Oorlogsmonument St. Andrew Church

Church Close, East Hagbourne

Engeland Oxfordshire East Hagbourne

Dit monument, in de St. Andrew Church, herdenkt de leden van de parochie die zijn omgekomen of vermist in de Eerste Wereldoorlog en de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Eerste Wereldoorlog 1914-18

Charles Baker - Charles Talbot Baker
Lieutenant, Canadian Expeditionary Force (49th Battalion), Service No. 464486
died 29 September 1918, France (born Hagbourne, Berkshire, 1879)
Buried at Ontario Cemetery Sains-Les-Marquion, Dept du Pas-de-Calais, France

Albert Dearlove - Albert William Dearlove
Private, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, Service No. 9214,
served with the Expeditionary Force in France
died 25 October 1914, Belgium (born Hagbourne, Berkshire, 1892)
Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

John Mills - (Albert) John Mills
Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, Service No. 18125
died 16 February 1917, France (born Abingdon, Berkshire, 1892)
Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France

Frank Napper - Frank (Frederick) Napper
Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, 7th Battalion, Service No. 16464
died 9 May 1917, Salonika (born Reading, Berkshire, 1883)
Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Central Macedonia, Greece

Arthur Prior - Arthur Henry Prior
Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force (75th Battalion), Service No. 163417
died 14 November 1916, France (born Drayton, Berkshire, 1877)
Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

William Shorey - William Percy Shorey
Rifleman, London Regiment, Service No. 373900, 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), formerly 5010, 10th London Regiment
died 4 December 1917, France (born East Hagbourne, Berkshire, 1883)
Buried at Achiet-le-Grand, Pas-de-Calais, France

William Smith - William James Smith
Lance Corporal, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, Service No. 203024
died 30 March 1918, France (born West Hendred, Berkshire, 1896)
Buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France

Augustus White - Augustus George White
Private, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Oxfordshire Yeomanry, Corps Of Hussars
Service No. 1753, 285086 (Memorial cross WM 31444 shows Tpr A.G. White)
died 29 May 1920 (through illness contracted on active service)
(born East Hagbourne, Berkshire, 1893)

Alfred Wiggins - Alfred John Wiggins
Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, Service No. 201131
died 16 August 1917, Belgium (born West Hendred, Berkshire, 1880)
Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium

Tweede Wereldoorlog 1939-45

Anthony Allen - Anthony Ernest Allen
Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, Service No. T/10694369
died 11 March 1943, Tunisia - commemorated Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery
born 1915, Wantage
Son of Ernest William and Phoebe Allen, of West Hagbourne, Berkshire

Edward Bitmead - Edward William Bitmead D F C
Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (65 Sqdn.), Service No. 76001
died 1 May 1943, commemorated on Runnymede Memorial
born 1912, Wallingford
Son of Ralph and Naomi Bitmead, of Wallingford, Berkshire;
husband of Mary Wilson Bitmead, of Wallingford, Berkshire.

James Buckel - James William Buckel
Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment (10th Bn), Service No. 14351500
died 12 November 1943, Italy - commemorated Minturno War Cemetery
born 1910, Wallingford
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Buckel, of East Hagbourne, Berkshire;
husband of Sarah Dorothy Buckel, of East Hagbourne, Berkshire.

Frederick Butler - Frederick John Butler
Corporal, King's Own Scottish Borderers (1st Bn), Service No. 14331536
died 16 October 1945, Belgium - commemorated Brussels Town Cemetery
born 1924, Wantage
Son of Frederick and Hilda Butler;
husband of Sylvia Mary Butler, of West Hagbourne, Berkshire.

Harold Fisher - Harold Arthur Fisher
Sergeant, Royal Marines (H.M.S. Dunedin), Service No. PO/22110
died 29 June 1940 (age 35) - commemorated Fort de France (Trabaud) Cemetery, Martinique
born 1905, Wokingham
Son of Henry F. and Ellen E. Fisher, of East Hagbourne,

James Glover - James Alfred Glover
Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (48 Searchlight Regt), Service No. 148138
died 10 January 1943 (age 33), buried in East Hagbourne (St Andrew's) Church Cemetery (D66)
Son of James and Edith Hannah Glover;
husband of Marjorie Glover, of East Hagbourne.

Eric Green - Eric James Patrick Green
Corporal, Royal Berkshire Regiment (1st Bn), Service No. 5340354
died 17 April 1944, India (age 26) - commemorated Kohima War Cemetery, India
Official CWGC entry reads:
Son of James Spencer Green and Ada Margaret Green, of East Hagbourne, Berkshire.
Actually born Eric James Patrick, son of Frederick James Patrick and Ada Margaret Meade.

Charles Mould - Charles Cyril Mould
Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 75 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn, Service No. 1314162
died 25/26 June 1943 (age 29) - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
Son of William Charles and Ethel Mould;
husband of Amelia Emily Mould, of Welling, Kent.

Ray Newman - Charles Rainforth Newman
Rank: Private, New Zealand Infantry, Service No: 3162 (born in Australia)
died 25 May 1941 (age 30) - commemorated Athens Memorial
Son of James Rainforth Newman and Nellie Marjorie Newman, of East Hagbourne, Berkshire

Kerry Ryan - Kerry Gill Ryan - Mentioned in Despatches
Corporal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Service No. 7586999
died 22 December 1941, China (age 25) - commemorated Sai Wan Memorial, China
Son of Patrick and Irene Dora Ryan; born in India
husband of Irene Sybil Ryan, of West Hagbourne, Berkshire

Jack Shorey
Private, The Royal Sussex Regt, 9th Bn. (formerly with the Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Service No. 5350856
died 27 February 1945, Burma - commemorated Taukkyan War Cemetery, Rangoon, Burma
born 1922, East Hagbourne.
Son of Arthur Shorey and Rose Shorey (nee Hitchman) of Aldershot, Hampshire

Kathleen Townsend - Kathleen Patricia Townsend
Leading Aircraftsmwoman, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Service No. 2014148
based at RAF Hereford, also known as RAF Credenhill
died 3 February 1946 (age 20), buried in Hereford Cemetery
Daughter of James and Margaret Townsend, of East Hagbourne, Berkshire

Aubrey Wilcher - Aubrey Ralph Wilcher
Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (619 Sqdn), Service No. 1312013
died 27 November 1943 - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
born 1912, Wallingford
Son of Albert James Wilcher and Thirza Wilcher;
husband of Grace Caroline Wilcher, of Didcot, Berkshire.

Leslie Denning
Sergeant, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 44th
(7th Bn. The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt.) Regiment, Service No. 5334947
died 6 February 1944, Italy - commemorated Minturno War Cemetery
Husband of Queenie Aline Denning, of West Hagbourne, Berkshire.