Research into the 133 men fallen in World War I from the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead 127 names recorded on the original Remembrance Board at All Saints Church
‘We will remember them’
The information has been researched by Mrs Elizabeth Grace Bryson using www.forces-war-records.co.uk cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx fkacinfo The RBWM For King and Country website All Saints, Boyne Hill Parish Magazines 1914 - 1918
to compile an A4 information sheet about each of these soldiers
Names of the 133 men fallen in World War I from the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead
127 names recorded on the Remembrance Board at All Saints Church
‘We will remember them’
Albert Edward Allen Sydney Fletcher Reginald John Pope Fred Henry Allen Philip Gibbons Robert Henry Porter Mark Harold Ambrose Albert Stanley Gilder Cecil George Palmer Priest Frederick John Anderson James Henry Golding Frederic William Proctor Percival William Annetts John Augustus Grant Oliver Reed Charles Ernest Attwood Daniel Gray William Henry Roadnight Henry John Taylor Baldwin Albert Edward Green Alfred Keith Scott Walter James Bannister William Henry Green Douglas John Scott Henry Hedges Barford Archibald Grove Henry James Scott Fred William Bartlett John Grove Terris Seymour Ronald Jack Bates George Grove Leonard Walter Seymour James C. Beesley Frederick G. W. Groves Sidney Herbert Seymour Sidney Edward Belcher Charles Harding George Shaw George William Bennett Albert John Harris John William Shelton George Bird George Joseph Ha rris George Shepherd Henry William Bird Frank Henwood Thomas Henry Shirvill William Howe Bissley Arthur Henry Holmes William Henry Simmance Charles Bolton William John Hulcup Ernest James Smith Eustace George Walter Bourke William Thomas Hutton Charles Francis Bateman Smith George Bradley Leonard Ernest Janes Frederick Smith Harold Roland Bradley William Henry Jones Ronald Victor Smith Francis David Brown Douglas Joynson Francis Edward Steele Ernest Edwin Button Joseph Keely Charles Stevens Arthur Thomas Bye Alfred Henry Kent Frederick James Stevens Luke James Bye George King Sidney Stroud Alfred Carter William Lambert John Taft Ernest Carter Brian Lightly Lawrence William James Taylor Albert Edward Cavey Sydney M. Lester Arthur John Thatcher Charles Edward Cox Oliver Percy Lipscombe Walter Thatcher William Frederick Coxhead William Lipscombe Henry Thomas Tillin Edward Cutler John Edgar Marks Edward Horace Turner Thomas George Dale Cyril Christopher Mason William Henry Turner William James Dale Carlyon William Mason- Macfarlane Charles Wakeling Sidney Bertie Dean George Moore Ashford Walford Thomas Deverell Roger Ludovic Moore Leslie Francis Walford George J. Devonshire Edward William Neighbour Oliver Robson Walford Charles Bruce Dormer William Stephen Newport Austin Joseph Walton Harold W. Dovey Sydney Nightingale George Ward Leonard Mullard Dovey Edward Norkett Walter Harry Ward Nigel F. Drummond William James Nuccoll Albert Edward John White Godfrey Arthur Dyke Robert Owen Arthur Edward White George Eaton William G. Palmer George William White Joseph Henry Edwards George Henry Parker Jack O. Albert White Charles Henry Eggleton Ernest Samuel Pittam Joseph Frederick James Whitehead Gilbert Ferguson
Albert Edward Allen
First Name: Albert Edward
Surname: Allen
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 17
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/05/1915
His name is recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Bray War Memorial & All Saints
Panel Reference: 8. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC 3033308)
Fate: Died when ship was torpedoed near Dardanelles. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action at Morto Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey
Information: SON OF FREDERICK AND SELINA ALLEN, OF 2, IVY COTTAGES, COXGREEN,
MAIDENHEAD, BERKS. Brother of Fred Henry Allen who died on 5th June 1916
Rank: Boy 1st Class
Service Number: J/26707
Duty Location: Dardanelles
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: HMS Goliath Fred Henry Allen
First Name: Fred Henry
Initials: F H
Surname: Allen
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 05/06/1916 aged 17. Killed by explosion of vessel at Sea, Brough of Birsay, Orkney Islands, when ship struck a mine in heavy sea's whilst taking Lord Kitchener to Russia.
