WINSLOW WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2009
The Winslow
war memorial is to be found in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church,
High Street, Winslow and takes the form of a Gothic cross on an octagonal
column and plinth resting on a three-stepped base. There are 50 names
for World War 1, 13 for World War 2, 1 for the Malayan Emergency and
1 for the Falklands.
The nmeorials was dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Buckingham and unveiled
7th November 1920. Monies were raised by public subscription. Details
appeared in the North Bucks Times 9th November 1920 and the Buckinghasm
Advertiser 13th November 1920.
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Photographs
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF WINSLOW WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
1914-1918
ADKINS |
A
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Private |
ADKINS |
Bertie |
Private
50599, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died of wounds 27 October 1918. Born Winslow, Bucks, enlisted Aylesbury.
Buried in RAMILLIES BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row E. Grave
20.
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BUDD |
William
G |
Lance
Corporal 15141, 18th (Queen Mary's Own Royal) Hussars. Killed in
action 22 March 1918. Born and resident Winslow, enlisted Pembroke.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Panel 5. |
CHANDLER |
C
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Private |
COOK |
R
C |
Sergeant
22159, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 11 November 1918. Buried
near South boundary in WINSLOW (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD, Buckinghamshire.
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CRIPPS |
C
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Driver
239868, "B" Battery, 122nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 16 September 1918. Aged 35. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cripps,
of Winslow; husband of Frances E. Cripps, of The Swan, Winslow,
Bucks. Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT,
Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 1. |
CRIPPS |
F
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Sapper
146578, 87th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 29 October 1916.
Buried near South boundary in WINSLOW (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD,
Buckinghamshire. |
DEACON |
Cahrles
Thomas Frederick |
Pioneer
50033, H.Q. Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died8 December 1918.
Aged 31. Son of William and Catherine Deacon, of Winslow, Bucks.
Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XII. Row C. Grave 6. |
ELLIS |
E
A |
Private |
FOSKETT |
Harry |
Acting
Leading Stoker 306138, H.M.S. "Victory II," Royal Navy.
Died 29 September 1920. Aged 34. Son of William and Annie Foskett
(formerly Warner) of Winslow, Bucks. Husband of Violet Daisy Foskett
(formerly Pickett) of Shirley, Southampton. Buried in SOUTHAMPTON
(HOLLYBROOK) CEMETERY, Hampshire. Section A. 2. Grave 192. |
GATES |
Harold |
Private
19616, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 23 August 1917. Aged 22. Son of John and Lizzie Gates, of 27,
Avenue Rd., Winslow, Bucks. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 13. |
GIBSON |
Harry
Reginald |
Private
265824, 2nd/1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died 19 July 1916. Aged 18. Son of William and Fanny Boughton
Gibson, of High St., Winslow, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 83 to 85. |
GIBSON |
W
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Private
267038, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 14 December 1918. Aged 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gibson, of
High St., Winslow, Bucks. Buried in SOFIA WAR CEMETERY, Bulgaria.
Plot III. Row D. Grave 1. |
GILLAM |
John
[Graham] |
Lance
Corporal 15685, "D" Company, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Died 27 September 1915. Aged 24. Son of John and Clara
Gillam, of Winslow, Bucks; husband of Dorothy de Villiers (formerly
Gillam, Nee Juffs), of 11, George St., Stuart's Cottages, Germiston,
Transvaal. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 91 to 93. |
HANCOCK |
H
E |
Corporal |
HOLDOM |
William
John |
[Listed
as J W HOLDOM on memorial] Lance Corporal 3352, 2nd/1st Battalion,
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 19 July 1916.
Aged 33. Son of Alfred and Sarah Holdom, of High St., Winslow, Bucks.
