst
(Ijhorst) General Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. Grave 3. |
| PHILLIPS | Ernest A |
No
further information currently available |
| SALTER | Frank A |
No
further information currently available |
| WOOD | John A |
No
further information currently available |
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