His name is at the Lyness Naval Cemetery and Bray War Memorial & All Saints
Grave Reference: F. 105. Cemetery: LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY (CWGC 667284)
Rank: Boy 1st Class
Service Number: J/36182(CH)
Information: SON OF FREDERICK AND SELINA ALLEN, OF 2, IVY COTTAGES, COXGREEN,
MAIDENHEAD, BERKS. Brother of Albert Edward Allen, who died in Gallipoli, Turkey in May 1915.
Charles Ernest Attwood from North Star Lane, Maidenhead served and died with Fred Henry Allen.
Campaign Victory Medal Medals:
British War Medal
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: HMS Hampshire
All Saints, In June 1915 Fred Allen was on the Roll of Honour list at All Saints Church, which was recorded in the
Boyne Hill Parish Magazine, as that is when he left to join the Navy. Fred Allen’s grave on The Isle of Hoy, Orkney at Lyness Royal Navy Cemetery.
Mark Harold Ambrose
First Name: Mark Harold
Surname: Ambrose
DOB: Circa 1886
All Saints Mark Ambrose was listed in the Parish Magazine in September 1914: ‘A large number of men have
been called up for active service from this parish. For these and for all the others our prayers are
offered before the Throne.
Age: 28
Birth Town: Kidmore End, Oxfordshire
Resided Town: 26 Boyn Valley Road, Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 31/10/1914
Fate: Killed in Action while taking ammunition to the trenches, for which he volunteered Panel Reference: Panel 45. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: Parents: the late Mark and Ellen Ambrose; husband of Dorothy Beatrice Owen (formerly Ambrose),
of 14, Amity St., Reading.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 6509
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army Regiment:
Battalion: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
1st Battalion "D" Company
Frederick John Anderson
First Name: Frederick John
Surname: Anderson
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 19
Birth Town: Boyne Hill, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/08/1917 Panel Reference: Panel 105 to 106 and 162. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC 846082)
Fate: Killed in Action at Ypres, Belgium
Information: Parents: John and Edith Mary Anderson, of 13, Boyne Terrace, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 33663
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Percival William Annetts
First Name: Percival William
Surname: Annetts
DOB: Circa 1896
Age: 20
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: 33 Victoria Street (now called South Road), Maidenhead, in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 27/08/1916
Fate: Killed in Action on the Somme Salient Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (773782 CWGC)
Information: Parents: William and Elizabeth Annetts, of 33, Victoria St., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 201477
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Battalion: 1st/4th Battalion
Charles Ernest Attwood
First Name: Charles Ernest
Surname: Attwood
DOB: Circa 1896
Age: 20
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 05/06/1916 Killed by explosion of vessel at Sea, Brough of Birsay, Orkney Islands, when ship struck a mine in heavy sea's whilst taking Lord Kitchener to Russia.
Panel Reference: 12. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC 2875504)
Information: SON OF WILLIAM GEORGE AND ANNIE ELIZABETH ATTWOOD, OF 12, NORTH STAR LANE,
BOYNE HILL, MAIDENHEAD, BERKS.
All Saints Church Charles Attwood is listed in the September 1914 Parish Magazine, along with others who had already
left the Parish to go to serve the King and Country. The Vicar writes: ‘For these and for all the others
our prayers are offered before the Throne.’
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J/17801
Campaign Victory Medal Medals:
British War Medal
The medal was automatically awarded in the event of death
on active service before the completion of this period.
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: HMS Hampshire Harold John Taylor Baldwin
First Name: Harold John Taylor
Initials: H J T
Surname: Baldwin
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 23/10/1916 Panel Reference: Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Campaign Victory Medal Medals:
British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Walter James Bannister
First Name: Walter James
Surname: Bannister
DOB: Circa 1889
Age: 26
Birth Town: Hampstead, Middlesex
Resided Town: Mill Hill, Middlesex
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/03/1915
Fate: Killed in Action
Cemetery: Panel Reference: Panels 31 and 32.LE TOURET MEMORIAL Le Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military Cemetery, on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road. (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Walter James and Eliza Jane Bannister, of 54, Grenfell Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: L/10714
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal
British War Medal
Service: British Army
Commemorated: Britain
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion
Herbert Hedges Barford
First Name: Herbert Hedges
Surname: Barford
DOB: Circa 1887
Age: 28
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/08/1915 Panel Reference: Panel 18 and 19. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL ( CWGC 698507)
Fate: Killed in Action on Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli
Information: Parents: the late Joseph Hedges Barford and Ellen Barford.
