Warborough & Shillingford War Memorial and Remembrance Book

West Face

East Face

Private Charles Richard  BOND 

Service No. 24145
2^nd Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 28^th February 1917 France aged 35
Born 29th May 1881 Warborough 
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France 
Son of Henry Bond, shepherd & Hannah, nee Hatten of  Warborough
Married Edith Annie Rudkin in 1912
Occupation: Gardener 
Brother of Frank Thomas Hatten Bond below

Private Frank Thomas Hatten BOND 

Service No. 15793
1^st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 14^th July 1916 France aged 24
Born 22^nd July 1891 Warborough 
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Son of Henry Bond, shepherd & Hannah, nee Hatten of  Warborough
Occupation: Builder’s Labourer
Brother of Charles Richard Bond above

Private Bernard Henry BONNER 

Service No. 10135
2^nd Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 2^nd April 1918 France aged 22 
Born July 1895 Warborough 
Buried in Pargny Cemetry, Somme, France 
Son of Henry James Bonner, farm labourer & Caroline Sophia nee Mills, Warborough 
Occupation: Cattleman on Farm

Private Bertram Harold BRIND 

Service No. 1977
13^th Kensington Btn. London Regiment
Died 12^th March 1915 France aged 20
Born 15^th February 1895 Great Milton 
Buried in Merville Communal Cemetry, Nord, France 
Son of George Brind, gardener & Emily nee Allen of 14  Park Rd., East Molesey, Surrey, originally from Warborough 
Occupation: Butler

Private Albert CLINCH 

Service No. 4427 
2^nd Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 5^th January 1916 Warborough aged 48 Born 1868 Benson 
Buried 10^th January 1916 in St Laurence Churchyard,  Warborough 
Son of Caleb Clinch, groom and gardener & Maria nee  Dunsden 
Married Louisa Absolom in 1902 
Occupation: Farm Labourer 
Lived at “Brookside”, Shillingford

Private John Howard COBB 

Service No. 10342
6th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry
Died 3^rd September 1916 France aged 22
Born 2^nd January 1894 Shillingford 
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France 
Son of William Cobb, groom and gardener & Amy nee  Belson of “The Cottage”, Shillingford 
Occupation: Farm Labourer

Private George William COZENS 

Service No. 28103
Devonshire Regiment transferred to 
Service No. 460637 
383^rd Coy.Labour Corps 
Died 23^rd February 1918 Shillingford aged 37 Born 1881 Shillingford 
Buried in St Laurence Churchyard, Warborough 
Son of Asher William Cozens, labourer & Maria nee Warner 
Married Edith Elizabeth Carter 1910 Warborough
Occupation: House Painter 
Lived at Shillingford House, Shillingford

Private Herbert Arthur ELDRIDGE 

Service No. 15646  
5^th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 13^th October 1915 France aged 20 
Born 31^st January 1895 Warborough 
Buried in Dud Corner Cemetry, Loos, Belgium 
Son of Charles Eldridge, agricultural carter & Sarah nee Gardner later King. 
Occupation: Farm Labourer

Private William GAMMON 

Service No. 37679  
1^st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment attached  99^th Trench Mortar Battery 
Died 5^th July 1917 France aged 22 
Born 10^th February 1895 Warborough 
Buried in Bethune Town Cemetry, Pas de Calais, France 
Son of William Gammon, gardener and groom & Hannah  Maria nee Green of Shillingford 
Occupation: Farm Labourer

Private Reginald William GARDNER 

Service No. 7065 
34^th Btn. Australian Infantry, A I F 
Died 8^th August 1918 France aged 22 
Born 7^th August 1896 Dorchester 
Buried in Fouilloy Communal Cemetery, Somme, France 
Son of William Gardner, wheelwright and carpenter &  Annie of Warborough  
Joined Royal Navy 7^th August 1914 served 1 year 8  months then transferred to A I F 26^th November 1917 at  Sydney, NSW

Private Frank GOODALL 

Service No. 550947 
County of London Regiment 
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) 
Died 8^th December 1917 Syria aged 22 
Born 1895 in Streatley 
Buried in Yerushalayay Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel 
Son of George John Goodall, gardener & Ellen nee Tinson  who was born in Warborough 
Occupation: Footman

South Face

Private George Frederick GOODALL 

Service No. 9778  
“A” Coy. 1^st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Died 15^th May 1915 France aged 22 
Born 28^th March 1893 Dorchester 
Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais,  France 
Son of William Goodall, bricklayer’s labourer & Sarah Ann, Thame Road, Warborough 
Occupation: Bricklayer

