CHIPPING
CAMPDEN WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Detailed
information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2014
The Chipping Campden War Memorial is to be found between the Old |Town
Hall and the Market Hall, Main Street, Chipping Campden. It takes the
form of an octagonal plinth topped with a shaft on which is a small,
roffed, calvary cross. The inscriptions are on the sides of the plinth.
There are 61 names for World War 1 which have the year that they. Died
listed with them. It was unveiled on Sunday 9 January 1921 by local
dignitaries and clergymen. The designer was F L Griggs and the engraver
Edgar Keen. The Second World War Memorial is near to that of the First
World War in the Main Street, it contains 16 names.
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Photograph
from an old postcard
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Erected
AD 1929 to the memory of the men of this town who Died for their country
and its cause in the war 1914-1918
1914 |
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ASHWIN |
Harold
D |
Private
9692, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment). Killed in action 14 November 1914. Aged 21. Born Chipping
Campden, enlisted Buttevant, Co. Cork. Son of James and Keziah Ashwin
of Watery Lane, Chipping Campden. No known grave. Commemorated on
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37. |
BEAVINGTON |
William |
Private
13721, "B" Company, 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 25 November 1914. Aged 17. Born
and enlisted Campden. Son of Richard and Mary E Beavington, of Broad
Campden, Glos. Buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire.
Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 118. |
NEVE |
Basil
Hovenden |
Chief
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class 270424, HMS Pathfinder. Killed or
died as a direct result of enemy action 5 September 1914. Born 28
June 1875 in Wood Green, London. Son of Julias R and Isabelle, of
the Post Office and Drapers, High Street, Chipping Campden; husband
of Ellen Ronaldson Neve, of 80 Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent. No known
grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 3. |
TRACEY |
Richard |
[Listed
as TRACY on memorial] Private 9593, 3rd Worcestershire Regiment.
Died 7 November 1914. Aged 29. Son of William and Ann Jane Tracey
(nee Letts), of Broad Campden, Gloucestershire. No known grave.
Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
34. |
1915 |
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ELLIS |
Harry
[Gordon] |
Private
13734, 5th Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment.). Died 24 May
1915. Aged 20. Born 7 November 1893 in Chipping Campden. Son of
Harry George and Martha Ellis, of Chipping Campden. Fishmonger by
trade. Passed fit 9 September 1914, enlisted 17 September 1914 at
Valcartier, Canada, aged 20 years 10 months. Height 6 feet, girth
38 inches. complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black; religious denomination
Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France; also mentioned on the family grave in Chipping
Campden Churchyard, Gloucestershire. National Archives of Canada
Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2883 - 17 |
HATHAWAY |
Algernon |
Lance
Corporal 10993, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 7 August 1915. Aged 26. Born and enlisted
Campden. Son of Annie Hathaway, of Grammar School Cottages, Chipping
Campden, Glos., and the late George Hathaway. No known grave. Commemorated
on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 101 to 104. |
HEDGES |
Charles |
Private
7404, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
8 October 1915. Born Chipping Campden, enlisted Bristol. Son of
Frederick and Elizabeth A Hedges, of 4 Aston Road, Campden; brorther
of William Charles hedges (below). No known grave. Commemorated
on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 60 to 64. |
HEDGES |
William
Charles |
Private
17514, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 25 September 1915. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Campden.
Son of Frederick and Elizabeth A Hedges, of 4 Aston Road, Campden;
brother of Charles hedges (above). No known grave. Commemorated
on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 60 to 64. |
HOWELL |
Frank
[Lewis] |
Lance
Corporal 9432, 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Died in United
Kingdom 9 February 1915. Born Campden 1888, enlisted Brecon. In
the 1901 census he was the son of Eli Howell of Church Street, Chipping
Campden, and the late Emily Tabitha Howell. Buried south-east of
the church in St James churchyard, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
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SMITH |
Thomas |
Private
17510, 10th Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 25 September
1915. Born Mickleton, near Chipping Campden, enlisted Campden. No
known grave. Commemorated Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 60 to 64. |
TRACEY |
Harry |
[Listed
as TRACY on memorial] Private 9579, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 13 March 1915. Born Chipping Campden,
enlisted Worcester, resident Broad Campden. No known grave. Commemorated
on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 17 and 18. |
1916 |
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BENNETT |
George
Edwin |
Private
17656, 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 23 July 1916. Born and enlisted Campden. Buried in Caterpillar
Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave
33. |
BINNS |
Raymond
Louis |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 10 July 1916. Aged 32. Son of Dr William
Binns and Mrs Binns of The Cedars, East Bergholt, Suffolk. Educated
at Stoneyhurst College, Lancs. Married 1913 to Maud, only daughter
of Rev J and Mrs Cartman of Bondy Vicarage, Hull. Buried in Becourt
Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
T. Grave 11. |
BRAIN |
Charles
Thomas |
Private
13234, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action, 23 July 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Campden. Son
of John and Mary Katherine Brain (nee Ladbrook), of Littleworth,
Campden; brother of Harold (see below). No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
BRAIN |
Harold
William |
[Listed
a W H BRAIN on memorial] Private 23298, 10th (Service) Battalion,
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 23 July 1916. Aged 18.