Address: 20 Kings Grove, Maidenhead
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1996
Duty Location: Gallipoli
Campaign 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Berkshire Yeomanry Fred William Bartlett
First Name: Fred William
Initials: F W
Surname: Bartlett
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 15/09/1916 aged 26 His name is on the Thiepval Memorial, Bray War Memorial and at All Saints
Fate: Killed in Action on the Somme Salient Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC 770001)
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 14930
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Battalion: 2nd Battalion Ronald Jack Bates
First Name: Ronald Jack
Surname: Bates
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: 46 King’s Street, Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/10/1915 at Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Panel 93 to 95. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL (CWGC 727317)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 18157
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals:
Victory Medal
British War Medal
The medal was automatically awarded in the event of death on active service
before the completion of this period.
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 8th Battalion James C. Beesley
First Name: James
Initials: J C
Surname: Beesley
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 23
Birth Town: Slough, Buckinghamshire.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, London.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 04/11/1914
Fate: Killed in Action at Ypres, Belgium Panel Reference: Panel 4 and 6. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC 927285)
Information: Parents: Emma Beesley, of 66, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead, and the late James C. Beesley.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 10685
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
King's (Liverpool Regiment) Sidney Edward Belcher
First Name: Sidney Edward
Surname: Belcher
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/04/1917
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 200743
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal & British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 1st/4th Battalion
George William Bennett
First Name: George William
Initials: G W
Surname: Bennett
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 08/09/1917 Ypres Sailent, Belgium (CWGC)
Fate: Killed In Action Panel Reference: Panel 9 to 10. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC 844729)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 17397
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion 04.08.1917 Stationed at Windsor as part of the 4th (Guards) Brigade of the 2nd Division. Battalion: 1916 The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of the Ancre, Operations on the Ancre. 1917 The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Cambrai.
George Bird
First Name: George
Surname: Bird
DOB: Circa 1893
Age: 25
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Maidenhead Address: 1 Sunny Headington Cottages, Boyn Hill Road Boyn Hill Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 03/04/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Maissemy, France Grave Reference: III. C. 38 Cemetery: VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY (CWGC 2939251)
Information: George was born in Boyne Hill. He was baptised at Bray Church in 1893. His older brother Henry William Bird also died in WWI. Their Parents were William Henry and Lucy Ann Bird, of Boyne Hill, Maidenhead. George married Agnes L. White in 1915 in Maidenhead. Later Agnes married Mr House of Ewelne, Wallingford, Oxon.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 200218
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment & Battalion
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2nd / 4th Battalion. . Henry William Bird
First Name: Henry William
Surname: Bird
DOB: Circa 1885
Age: 33
Birth Town: Shepherd's Bush – this is because his parents were touring the country with Swing Boats at the time of Henry’s birth. His younger brother Sidney, who was born in 1901, told this interesting family history to his granddaughter Pauline Bird.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Date of Death: 30/03/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Gommecourt, France Grave Reference: II. J. 16. (CWGC 305419)
Cemetery: GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS
Information: Parents: William Henry and Lucy Ann Bird, of Boyne Hill, Maidenhead. Henry Bird was baptised in 1884 at Bray Church. His brother was George Bird. Henry married Rose Hannah Hubbard in 1906 in Poplar. Henry and Rose lived at 23 The Croft, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead. had a child named Gladys Rose in 1910.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 46071
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment & nd Battalion: Machine Gun Corps 42 Battalion
William Howe Bissley
First Name: William Howe
Initials: W H
Surname: Bissley
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 18/08/1916 Killed in Action at Bazentin le Petit, Somme
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Campaign Like many service personnel of World War One, William Howe Bissley was entitled to the Victory Medals: medal, also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal. As with many Armed Forces personnel, William
Howe Bissley was entitled to the British War Medal for service in World War One.