Private Arthur Stephen John GOODENOUGH 

Service No. 200058 
1^st/4^th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 15^th June 1918 Italy aged 24 
Buried Boscon British Cemetery, Veneto, Italy
Born 29^th July 1893 Warborough.  
Son of Edward Henry Goodenough, horseman on  farm, & Ada Alice nee Tinson of West Croft Cottage,  Shillingford 
Occupation: Coal Porter 
Brother of Harold Ernest Goodenough died 1914 see  below

Private Harold Ernest GOODENOUGH 

Service No. 10183
1^st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 13^th November 1914 France aged 19 
Buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais,  France 
Born March 1895 Warborough. 
Son of Edward Henry Goodenough, horseman on farm, &  Ada Alice nee Tinson of West Croft Cottage, Shillingford 
Occupation: Horseman on Farm 
Brother of Arthur Stephen John Goodenough died 1918  see above

Lance Cpl. Sidney Edward KIRTLAND 

Service No. 17495 
5^th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 
Died 4^th October 1916 France aged 31 
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Born August 1885 Merton, Bicester 
Son of Eliza Kirtland 
Married Mabel Kate Eldridge of Warborough 1909 Merton, Bicester 
Brother in Law of Herbert Arthur Eldridge died 1915 see  above

Driver Roland Curtoys SAUNDERS 

Service No. M2/103131 
Royal Army Service Corps M.T. attached  35^th Btn. Royal Garrison Artillery 
Died 1^st February 1919 aged 20 at No 6 Canadian General  Hospital, Joineville-le-Pont, France of influenza 
Buried at Joinville-le-Pont Communal Cemetery, Val de  Marne, France 
Born 1898 North Moreton  
Son of William Saunders, dairy farmer, & Annie nee  Cadell of “The Filberts”, Warborough

Private Arthur George TOLLEY 

Service No. 4486
1st/4th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry
Died 5th May 1916 France aged 32
Buried at Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated at Headington Cemetery, Oxford
Born 1st December 1884 Old Headington, Oxford
Son of George Tolley, gardener, & Mary Ann nee Hockin of Headington
Married Dora Warner nee Wells 1911 Wallingford.
Dora Wells had three husbands, John Warner (m. 1906), then Arthur George Tolley (m. 1911) and then James Bedding (m. 1918).
Occupation: Gardener.
Children: Albert James (b1912) & Dorothy (b 1914)
Lived at Rose Cottage, Shillingford

Gunner Ralph Vandyke VAUGHAN 

Service No. 7109878  
“D” Bty. 92^nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery 
Died 15^th February 1917 France aged 26 
Buried at Guard’s Cemetery, Combles, Somme, France 
Born 1891 Warborough 
Son of Samuel Vaughan, farm foreman, & Martha nee Bull
Occupation: Waggoner 
Brother of Frank Leonard Vaughan. See below

Private Albert Edward WAITE 

Service No. 200879 
1^st/4^th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 17^th April 1917 France aged 26 
Buried Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, Somme,  France 
Born 24^th May 1891 Warborough 
Son of Thomas Wright Waite, labourer, & Agnes nee  Wooley of Warborough 
Occupation: Carter on Farm 
Lived at Lower Grange, Drayton St Leonard

Private James Buller WEST 

Service No. 9658
2^nd Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry Died 12^th November 1914 France aged 23
Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium
Born 1891 Shillingford. 
Occupation: Servant

Private Cecil William WILSON 

Service No. 37318
“C” Coy, 2^nd Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 4^th March 1917 France aged 20  
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Born 1897 Walthamstow 
Son of Cecil James Wilson, bricklayer, & Alice Mary nee  Starck of Severall’s Cottages, Shillingford

North Face

2^nd Lt. Thomas Hubert BUSWELL 

Service No. 2083  
Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars  
Service No. 2085304  
Corps of Hussars 52^nd Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
Died 26^th March 1918 France aged 22 
Commemorated on Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas  de Calais, France 
Born 1896 Drayton St. Leonard 
Son of Richard Davenport Buswell, farmer, & Agnes nee  Walker of Manor Farm, Warborough

Surgeon John Maynard PICKTHALL 

Civilian Doctor H.M.Hospital Ship “Oxfordshire” & H.M.  Cable Ship “Britannia” 
Died 18^th December 1918 Monte Rosa Hospital, Cape  Town aged 61 of malaria
Born 1857 Orford, Suffolk 
Son of Rev. Wallis Marmaduke Pickthall & Margaretta Jane nee Wilson 
Married Amy Tottenham 1887 Hastings.  
Lived at Bridge House, Shillingford