Born and enlisted Campden. Son of John and Mary Katherine Brain,
(nee Ladbrook); brother of Charles (see above). No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
5 A and 5 B. |
BRICKNELL |
Thomas |
Private
2435, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 23 July 1916. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Campden. Son
of William Henry and Sarah Ann Bricknell of Broad Campden, Glos.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
CALLAWAY |
Frederick
James |
Corporal
6560, 2nd [CWGC] or 3rd [SDGW] Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Died 5 August 1916. Aged 30. Born birkenhead, enlisted and resident
Worcester. Son of James and Sarah Callaway, of Worcester, and husband
of Frances Emily Callaway, of Gainsborough Terrace, Campden, Gloucestershire.
Buried in Knightbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France.
Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 20. |
DUNN |
John
Gordon |
Boy
2nd Class J/45953, HMS Impregnable, Royal Navy. Died from disease
16 February 1916. Aged 16. Born 17 September 1899 in Shipton-on-Stour.
Son of Fred and Helen Dunn of The Chestnuts, Campden. Buried in
St James churchyard, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Plot 1.
Row 1. Joint Graves 9 and 10. |
HAYDON |
Gilbert |
Private
2781, 1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
27 August 1916. Aged 27. Born Campden, enlisted Gloucester. Son
of Robert Henry & Annie Haydon, of Chipping Campden. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
5 A and 5 B. Also listed on his parents grave in Chipping Campden
Churchyard, Gloucestershire. |
JAMES |
Frank |
Private
7511, 1/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed
in action 16 September 1916. Aged 21. Born Chipping Campden, enlisted
Davis Street, London, resident Chelsea. Son of John and Elizabeth
Lucy James of 45 Stadium Street, Chelsea. Formerly, 4346, 9th Battalion,
London Regiment. In the 1891 census he was residing at Lower High
Street, Chipping Campden; in the 1901 census he was living with
his siblings at his grandparents home in Chipping Campden. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. |
MORRIS |
Charles
Philip Scott |
Private
435766, 31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 6 June 1916. Aged
30. Born 4 July 1891 in Campden. Son of Charles Edward and Mary
Elizabeth Scott Morris, of Campden, Glos. Clerk by trade. Enlisted
3 October 1915 and passed fit 4 October 1915 at Calgary, Canada,
aged 24 years 2 months, height 5 feet 9¾ inches, girth 34½
inches, complexion medium, eyes blue, hair light brown; religious
denomination Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated on
Menin Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 24 - 28 - 30.
National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6385 - 40 |
OSBORNE |
Francis
Raywood |
Serjeant
STK/781, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 4 May 1916. Aged 26. Born Chipping Campden, enlisted
London, resident Blockley. Son of Francis Bazley and Mary A Osborne
of Malvern House, Blockley, Worcs. Buried in Berles-Au-Bois Churchyard
Extension, Pas de Calais, France Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 6. |
PAYNE |
Thomas
Henry |
Lance
Serjeant 19563, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action
10 September 1916. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Campden. Son of Thomas
and Sarah Payne of 7 Aston Road, Campden and brother of Frederick
who fell in 1918 and served as alias James. Buried in GuillemontRoad
Cemetery, Guillemont, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row H. Grave 4. |
PLESTED |
Tom |
Private
7974, 56th Company, Machine Gun Gorps (Infantry). Killed in action
5 July 1916. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Campden. Son of Jane and
the late Ezra John Plested, of Leasbourne, Chipping Campden. Formerly
24641, FGloucestershire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. |
SMITH |
Owen |
Corporal
3628, 1/8th (City of LondoN) Battaliojn (Post Office Rifles), London
Regiment. Killed in action 7 October 1916. Aged 31. Enlisted Moreton-in-Marsh,
resident Campden. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Smith of the Square,
Chipping Campden. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C and 9 D. |
WILLIAMS |
Frank |
Private
4834, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial) Gloucestershire Regiment. Died
of wounds 17 August 1916. Aged 29.Born Campden, enlisted Bristol.
