BLEDINGTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Alf Beard 2009
The War Memorial is located at the entrance to the cemetery beside the
parish church of St Leonard's, Bledington. It takes the form of a stone
cross mounted on a curved plinth on a stone brick base. There are 11
name listed for World War 1 and 6 for World War 2. Within the church
is a Roll of Honour for World War 1 within a wooden frame, handwritten
listing 75 men who served and returned and the 11 that made the ultimate
sacrifice although not necessarily the same as the exterior memorial.
A further framed Roll of Honour lists the 51 men who served and restrued
and the 5 that paid the ultimate price during World War 2 this was created
by Messrs. A R Mowbray & Co. Ltd. There is a further Roll, framed,
covering V.E. day. There is a book published in March 2000 by the Bledington
Local History Society entitled 'The Bledington Book of Honour' that
is s on public display within St. Leonard’s Church and can be
seen at the Gloucestershire Archives, the Imperial War Museum and elsewhere.
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In memory of
brave lives given for others in
the Great War 1914-1919
BAILEY,
M.C. |
Guy
Horsman |
Major,
commanding “L” Battery, 15th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery.
Killed in action 28th February 1917. Aged 25. Son of Col. Edward
Horsman Bailey V.D., T.D., and Jane, of Foxholes, Kingham, Oxon.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in Guards Cemetery, Combles,
Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 1.
Additional
information supplied by Peter Bell: He was hit in the side by
a piece of shrapnel from an airburst shell as he ran to the gunpits
from his dugout to retaliate to the German shell fire He was carried
back into the dugout and attended by the doctor but died about half
an hour later. 3 other men died that day from 'L Battery' among
them his friend Captain Dennison Allen Gye and 2 gunners. They are
all buried next to each other in the cemetery |
BOND |
Ernest |
Private
17739, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 3rd August 1916. Born and resident Foscote (sic),
Oxon, enlisted Stow-On-The-Wold, Gloucestershire. Son of Joseph
and Emily Elizabeth nee Hasted of Idbury, near Foscot, Oxfordshire,
No known grave. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
Note:
His brother James Richard Bond, Private G/11781, The Buffs (East
Kent Regiment). Died of wounds 18th September 1918. Aged 35. Born
Foxcott (sic), Oxford, enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, resident
Clapham, Surrey. Husband of Ruth of 3, Vicarage Street, Luton, Beds.
He is buried in La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 10. |
CLARKE
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Ernest
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Private
276223, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester
Yeomanry). Died of wounds in Egypt 8th May 1918. Aged 29. Born Oddington,
enlisted Warley, resident Chipping Norton. Husband of Ethel May
of Bledington. Formerly 3172, Nottinghamshire (S.R.) Yeomanry. No
known grave. Commemorated on the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Section O. Grave 76. Appears on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
GUY |
John
Frederick |
Private
202023, 1/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Missing in action presumed killed 14th August 1916. Born
Bledington, enlisted Maidenhead. No known grave. Commemorated on
the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. Appears
on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
HOARE |
Ralph
John |
Rifleman
S/9493, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds 31st October
1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Chaldington, enlisted Oxford. Stepson
of Harry Bussen and son of Agnes nee Hoare of Bledington. Native
of Slough, Berkshire. Batchelor of Medicine (M.B.). Buried in Etaples
Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row B. Grave
64. Appears on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
MASON |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
17737, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died in Salonika 23rd October 1918. Aged 23. Born Churchill, Oxon,
enlisted Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, resident Foxcote. Son
of Mrs S A Mason of Foxcott, Kingham, Oxon. Buried in Mikra British
Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Grave 658 |
MILLIN |
Herbert
George |
Private
75037, 13/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action
25th August 1918. Born Oxford, enlisted Cardiff. No known grave.
Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 3. |
PHILP |
Claud
Hastings George |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 1/7th Battalion, Manchester
Regiment. Killed in action 26th March 1918. Aged 32. Son of Hastings
Philp of Falmouth and husband of Margaret E nee Fussell of 163 Banbury
Road, Oxfordshire. Buried in Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 6. Appears on the Roll
of Honour in the church. |
STEVENS,
M.C. |
Arthur
Eustace |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
July 1915. Aged 23. Son of Eustace and Mary Ann of Great Wolford,
Shipston-on-Stour, Worcs. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
A. Grave 34. Appears on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
VINER |
Frederick
Daniel |
Private
7512, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 13th November 1916. Born Eynsham, enlisted Oxford,
resident Chadlington. Buried in Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 28. Appears on the Roll
of Honour in the church. |
WEBB |
Samuel
James |
Acting
Sergeant G/39394, 25th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Died in Siberia 13th September 1918. Aged 42. Born Norton,
oxford, enlisted Bellias Park, Middlesex, resident Chipping Norton.