Buried in LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot
III. Row C. Grave 8. |
HOLT |
A
C |
Private |
HOLT |
F
J |
Private |
HOLT |
Harry |
Driver
234381, 59th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 20 September 1918. Aged 30. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Holt,
of High St., Winslow, Bucks. Buried in LA GORGUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 1A. |
HOLT |
T
H |
Lance
Corporal |
ISHAM |
J
E |
Gunner
87313, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 25 December 1917. Aged 29.
Son of George Henry and Ellen Isham, of Brockley; husband of Rose
Ethel Isham, of 34, Avenue Rd., Winslow, Bucks. Buried near the
West boundary in WINSLOW (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD, Buckinghamshire.
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JACKSON |
T
P |
Private |
KIMBLE |
Lewis |
Corporal
WR/295339, 273rd Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died
19 Nocvember 1918. Aged 35. Son of George and Mary Kimble, of Hoggeston,
Winslow, Bucks.; husband of Bertha Hamilton Kimble, of Longview,
Oving, Aylesbury. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece.
Grave 1812. |
LANGLEY |
Charles
Henry |
Lance
Corporal 1433, 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died of wounds 28 September 1915. Aged 23. Born
and enlisted Winslow, Bucks. Eldest son of Charles and Fanny Langley,
of Winslow, Bucks. Buried in LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 9. |
LING |
W
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Lance
Corporal |
MOORE |
B
F |
Private |
NORMAN |
F
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Private
12999, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 15 January 1916. Aged 18. Son of Samuel and Annie Norman, of
Shipton, Winslow, Bucks. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave 35A. |
NORMAN |
R
G |
Private |
PARKINS |
E
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Private |
PARROTT |
Harry
Spencer |
Private
9347, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 13 April 1917. Aged
20. Son of Ernest and Annie Parrott, of High St., Winslow, Bucks.
Buried in COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL, Pas de
Calais, France. Row D. Grave 40. |
PARSONS |
C
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Lance
Corporal |
PRICE |
H
W J |
Lance
Corporal 154900, 233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 14 September
1918. Aged 34. Son of Jabez and Sophia Price, of Tinkers End, Winslow,
Bucks. Buried in GROOTEBEEK BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Row G. Grave 16. |
RAY |
F
J |
Lance
Corporal |
ROYCE |
Sidney
Albert |
Corporal
9242, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 12 Noivember 1914. Aged 26. Son of John Royce. of High St.,
Winslow. Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39. |
RUSSELL |
H
J |
Able
Seaman |
SAVING |
Ernest
William |
Private
267713, 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 16 August 1917. Aged 27. Son of Mrs. Ada Saving,
of Claydon Rd., Winslow, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
SCOTT |
John |
Private
10276, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 9 February 1916. Aged 19. Son of Harry and Caroline Scott,
of Winslow, Bucks. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 43A. |
SMITH |
H
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Private |
SMITH |
S
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Private |
STAIRS |
Arthur
R |
Private
29428, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 27 November 1917. Aged
20. Son of George and Priscilla Stairs, of Shipton, Winslow, Bucks.
No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord,
France. Panel 2. |
THEOBOLD |
A
E |
Private |
VAISEY,
MiD |
Charles
Thomas Hinton |
[Wrongly
listed as GTH VASEY on memorial] Second Lieutenant (Pilot), 8th
Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Wounded while flying Royal Aircraft
Factory B.E.2c 5763 with Lt K W M Pickthorn, who was unhurt, over
France 29 June 1916; died of those wounds 1 July 1916. Son of Mr.