Son of Joseph and Lucy Williams of chipping Campden. Buried in VarennesMilitary
Cemetery, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 21. |
1917 |
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BYRD
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William |
Private,
94864 159th Company, Labour Corps. Died of wounds 1 November 1917.
Aged 39. Son of Benjamin Henry and Alice Byrd of Broad Campden,
Glos. Formerly 24344, 10th BattalIon, Princess Louises's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Plot XXI. Plot CC. Grave 18A |
DYDE |
John |
Private
9668, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
4 October 1917. Born and resident Chipping Campden, Warwick. Son
of William and Maria Dyde of Lower High Street, Chipping Campden.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. |
DYDE |
John
Henry |
[Listed
under 1917 on memorial but actual date of death 1918 from SDGW and
CWGC] Private 14335, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, Killed in
action 27 August 1918. Aged 26. Born at Quinton, Warwickshire, enlisted
Birmingham, resident Stratford-on-Avon. Son of Henry and Ada Annie
Dyde (nee Croft), of Willicote Cottages, Clifford Chambers, Glos.
Buried in Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
IV. Row A. Grave 31. |
HANDS |
Leslie
Hickman |
Private
B/23339, 11th BattalIon, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 4 March 1917. Aged 21. Born Campden, enlisted Weymouth,
resident Portland. Son of Henry Joseph and Rosellen Hands nee Roberts
of Cotswold. Keswick Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth. Native of Chipping
Campden. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Section O. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 1. |
JAMES |
James
[Richard] |
Private
9194, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died of wounds 2 December 1917. Born Chipping Campden (SDGW Chippen
Camden), enlisted Nuneaton, Warwickshire, resident Campden (SGDW
Camden). In the 1901 census he is the son Jane James (a widow),
he is aged 15, a cowman on farm, born Shipston on Stour, Middlehurst,
Gloucestershire, resident with his mother in Work House Bank K As,
Sheep Street, Gainsborough Terrace, Chipping Campden. In the 1911
census he is a boarder with the Hughes family, unmarried, aged 23,
Cowman on Farm, born Shipston on Stour, Middlehurst, Gloucestershire,
resident Coleman Hills Cottage, near Campden. Buried in St Sever
Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot
V. Row C. Grave 4B. |
KEELEY |
George
Charles |
Private
37851, "B" Company, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion,
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 8 May 1917. Aged 31.
Born and enlisted Campden. Son of James and Mary Ann Keeling of
Lower High Street, Campden; husband of Mabel Margaret Keeley (nee
Biggerstaff), of 6 Sheep Street, Campden; brother of Thomas (below).
Mobolised in 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France |
KEELEY |
Thomas
[Kilby] |
Lance
Serjeant 238010, 2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (Territorial),
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 19 August 1917. Aged
29. Born Campden, enlisted Bristol. Son of James and Mary Ann Keeling
of Lower High Street, Campden, brother of George, who also fell
and husband of Agnes Ellen Keeley nee Sharpe of church Cottage,
Campden. Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XXI. Row
E. Grave 6. |
MERRIMAN |
Francis
William |
Private
7335, Depot, Worcestershire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 12
April 1917. Aged 32. Born and resident Chipping Campden, enlisted
Worcester. Son of Elizabeth Merriman nee Sandalls of Sheep Street,
and husband of Julia Merriman (nee Higgins), of 8 Sheep Street,Chipping
Campden. Buried in St James churchyard, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
Plot 2. Row 6. Grave 10. |
ROBERTS |
Frederick
Gordon |
Corporal
106554, D Battery, 11th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Died 24 September
1917. Aged 28. Son of Francis Edward and Annie Roberts. Native of
Campden, Glos. Buried in Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Plot I.
Row B. Grave 43. |
1918 |
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BAKER |
Henry
Charles |
Corporal
37356, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 15 June 1918. Aged 35. Born Campden, enlisted Gloucester.
