ROTHERFIELD GREYS, OXFORDSHIRE
MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © Transcription Andy Pay; research Martin
Edwards 2004
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The
memorial is in the form of a stone cross mounted on a plinth which stands
in the grounds of St Nicholas parish church.
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Photographs
Copyright © Andy Pay 2004 |
To
The Immortal Memory of
| ALLEN |
Frederick
aka Fred |
Private
260002, 2nd/5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
in Egypt 10th April 1918. Age 33. Born Rothefield Greys, enlisted
Oxford, resident Henley-on-Thames. Husband of Alice Sarah Allen,
of 5, West St., Henley-on-Thames. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel. Row T Grave 66. |
| NUNN |
Charles |
Private
20635, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders 3rd July 1916. Enlisted Reading. Buried in OVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot VII Row B Grave 2. |
| SHURVELL |
Herbert
George |
[Spelt
SHURVILLE on CWGC & SDGW] Sapper 42792, 'Z' Special Company,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action 6th May 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 29. Born Henley-on-Thames, enlisted Winchester, Hampshire. Son
of George and Sarah Shurville, of Rotherfield, Greys, Henley-on-Thames;
husband of Evelyn May Shurville, of 2, Coombe End Cottages, Warren
Rd., Kingston-on-Thames. Commemorated in in BEAULENCOURT BRITISH
CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY, Pas de Calais, France. Special Memorial
A. 2. |
| WESTON |
Francis
Tower aka Frank |
Lance
Corproal 3033, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 14th August 1916 in France &
Flanders. Age 21. Enlisted Oxford, resident Henley-on-Thames. Son
of John H. and Eliza Weston, of Hermes Farm, Henley-on-Thames. Commemorated
on THIEPVAl MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D |
| WILLIS |
Joseph
Edmund |
[Listed
as 2nd Battalion on memorial] Private 7477, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 25th September
1915 in France & Flanders. Born henley-on-Thames, enlisted Reading,
resident Andover, Hampshire. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39. |
| Who
fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Thanks be to God which giveth us the Victory
Also
1939 - 1945 |
| ATKINS |
William
Anthony George |
 Sergeant
(Flight Engineer U/T) 574300, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died
13th July 1942. Age 19. Son of William Gilbert George and Nora Janetta
Atkins, of Henley-on Thames. Buried in ROTHERFIELD GREYS CHURCHYARD,
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire.
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| HODSON |
Herbert
Blake |
[Splet
Hubert Blake HODSON on CWGC] Lieutenant 134985, 9th Battalion, Queen's
Royal Lancers attached 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 28th
January 1942. Age 22. Son of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Hodson, M.C.,
and Lady Hodson, of Henley-on-Thames. Buried in BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY,
Libya. Plot 2. Row C. grave 21. |
| LLOYD,
MC |
Rodney
Warner Bartholomew |
Lieutenant
256102, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action in Germany 22nd February
1945. Age 22. Son of The Revd. Robert Howard Lloyd, M.A., and Patricia
Margaret Evelyn Lloyd, of Henley-on-Thames. a Scholar of Christ
Church, spending a year at Oxford University (1941-1942), but this
being war time, he came down after a year, the plan being to complete
his degree course after the end of hostilities. Awarded the Military
Cross (M.C.). Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 51 Row J Grave 1. |
| SYMONDS |
Cyril |
Royal
Air Force - No further information currently available |
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the church of St. Nicholas there are two plaques. |
First
plaque (See above)
In Loving Memory of their son
Robert Warner Bartholomew Lloyd (MC)
Lieutenant The Rifle Brigade
Killed in action in Germany 22nd February 1945
age 22 years.
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In
the Church is also a wooden cross, original burial cross the plaque
on it reads as follows:
Queens Victoria Rifles
Captain H. Makins
November 4th 1915
R.I.P.
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| MAKINS |
H |
 Captain,
Queen Victoria Rifles. Died 4th November 1915. |
Last
updated
2 April, 2018
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