T. F. and Mrs. L. H. Vaisey, of Norden Cottage, Combe Down, Bath.
Native of Winslow, Bucks. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried
in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 8. |
VICARS |
B
C |
Private |
WALKER |
Amos
[Eli] |
Lance
Sergeant 265032, 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 9 September 1917. Aged 30. Son of Mr. T. and
Mrs. M. A. Walker, of Market Square, Winslow, Bucks. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96 to 98. |
WALKER |
W
F |
Private |
WARNER |
G
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Private |
WARNER |
W
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Private |
WHITEHORN |
W
J |
Lieutenant |
WIGLEY |
Herbert
Henry |
Lieutenant,
7th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died 31 July
1917. Aged 36. Son of Laura Wigley, of Winslow, Bucks; brother of
Sidney Prudden Wigley, of "The Moat," Steeple Claydon,
Bucks. He was wounded on the Somme in the advance party of July
1916 and retuned to Winslow to convalesce but went out to France
in January 1917 and after the Battle of Messines was home on short
leave. Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot XVI. Row H. Grave 6. |
WILLMOTT |
A
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Private |
VOKINS |
Bertram
G |
Private
19266, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Died 10 April 1917. Buried in HOUDAIN LANE CEMETERY,
TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, Pas de Calais, France. Row F. Grave 3.
[NOTE:
This name appears after the World War 2 names but is an addendum
for World War 1] |
1939-1945 |
AUSTIN |
Albert
James |
Private
5950688, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Killed during the Japanese invasion of Singapore 14 February 1942.
Aged 22. Son of John William and Kate Austin, of Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 14. Row D. Collective
grave 4-11. |
BULL |
A
D |
Flying
Officer |
CALDERARI |
D
K T |
Corporal |
COX |
Alfred
John |
Lieutenant
315270, The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C. Died 5 December 1944.
Aged 21. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Cox, of Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
Buried in MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES, Bouches-du-Rhone,
France. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 59. |
FILER |
Frederick
Albert Walter |
Sergeant
1337166, 138 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 3
December 1944. Aged 20. Son of Frederick Alfred Rich Filer and Sarah
Hannah Filer; husband of Violet Maud Filer, of Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
229. |
GORDON-DEAN |
Peter
[Lee] |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 33436, 151 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 4 March
1941. Aged 21. Son of Air Commodore H. Gordon-Dean, A.F.C., and
Helen Gordon-Dean, of Winslow. Buried in WINSLOW (ST. LAWRENCE)
CHURCHYARD, Buckinghamshire. |
HALEY |
Michael
Frederick |
[Listed
on memorial as Flight Sergeant] Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner)
1313051, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17
June 1943. Aged 21. Son of Thomas Frederick Haley, and of Doris
Winifred Haley, of Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Buried in EINDHOVEN
(WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot JJB.
Joint grave 101-102. |
HANCOCK |
H
F |
Flight
Sergeant |
HAWKINS |
Reginald
Alfred |
Lance
Bombardier 880352, 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 31
May 1940. Aged 20. Buried in OOST-CAPPEL CHURCHYARD, Nord, France.
Grave 15. |
HAWLEY |
Eric
Peter |
Lieutenant
174402, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 13 April 1945. Aged 25. Son of Leslie James Hawley and Estrella
Florence Hawley, of Winslow, Buckinghamshire; husband of Suzette
Y. Hawley. Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Plot 2. Row D. Grave 6. |
HOLT |
A
A |
Flight
Sergeant |
STILL |
Jasper
Lawrence |
[Transcribed
as J A STILL] Sapper 2121383, 81 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers.
Died 10 October 1944. Son of Jasper and Amelia Still; husband of
Daisy Doris Still, of Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Buried in CALAIS
CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
3. Row B. Grave 9. |
AND
IN THE CAMPAIGNS |
1951
MALAYSIA |
HEATH |
George
Henry |
Private
6142255, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action at New Caledonia Estate, Batu Arang, 22 October
1951. Aged 19. Born 16 October 1919. Buried in CHERAS ROAD CHRISTIAN
CEMETERY, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Grave 1052.
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1982
FALKLANDS |
SCOTT |
David
Edward |
Lance
Corpora 24331574l, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. Killed during
the Battle of Mount Longdon 11/12 June 1982. Aged 24. Born 27 September
1957. Buried in ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY, Hampshire. Section
A. Grave 105. |
Last updated
13 August, 2019
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