Son of Joseph and Eliza Baker of Chipping Campden. From a bugler
in the Volunteer Corps to his late rank in about 19 years. Buried
in Magnaboschi British Cemetery, Italy. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 3.
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BENNETT |
Ernest |
Private
26222, "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action 29 July 1918. Aged 21. Born Chipping
Campden, enlisted Bristol, resident Stow-on-the-Wold. Son of Noah
and Sarah Bennett of Park Road, Chipping Campden and brother of
Richard (see below). In the 1911 census he was a Barker;s Apprentice,
born Chipping Campden, resident Water Lane, Campden. Formerly 26876,
Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried in Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire,
France Plot IX. Row C. Grave 4 |
BENNETT |
Richard |
possibly
Private 722597, 1/24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's).
Killed in action 5 April 1918. Enlisted Whitehall, resident Walworth.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 9 or 10.
In
the 1901 census he was the son of Noah and Sarah Bennett, aged
9, born Chipping Campden and resident with his parents at Watery
Lane, Chipping Campden; brother of Ernest (see above). In the
1911 census he was working with Harry Ballard, a printing compositor,
he was a boarder, aged 19, a compositor, born Campden and resident
34 Gloucester Road, Camberwell, London.
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BRUCE |
Oscar |
Private
240043, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died 17 July 1918. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Campden. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Bruce, of Berrington, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
Buried in Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. Plot 1. Row
G. Grave 7. |
COX |
John
Lennox |
Lieuteant,
4th Battalion attached 11th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Killed in action 19 September 1918. Aged 21. Son of Walter Matthew
and Margaret Whytock Cox, of Campden. Buried in Doiran Military
Cemetery, Greece. Plot III. Row F. Grave 28. |
FISHER
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Edgar |
Private
250191, 544th Home Service, Employment Company, Labour Corps. Died
in United Kingdom 27 June 1918. Aged 30. Born Chipping Campden,
enlisted Cardiff, resident Broad Campden, Chipping Campden. Son
of Fanny Fisher of Broad Campden. Formerly 9906, 1st Battalion,
Welsh Regiment. Buried in St Margaret Churchyard, Bodelwyddan, Flintshire.
Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 1. |
GIBBINS |
Arthur
Frederick |
[Listed
as F A GIBBINS on memorial] Private 241705, "C" Company,
13th Battalion. Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 9 April
1918. Aged 27. Born Todenham, Gloucestershire, enlisted Campden.
Son of Francis John and Clara Gibbins, of Mollington Mill, Banbury,
Oxon. Born at Todenham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. Buried in La Chapelette
British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne, Somme, France. Plot III. Row
A. Grave 2. |
GRIFFIN |
R
L |
No
further information currently available. |
GRIFFIN
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William
Henry |
Private
33607, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 28 June 1918. Born Campden, enlisted Banbury, Oxon.
In the 1911 census he was aged 28, son of Thomas and Lead Griffin,
a Journeyman baker, born Campden, resident with his parents at Gainsbor'o
Terrace, Campden. No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegstreet Memorial,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 5. |
HARRIS |
William
Edwin |
Private
103465, 15th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)/ Died 13 August
1918. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Campden. Son of Edwin Harris, of
Sheep St., Campden. Formerly S4/125938, Royal Army Service Corps.
Buried in St James Churchyard, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
Plot 1. Row 4. Grave 13. |
HOWELL
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Albert
John |
[Listed
a J A HOWELL on memorial] Company Quartermaster Serjeant M2/099871,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died 2 December 1918. Aged 41. Son of
Reuben and Eliza Howell, of Leysbourne, Campden; husband of Dora
Howell, of Church Street Chipping Campden. In the 1891 census he
was the son opf Reuben and Eliza Ann Howell, aged 13, an errand
boy, born Chipping Campden and resident with his parents at Leysbourne
Street, Chipping Campden. Buried in St James Churchyard, Chipping
Campden, Gloucestershire. Plot 1. Row 4. Grave 6. |
JAMES
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Harry |
Private
241706, "D" Company, 2/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died 23 March 1918. Born Campden, enlisted Gloucester.
