
HARPSDEN
CUM BOLNEY, OXFORDSHIRE WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 - Detailed information
Compile and Copyright © Andy Pay 2004
Harpsden-Cum-Bolneys
war memorial is in the local cemetery on the main road through the village.
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Photographs
Copyright © Andy Pay 2004
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The
memorial above is behind the cross at the end of the path |
To
The Glory of God and in Honoured Memory of
CHRISTIAN |
Albert
Sydney |
Corporal
200804, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Bucinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died of wounds 8th August 1917 in France & Flanders.
Aged 21. Enlisted Oxford, resident Henley-on-Thames.Son of Jesse
and Emma Christian, of Midland Counties Home, Leamington Spa.
Born Henley-on-Thames. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 16. |
CRIPPS |
Edgar
James Edwards |
Private
6966, 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Killed in action
16th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 23. Born Middlesex,
enlisted Manilla, New South Wales, Australia. Educated Harpsden
School, Henley-on-Thames. Emigrated aged 19. Engineer by trade.
Son of Edward and Kate Cripps, of Mill Lane, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames.
Commemorated on VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel
39. See Australian
Roll of Honour for details |
MILSOM |
Stephen |
[This
is the only Stephen NILSOM there is] Lance Corporal 7692. 1st
Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 24th May 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Newbury, enlisted Reading. Buried in ZOUAVE VALLEY
CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave
19. |
PIGGOTT |
John |
Private
318, 7th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action
8th May 1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 24. Enlisted Kyabram, Victoria,
Australia. Educated Harpsden School, Henley-on-Thames. Son of
Mr. George Piggott of, Boston House, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames..
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 201 to 204. See
Australian
Roll of Honour for details |
ROBBINS |
Edward
Walter George |
Private
2136, 37th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 10th February
1918. Aged 26. Son of Henry Edward and Mary Jane Robbins. Native
of Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 7 - 17 - 23 -
25 - 27 - 29 - 31. Not listed on the Australian Roll of Honour
Database. |
TALBOT |
Frank
Henry |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached to 1st. Battalion,
Border Regiment. 29th. Division. Formerly Sergeant, Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Badly wounded on the Somme,
brought home and died in military hospital in the UK 15th July
1916. Son of Mr & Mrs Frank Talbot of Harpsden. Buried in
St. Margarets Churchyard, Harpsden, Oxfordshire.
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THATCHER |
Walter
George |
Private
8274, 2nd, Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. 2nd Division. Killed in action near Polygon Wood 21st
October 1914 aged 28. Born in Bix, Oxfordshire and enlisted in
Henley on Thames. Son of Mr & Mrs R.T.Thatcher of “The
Folly” Lower Assendon, Henley on Thames. Commemorated on
The Menin Gate, Ypres Belgium. |
Who
gave their lives for King and Country in the
Great War 1914 - 1918
Last updated
11 October, 2008
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