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment
Battalion: 8th Battalion
Commemorated: Britain His parents donated the ornate font cover at All Saints Church, Boyne Hill, giving this ‘In
Memory of William Howe Bissley’ with the date of his death. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial,
The board at All Saints and on the family grave in All Saints, Boyne Hill Churchyard. Grave 102 in the
Churchyard is where his parents are buried: ‘In loving memory of Frank Bissley who fell asleep on 7th
November 1910 aged 59 And In most dear memory of Elizabeth Bissley his wife died 1933 aged 77
And their son William Howe Bissley killed in action in France 1916 aged 28’.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC 768958) Information: Reading Standard 2/9/1916 - Killed on August 19th 1916, Age 28. He was the fourth son of the late
Mr Frank Bissley and Mrs Bissley of All Saints Avenue, Maidenhead, and husband of Mrs Ethel
Muriel Bissley. Lt. Bissley who fell in action while leading an attack on the German trenches. He was
a member of a much respected Maidenhead Family. He was a Master at the Essendine School.
Paddington. On the outbreak of war he joined the London University O.T.C. and in March 1915 he
obtained a Commission in the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He went to the front in August of the same
year and was made Brigade Bombing Officer....He leaves a widow and a daughter a week old. His
Colonel wrote "...by his death the Regiment has lost a plucky and very popular officer and his work
During the fighting deserved high praise".
Berkshire Chronicle 1/9/1916 - Lt. Bissley, played cricket with the Boyne Hill C.C. and Football and
Hockey with the Maidenhead Hockey Club, a few seasons ago. At Maidenhead Art School, Modern
school and at St Mark's College Chelsea he won many prizes and Diplomas. At the outbreak of war
he was about to sit for his final examinations for the degree of B.Sc. London University. For many
years he was a member of the choir of All Saints Church, Boyne Hill and a teacher at the Sunday
School, he being an earnest church worker. His wife was the granddaughter of the late Rev Cannon
Brown.
The October 1916 All Saints Church Parish Magazine reported the death of Mr William Howe Bissley, a cricketer and the ‘son of an honoured father’. Charles Bolton
First Name: Charles
Initials: C
Surname: Bolton
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 09/05/1915
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Panel 7 and 8. PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Hainaut Belgium (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 10230
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Medals: Charles Bolton was awarded the 1914-15 star campaign medal of the British Empire for his service in World War One.
As Charles Bolton was a recipient of this medal he also received the British War Medal and Victory Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Eustace George Walter Bourke
First Name: Eustace George Walter
Initials: E G W
Surname: Bourke
DOB: Circa 1888
Age: 27
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/06/1915 Grave Reference: Enclosure No.2 V. B. 30. BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Walter Longley Bourke (now 8th Earl of Mayo) and the late Ethel Kathleen Jane Freeman
his wife, of Monycrower, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Captain
Campaign 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion: (Adjt) 9th Battalion George Bradley
First Name: George
Surname: Bradley
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 20
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 07/09/1918 Killed in action in Artois, France Panel Reference Panel 7. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France (CWGC)
Information: Son of William and Annie Hazell Bradley, of 'Armaggedon', Bath Road, Littlewick Green.
His address was 3 Elm Cottages, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 11711
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Harold Roland Bradley
First Name: Harold Roland
Surname: Bradley
Birth Town: Bray, Berks
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berks
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 29/10/1918
Fate: Died of Wounds Buried at the Somme in France. Grave Reference: XIV. B. 8. ( CWGC 243377)
Cemetery: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service Number: 15704
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Information: Wife: Mrs Elizabeth Bradley of 31 Belle Cottages, Westborough Rd, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.
His Father was Ernest Albert Bradley of 72 Point End Terrace Boyn Hill Road Boyn Hill Maidenhead.
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2nd / 4th Battalion
Francis David Brown
‘Brown G’ is on the WWI Board at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill. There is no WWI soldier from Maidenhead with the initial ‘G’. Francis David lived in the Parish so ‘Brown F.D.’ should be on the Board.
First Name: Francis David
Surname: Brown
DOB: Circa 1877
Age: 41
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: In 1911 he was married to Maude Louis Brown, had 3 children and was living at 31 Portlock Road,
Maidenhead, in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill. He was a Gardener. ( 1911 Census records)
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/01/1918
Fate: Died Grave Reference: C. 7B. BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (CWGC) His name is also on the Bray War Memorial.