Son of Enoch and Fanny Son of Enoch and Fanny James, of The Garden,
Park Rd. Chipping Campden, Glos. Brother of George (below). No known
grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 40
and 31. |
JAMES |
George
Enoch |
[Listed
as George Enock on SDGW] Private 15144, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 3 June 1918. Aged 24. Born and
enlisted Campden. Son of Enoch and Fanny James, of Watery Lane,
Chipping Campden. Brother of Harry (see above). Buried in St James
churchyard, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Plot 1. Row 3. Grave
2. |
JAMES |
Arthur
William |
No
further information currently available |
JEFFREY
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Alexander
Charles |
Saddler
840986, "B" Battery, 165th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 20 Ocotber 1918. Aged 32. Born malvern, Worcestershire, enlisted
Evesham. Son of William and Annie Jeffrey, of Chipping Campden,
Glos. Buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France.
Plot V. Row B. Grave 12. |
KEEN |
William
Cornock |
Private
SE/23168 4th Mobile Vet Section, Army Veterinary Corps Died 12 April
1917. Aged 29. Son of Charles William and Clara Emily Keen, of Maul
Farm, Haresfield, Glos. No known grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial,
Iraq. Panel 42. |
MERRIMAN
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Ernest
Mark L |
[Listed
as E M MERRIMAN on memorial] Lance Corporal 241992, 1/6th Battalion,
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 16 June 1918. Aged 29.
Born Campden, enlisted Bristol. Son of the late William and Anne
M. Merriman, of Chipping Campden, Warwickshire. Buried in Boscon
British Cemetery, Italy. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 4. |
NOEL |
Robert
Thomas More |
Captain
(The Hon.) 6th Royal Fusiliers attached to 1st Battalion Nigeria
Regiment, W.A.F.F. Died 2 February 1918. Aged 29. Son of Charles
Francis, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough, and Countess of Gainsborough,
of Exton Park, Oakham, England. Buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery,
Tanzania. Plot 6. Row K. Grave 8. |
PAYNE |
Frederick
R |
[Not
found on SDGW] Gunner 42513, 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died 30 May 1918. Aged 25. Son of Thomas and Sarah Payne
of 2 Deben Cottages, Park Road, Campden and brother of Thomas who
fell in 1916. Buried in Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 13 |
TRINDER
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James |
Private
202782, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Died 22 March 1918.
Born and resident Campden. Buried in Savy British Cemetery, France.
His grave from St. Quentin-Roupy Road Germant Cemetery, at L'Epine-de-Dallon,
which contained the graves of 232 British soldiers who fell in March
1918, has been incorporated marked with a Special Memorial 36. |
WALTON |
William
Alfred |
Private
27802, 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal
Canadians). Died in Egypt 23 October 1918. Aged 33. Born and enlisted
London, resident Campden. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Walton; husband
of Elsie May Walton, of High Street, Chipping Campden. Formerly
4222, London Regiment. Buried in the Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and
Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XXVII. Row E. Grave 6. |
WILLIAMS |
William
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
WILLIAMS |
Richard
Henry |
possibly
Serjeant 13778, 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds
in Salonika 10 July 1918. Aged 28. Born Gloucester, enlisted Ogmore
Vale, Glamorganshire. Husband of M. F. Sharp (formerly Williams),
of 3, Old Kent Rd., Paddock Wood, Kent. Buried in Sarigol Military
Cemtery, Kriston, Greece. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 586. |
1919 |
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BRUCE
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Charles
John |
Private
2240, Special Reserve Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died
3 August 1919. Aged 37. Son of of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce, of Berrington,
Chipping Campden, and brother of Oscar Bruce, Private 24004, Gloucestershire
Regiment, who also fell 17 January 1918. Buried in St James Churchyard,
Chipping Campden. Plot 2. Row 6. Grave 13. |
GRIFFIN |
William
E |
No
further information currently available |
KEEN |
Arthur
Henry Fred |
Officer's
Steward 1st Class 363448, H.M.S. Impregnable, Royal Navy Died 27
December 1919. Aged 34. Son of Henry and Sarah Sadler Keen, of Park
Road, Campden. Buried in St James Churchyard, Chipping Campden,
Gloucestershire. Plot 1. Row 6. Grave 11. |
WHATCOTT
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Joseph
George |
Gunner
225766, 464th Battery, 179th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
17 February 1919. Aged 23. Son of George and Sarah A Whatcott of
Campden Ashes, of Chipping Campden. Buried in St James Churchyard,
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Plot 1. Row 4. Grave 1. |
To
the honoured memory of the men who gave their lives
in the Second World War 1939-1945 |
BENNETT |
Repton
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Lance
Corporal 13114239, 141 Pioneer Corps. Died 28 June 1943. Aged 28.