Serjeant Frank Leonard VAUGHAN 

Service No. 71188  
99^th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 
Died 28^th April 1917 France aged 23 
Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Born 1894 Warborough 
Son of Samuel Vaughan, farm foreman, & Martha nee Bull
Occupation: Waggoner 
Brother of Ralph Vandyke Vaughan. See above

Lance Corporal Harry Samuel FOULKS 

Service No. 6388
4^th Coy. 1^st Btn. Coldstream Guards 
Died 22^nd October 1914 France aged 26 
Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium
Born 6^th June 1888 Birmingham 
Son of Henry Foulks, labourer, & Eliza nee Morris Married Violet Horley 1907 London 
Occupation: Police Constable 
Lived at The Green, Warborough

Acting Corporal William BARTLETT  DCM 

Service No. 9760 
“C”Coy 2^nd Btn Bedfordshire Regiment 
Died 17^th May 1915 France aged 23 
Buried at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas  de Calais, France 
Born 4^th April 1892 Caversham (christened at  Warborough) 
Son of Jemima Bartlett, of Warborough 
Married Louisa Victoria B Parker 1912 Kilburn later of  Farnham, Surrey 
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal “For conspicuous  gallantry in having three times gone out under heavy fire  to bring wounded men into the trench.” 
Citation Date: 30^th June 1915

Lance Corporal Arthur George BELSON 

Service No. 15688
4^th Btn. Grenadier Guards 
Died 1^st December 1917 France aged 23 
Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord,  France 
Born 21^st January 1894 Warborough 
Son of Arthur James Belson, farm labourer, & Elizabeth  Mary nee Carr 
Married Ellen Florence Wellbelove 1916 Harrow
Occupation: Farm Labourer 
Lived at Shillingford

Lance Corporal Alfred James BELCHER 

Service No. 16552 
5^th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 
Died 17^th October 1915 France aged 29 
Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium
Born 1886 Warborough 
Son of Charles Belcher, labourer, & Elizabeth nee Hodges  
Married Daisy Alethea Emma Ringe 1907 Bosmere,  Suffolk 
Occupation: Caretaker / Gardener 
Lived at Warborough

Lance Corporal Leslie William  SAUNDERS 

Service No. 285074
Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars 
Died 26^th March 1918 France aged 22 
Commemorated on Poziers Memorial, Somme, France
Born 29^th June 1895 Briton Ferry, Glamorgan 
Son of Llewelyn Barter Saunders, farmer, & Amy nee  Bailey 
Occupation: Farm Hand 
Lived at Upper Farm, Warborough

Private Albert BAILEY 

Service No. 203353 
1^st/4^th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 
Died 20^th April 1917 France aged 20 
Buried in Peronne Communal Cemetry Extension, Somme,  France 
Born 23^rd November 1896 Ealing, Middlesex
Son of Albert Stephen Bailey, butler, & Emma nee Evans
Lived at New Inn (now The Kingfisher), Shillingford 

Gunner Thomas Barrington BEISLEY 

Service No. 109879 
123^rd Bty. 28^th Bde. Royal Field Artillery 
Died 28^th June 1917 France aged 26 
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Born 1891 Warborough 
Son of Jane Biesley, laundress/nurse 
Occupation: Grocer 
Lived at Warborough

World War II

L.A.C. Benjamin Lawrence BAILEY 

Service No. 757023 
Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve 
Died 8^th June 1945 Indonesia aged 39 
Buried in Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia 
Born 1906 possibly Liverpool son of Charles Hewlett  Lawrence & Elizabeth nee Bailey dau of Benjamin Bailey,  registrar 
Adopted son of William Bailey, coach smith & Harriet nee Sly of Warborough 
Served at RAF Kluang, Johore, Malaysia. Captured by  Japanese 8^th March 1942 and held as P.o.W. on Sumatra  Railway

Flying Officer Hubert Davenport  BUSWELL 

Service No. 43366 
Royal Air Force 
Died 2^nd December 1940 Whitchurch, Shropshire in a  training accident aged 28 
Buried in St Laurence Churchyard, Warborough
Born 1912 Stadhampton 
Son of Cecil John Buswell, farmer, & Ellen Elizabeth nee Bobart 
Married Marion Winifred Saxton 1936 Oxford
Lived at Warborough 
Nephew of Thomas Hubert Buswell, see above