Information: Parents: Stephen and Emily Brown, of Churchyard Cottage, Bray, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 19114
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: army veterinary corps
Battalion: 7th Vet Hosp Ernest Edwin Button
The Board at All Saints has ‘Button W.E.’. As Ernest Edwin is the only WWI soldier from Maidenhead with this surname, I suggest that he is our Soldier known to some as ‘Win Ernest’. The September 1920 Parish magazine lists ‘Button E.’ in the original list of names for the War Memorial, so I think ‘Ernest Edwin’ is our soldier.
First Name: Ernest Edwin
Surname: Button
Birth: 1897 in Leigh, Kent
Information: Address in Maidenhead Firs Road Cannon Street Maidenhead – Maidenhead Thicket
Father Edwin BUTTON Mother Jane BUTTON Civilian Occupation: Jewellers Errand Boy
Service Number: T4/248802
Rank: Driver
Nationality: British
Service Number: 2815
Death: 2 / 12 / 1917 Killed in Action at Sorel, France Age:20
Cemetery: Grave Reference: II. E. 8. Cemetery: FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND (CWGC Ref 554437))
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army in the Army Service Corps with the H.Q. 184Th Infantry Brigade
Regiment:
Army Service Corps Arthur Thomas Bye
First Name: Arthur Thomas
Initials: A T
Surname: Bye
Birth Town: Fairham
Resided Town: Ivy Cottage Altwood Road Tittle Row, Maidenhead in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill
Information: Parents were George and Harriet Bye. His brother was Luke James Bye who died in March 1917.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 03/05/1917
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Bay 3. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL (CWGC 743351)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 6501
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment)
9th Battalion During 1917 Battalion: The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Battle of Arleux, Luke James Bye
First Name: Luke James
Surname: Bye
Birth Town: Fareham, Hampshire
Resided Town: Ivy Cottage Altwood Road Tittle Row, Maidenhead in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill
Nationality: British
Parents were George and Harriet Bye. His brother was Arthur Thomas who died in May 1917.
Date of Death: 04/03/1917 Grave Reference: VI. F. 10. Cemetery: SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
(CWGC 4037054)
Fate: Killed in Action at Bapaume, France
Rank: Private
Service Number: 23853
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Battalion: 4th Battalion 14.07.1915 Formed at Marlow. 19.08.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France to join the 4th Guards Brigade of the 31st Division. Alfred Carter
First Name: Alfred
Surname: Carter
Nationality: British
Date of birth: 1880 in Maidenhead
Date of Death: 21/02/1917 at Vaux, France. Grave Reference: C. 31. Cemetery: ECLUSIER COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ECLUSIER-VAUX (CWGC 310503)
Fate: Buried at Eclusier Communal Cemetery, Eclusier-Vaux. His death was reported in the Berkshire
Chronicle on 30/3/1917 and in the Reading Mercury on 31/3/1917.
Information: Parents were William and Sarah Carter of 9 Norfolk Park Cottages Vicarage Road Maidenhead.
Alfred Carter also lived at 129 Westborough Road in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 5849 23709
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: He enlisted in the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) in Maidenhead.
Battalion: 1st /4th Battalion Ernest Carter
First Name: Ernest
Initials: E
Surname: Carter
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Boyne Hill, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Fate: Killed in Action near Carnoy at Thiepval, France
Rank: Private
Information: Parents were George and Hannah Carter. Ernest was an Apprentice Groom in 1901 and a Groom Domestic in 1911 (Census records)
Service Number: 14837
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army He enlisted in Maidenhead, 8th September 1914
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 6th Battalion
Commemorated: France His name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC 1542468) at Maidenhead Town Hall and All Saints. Albert Edward Cavey
First Name: Albert Edward
Surname: Cavey
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 25
Birth Town: All Saints, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 05/10/1915
Fate: Died of Wounds Grave Reference: XVII. A. 21. Cemetery: COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY (CWGC)
Information: Parent: Mr. W. L. Cavey, of Bells St., Tenterden, Kent.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 4308
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment & Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion 01.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne.
Battalion: Engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1915 The Battle of Loos
Charles Edward Cox
First Name: Charles Edward
Initials: C E
Surname: Cox
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 28
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 29/02/1920 His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Information: Husband of Elsie Elizabeth May Cox, of 27, Grenfell Place, Maidenhead.