Husband of Rose Hannah of Bledington. No known grave. Commemorated
on the Vladivostok Memorial, Russian Federation. Appears on the
Roll of Honour in the church. |
WINTER |
John
Henry |
Private
9640, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
10th May 1915. Aged 21. Son of Mrs Sarah Winter of Bledington. No
known grave. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Appears on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
WINTER |
Percival
'Percy' |
Private
23560, 19th (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 8th November
1918. Born and resident Bledington, enlisted Stow-on-the-Wold. Formerly
23675, Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 18. Appears on the Roll of Honour
in the church. |
Let
their names never be forgotten |
1939-1945 |
BOLTER |
Alfred
Leslie |
Sergeant
1471281, Royal Artillery. Died 6th March 1943. Aged 31. Son of Hubert
& Mary Jane of Bledington. Buried in Bledington Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
Grave 248. |
BOLTER |
Peter |
Flight
Lieutenant, 114686, 180th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 11th January
1946, 25. Son of John & Susana BOLTER, husband of Pamela of Kingham,
Oxon. Buried in Brussels Town Cemetery, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section
X. Grave 37. |
BRUINES |
Arnold |
Warrant
Officer 507626, Royal Air Force. Died 30th April 1941, 29. Son of
Frederick & Alice, husband of Mary Joan of Bledington. No known
grave. Commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada. Panel
1. Column 1. |
JUPP,
D.S.C. |
Donald
[George] |
Sub
Lieutenant (A), H.M.S. Formidable, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Died 16th May 1945. Aged 20. Son of Arthur A. and Constance L. Jupp.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.). No known grave.
Commemorated on Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bay 6, Panel
4. |
PRATT |
William
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal 5388647, 144 Company, Pioneer Corps. Died 2nd November
1944. Aged 27. Son of Frederick & Ethel of Oxford. Buried in Oostende
New Communal Cemetery, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
9. Row 7. Grave 8. |
TAYLOR |
John
Robin |
Private
5393115, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 10th September 1944. Aged 21. Son of Herbert George and Gertrude
Annie of Bledington. Buried Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma).
Plot 4. Row G. Grave 2. |
Buried
in the cemetery but not on the memorial
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RAIKES |
Marcus
Hamilton |
Captain
51003, Border Regiment. Died 13th December 1942. Aged 53. Son of
Arthur Hamilton Raikes and Minnie Audrey Raikes, husband of Lilian
Aimee Raikes of Endmoor, Westmorland. M.A. (Oxon). J: Christ Church.
Also served in the 1914-18 war. Buried in Bledington Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
Grave 206. |
This
Roll names all who served their country and those who fell, some of whom
are not mentioned on the nearby War Memorial.
The
names of those who returned from the World War 1 Roll of Honour have not
been transcribed, only those who died.
CLARKE
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Ernest
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Private
276223, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester
Yeomanry). Died of wounds in Egypt 8th May 1918. Aged 29. Born Oddington,
enlisted Warley, resident Chipping Norton. Husband of Ethel May
of Bledington. Formerly 3172, Nottinghamshire (S.R.) Yeomanry. No
known grave. Commemorated on the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Section O. Grave 76. Appears on the exterior war memorial. |
DRINKWATER
|
Frank |
possibly
Frank DRINKWATER, Private 11927, 9th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died in Salonika 26th November 1917. Aged 35. Born Sharpness,
enlisted Glioucester. Son of George and Elizabeth Drinkwater, of
57, Clegram Rd., Gloucester. Buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military
Cemetery, Greece. Grave 1291. |
GUY |
John
Frederick |
Private
202023, 1/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Missing in action presumed killed 14th August 1916. Born
Bledington, enlisted Maidenhead. No known grave. Commemorated on
the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. Appears
on the exterior war memorial. |
HOARE |
Ralph
John |
Rifleman
S/9493, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds 31st October
1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Chaldington, enlisted Oxford. Stepson
of Harry Bussen and son of Agnes nee Hoare of Bledington. Native
of Slough, Berkshire. Batchelor of Medicine (M.B.). Buried in Etaples
Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row B. Grave
64. Appears on the exterior war memorial. |
PHILP |
Claud
Hastings George |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 1/7th Battalion, Manchester
Regiment. Killed in action 26th March 1918. Aged 32. Son of Hastings
Philp of Falmouth and husband of Margaret E nee Fussell of 163 Banbury
Road, Oxfordshire. Buried in Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 6. Appears on the exterior
war memorial. |
ROGERS |
John |
Killed
in action. No further information currently available. |
STEVENS,
M.C. |
Arthur
Eustace |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
July 1915. Aged 23. Son of Eustace and Mary Ann of Great Wolford,
Shipston-on-Stour, Worcs. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
A. Grave 34. Appears on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
VINER |
Frederick
Daniel |
Private
7512, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 13th November 1916. Born Eynsham, enlisted Oxford,
resident Chadlington. Buried in Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 28. Appears on the Roll
of Honour in the church. |
WEBB |
Samuel
James |
Acting
Sergeant G/39394, 25th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Died in Siberia 13th September 1918. Aged 42. Born Norton,
oxford, enlisted Bellias Park, Middlesex, resident Chipping Norton.
Husband of Rose Hannah of Bledington. No known grave. Commemorated
on the Vladivostok Memorial, Russian Federation. Appears on the
Roll of Honour in the church. |
WINTER |
John
Henry |
Private
9640, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
10th May 1915. Aged 21. Son of Mrs Sarah Winter of Bledington. No
known grave. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Appears on the Roll of Honour in the church. |
WINTER |
Percival
'Percy' |
Private
23560, 19th (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 8th November
1918. Born and resident Bledington, enlisted Stow-on-the-Wold. Formerly
23675, Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 18. Appears on the Roll of Honour
in the church. |
Bretheren,
Pray for us.
EVER
MINDFUL OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THE BRITISH PEOPLE DURING THE 1939-1945
WAR, THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE NATIONAL V.E. DAY CELEBRATIONS AND THOSE
HELD IN THIS VILLAGE ON MONDAY 8TH MAY 1995 TO GIVE THANKS TO ALMIGHTY
GOD FOR FIFTY YEARS OF PEACE IN EUROPE.
Last
updated
5 January, 2019
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