Private Gilbert Charles CHAINEY 

Service No. 5347916 
10^th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 4^th February 1944 Italy aged 33 
Buried at Anzio Cemetery, Italy  
Born 10^th July 1910 Benson  
Son of William George Chainey, bricklayer & Kate Sybilla nee Lane 
Married Eunice Annie Holliday 1942 Ploughly, Oxon
Occupation: Gravel Digger 
Lived at Clay’s Farm, Warborough

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) Cyril KIRBY 

Service No. 1314663
159 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 1^st April 1944 Dhubalia, West Bengal, India aged 25
Buried at Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh
Born 9^th February 1919 Warborough 
Son of William John Kirby, tailor & joiner & Caroline Annie nee Potter 
Occupation: Builder’s Labourer 
Lived at Rose Cottage, Warborough

Private James WITNEY 

Service No. 5339027
4^th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died between 10^th and 31^st May 1940 aged 19 
Buried at Boezinge Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen,  Belgium 
Born 1921 Dorset 
Son of James Francis Witney, retired soldier, farm labourer & Annie nee Williams
Lived at Thame Road, Warborough

There are two Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headstones in St Laurence  Churchyard not recorded on the Memorial 

Private James BEDDING 

Service No 39841 
Depot, Royal Berkshire Regiment 
Died 7^th June 1921 Shillingford aged 34 
Buried at St Laurence Churchyard, Warborough
Born 1887 Northleigh, Oxford 
Son of Thomas Bedding, agricultural labourer & Emma nee Wickson 
Married Dora Tolley nee Wells 1918 Warborough widow  of John Warner, gardener of Warborough then widow of  Arthur George Tolley, see above. 
Occupation: Agricultural Labourer 
Lived at Rose Cottage, Shillingford 
Next of kin is shown as Thomas Bedding, father,  Shillingford although Dora was still alive, not dying until  1925 
He was shown as being at the Depot for Royal Berkshire  Regiment rather than being on active service. No record  found of Service Medals.

Gunner Harold John TAYLOR 

Service No 28452
122 Hvy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 
Wounded 26^th March 1918 Northern France
Died 30^th June 1920 Headington Hospital, Oxford aged 32
Buried at St Laurence Churchyard, Warborough
Born 14^th April 1888 Shabbington, Thame, Bucks Son of John Taylor, agricultural labourer, & Elizabeth 
Married Emma Jane Munday 1915 Newington,  Oxfordshire 
Occupation: Regular Soldier 
Possible reason for non-inclusion on War Memorial. His  wife had moved to Shillingford after their marriage but he  himself had never been a parishioner. 

The Memorial Board and the two Rolls of Honour can be seen in St Laurence Church, Warborough

History of the War Memorial

The War Memorial is situated on the A329 Thame Road at the entrance to The Green South and was erected around 1920.

The Memorial was originally built with no surround but soon four granite pillars were built at each corner and railings fixed between them.

In 1925 a steam driven lorry managed to  destroy one pillar and part of the railings. The haulage company involved was charged 10/- (ten shillings) for the cost of repairs. 

Extracts of Minutes of Meeting on 19th December 1927 states:-

Ex Service Men’s Club and War Memorial – in a letter from Arthur Davis, late Hon Sec, dated 9 December 1927, he records that at a General Meeting convened on November 21 “it was resolved to dissolve the above club and it was further unanimously agreed, on the motion of the Chairman, the Revd. A Caldicott that the Warborough Parish Council should be asked to accept the balance of the Club Fund standing at Lloyds Bank, Wallingford and to invest the same in a Trust the interest of which to be used for the upkeep of the Memorial to the memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War and for the purchase of a wreath to be put on the Warborough Memorial each Armistice Day”

After the Second World War the railings fell into disrepair and were removed. 

The Land, owned by the Parish Council, is included in Land Registry Caution – ON206080 dated 15th July 1998 lodged under Section 53 of the Land Registration Act 1925.
This Caution was superseded by ON339579 when the caution was transferred to the Greet Hall Address in March 2018.

For the Centenary of Armistice Day World War I in November 2018, a number of villagers felt that it would be an appropriate time to replace the railings, the cost was covered by donations from residents. At the same time the Parish Council refurbished the lettering on the memorial itself. Year 12 Design and Technology students from Wallingford School were invited to be part of the project to give an interpretation of war through the eyes  of a younger generation.

The railings were crafted at J.R.R. Hills of Henley by Stephen Long, a former pupil of St Laurence School and resident of the village.

We believe that the resulting design is modern, interesting and  visually pleasing. There are 31 poppies, one for each life sacrificed in WWI. 

With thanks to Martin Drury for supplying some of the grave photos from Northern France whilst on a charity cycle ride in 2023

Researched by Ray Thackrah 

raythackrah@yahoo.co.uk