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Ann Maria of Chipping Campden. Buried
in Medjez-El-Bab, War Cemetery, Tunisia. Plot 13.Row D. Grave 4.
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BRUNDLE |
Victor
Charles |
Rifleman
7017973, 7th Bn, 1st The London Rifle Brigade. Died 29 September
1944. Aged 28. Son of Rich ard Charles & Annie of Campden, Glos
and husband of Alice of Campden. Buried in Florence War Cemetery,
Italy. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 18. |
CROSS |
Fred
|
Private
5249458, 1st Worcestershire Regiment. Died 16 August 1944. Aged
33.Son of Thomas and Ellen Cross; husband of Alice Mary Cross, of
Broadway, Worcestershire. Buried in Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 5. |
FREEMAN |
Gordon
|
Trooper
4798980, Life Guards. Died 24 September 1941. Aged 31. Son of Charles
& Annie, husband of Mary F of Torquay, Devon. Buried in Tehran War
Cemetery, Iran. Plot I. Row C. Grave 4. |
GRIGGS |
John
Ceolfrid |
Lieutenant,
255808, 2nd North Staffs Regiment. Died 30 May 1944. Son of Frederick
Landseer Maurice & Nina Mary of Boar’s Hill, Oxford. Buried in Beach
Head War Cemetery, Italy. Plot XVI. Rowe H. Grave 7 |
HADLEY |
Joseph
Eliot |
Captain
34141, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 6 June 1944. Aged 44. Son
of Soloman and Martha Hadley; husband of Edith Annie Woodall Hadley
of Campden. Buried in Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Plot V.
Row E. Grave 41. |
HARRIS |
Cyril
Victor |
Bombardier
1472761, 112 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 24 March
1945. Aged 36. Son of William & Kate Kirby Harris of Campden, husband
of Ann Elizabeth Jane Harris of Campden. Buried in Groesbeek Canadian
War Cemetery, Gelderland, Holland. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 13. |
JAMES |
Bryan
|
There
is a 3 year old who died as a civilian on CWGC. There are several
Brian James listed but none appears to fit.
|
KEELEY |
Donald
|
Sergeant 1381057, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Commemorated on the Runnymede
Memorial |
KEELEY |
Roy
|
Acting
Sub Lieutenant, (A) HMS Bambara, Royal Navy. Died 29 July 1945.
Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs L J Keely of Campden. Commemorated on the
Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. Bay 6, Panel 5. |
KEELEY |
Alec
Victor |
Aircraftman
1st Class 953264, 52 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 01 December
1942. Son of Ernest and Ida Eleanor Keeley, of Campden, Gloucestershire.
Buried in Mosul War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 4. |
PARSONS |
Robert
Gerald Victor |
Leading
Aircraftman 923128, 212 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 24 August 1943.
Aged 28. Son of Mr & Mrs John Parsons, husband of Ethel Mary of
Campden. Buried in Delhi War Cemetery, India. Plot 2. Row D. Grave
15 |
PEMBERTON |
David
Alwyn |
Squadron,
Leader (Pilot) 33036, 1 Squadron, Foyal Air Force, 3 November 1940.
Aged 28. Son of Guy [F.R.I.B.A] and Emily Murial of Broadway, Worcestershire.
Buried in St Eadburgh New Churchyard, Broadway |
POWELL |
Norman
Henry |
Sergeant
1396063, 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 28
April 1944. Aged 26. Son of Harry and Catherine Mabel Powell, of
Westington. Buried south of the church in St James Churchyard, Chipping
Norton, Gloucestershire. |
TEMPLE |
William
|
No
further information currently available |
TROLLOPE |
Ronald
William |
Bombardier
1468503, 98, H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 11 April 1943. Aged
28. Husband of E F Trollope of Swindon, Wiltshire. Buried in Whitworth
Road, Cemetery, Swindon, Wiltshire. Section F. Grave 456. |
WILSON |
Alexander
|
No
further information currently available |
WILSON |
John
|
No
further information currently available |
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Commemorated the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II
1945 “Lest we forget” 1995
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