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: WR/272363
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Commemorated: Britain William Frederick Coxhead
First Name: William Frederick
Surname: Coxhead
DOB: Circa 1900
Age: 18
Birth Town: Cookham, Berks
Resided Town: 60 St Mark’s Road, Maidenhead, Berks
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/09/1918 Panel Reference: Panel 4 and 5. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL (CWGC 1741426)
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: SON OF WILLIAM AND KATE COXHEAD, OF MAIDENHEAD
Rank: Private
Service Number: 42193
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion: Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Battalion
Edward Cutler
First Name: Edward
Initials: E
Surname: Cutler
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Resided Town: 5 High Town Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill
Nationality: British. His parents were James and Sarah Cutler
Date of Death: 25/07/1916 Grave Reference: III. Q. 13. Cemetery: ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE (CWGC)
Fate: Killed in Action at the Somme Salient, France
All Saints ‘Edward Cutler RIP’ is recorded in the Roll of Honour in the Sept 1916 Parish Magazine.
His name was originally on the War Memorial at St Paul’s Church, demolished in 1960s.
Rank: Serjeant Major
Service Number: 33256
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion: "B" Battery 1170th Brigade
Commemorated: Britain Thomas George Dale
First Name: Thomas George
Surname: Dale
DOB: Circa 1897
Age: 19
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 02/10/1916 His name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Bray War Memorial and All Saints. Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: Parents: Thomas and Caroline Dale, of Pollard's Cottages, Cox Green, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 21589
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 6th Battalion William James Dale
First Name: William James
Surname: Dale
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 19
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/10/1917 Buried at the St Julien Dressing Station. Grave Reference: I. B. 10.
Cemetery: ST. JULIEN DRESSING STATION CEMETERY (CWGC)
Fate: Killed In Action. His name is on Bray War Memorial and at All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.
Information: Parents: Thomas and Caroline Dale, of Pollard's Cottages, Cox Green, Maidenhead.
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: 226952
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery.
Battalion: "B" Battery 291st Brigade. Sidney Bertie Dean
He was known to his family as ‘Sidney Bertie’, so he is recorded as ‘Dean S. B.’ on the board at All Saints Church. He was known in the Army as ‘Herbert Sidney Dean’ and so he is recorded at the War memorial at Maidenhead Town Hall as ‘Dean H. S.’
First Name: Herbert Sidney
Initials: H S
Surname: Dean
Birth Town: Weybridge, Surrey
Resided Town: 98 Garden Cottages, Westborough Rd, Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 23/07/1916 aged 23. Died of wounds.
Fate: Killed in Action 23/7/1916 at La Boiselle, Somme. His name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial. Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Numbers: 200160 and 1807
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Battalion: 1st/4th Battalion RBR
Thomas Deverall
This is the only WWI soldier with the surname ‘Deverall’. He is listed in the Roll of Honour in the Parish Magazine and his name is on the WWI Board in the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill
First Name: Thomas
Surname: Deverall
DOB Circa 1892
Age: 24
Resided town: Maidenhead
Index Number of W 1182 Admission:
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: 53316
Years 0f Service: 3 years
Ailment: Bronchitis and Pleurisy – he was admitted to the Casualty Clearing Station. And transferred to another Hospital on 17/09/1917.
Religion: Church of England
Regiment: 17th Divisional Artillery
Battalion: Headquarters
Army:
Royal Artillery
Archive MH106/100MH106/100 can be found at The National Archives in Kew, and contains First World War Reference: Representative Medical Records of Servicemen from 51st Field Ambulance
Death: Died from ailments after serving 3 years as a soldier in WWI so he is recorded on the Board Comemorated: at All Saints, Boyne Hill. George J. Devonshire
First Name: Geoge
Surname: Devonshire
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 26
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/11/1918 His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Information: Parents: William and Sarah Devonshire; husband of Edith Devonshire, of
58, Powney Rd., Maidenhead. Born at Langley, Bucks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 15636
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 7th Battalion
Regiment 2: Labour Corps
Charles Bruce Dormer
First Name: Charles Bruce
Initials: C B
Surname: Dormer
DOB: Circa 1897
Age: 19
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Panel Reference: 22. Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: SON OF MR. AND MRS. F. W. DORMER, OF "AVELON," WESTBORO RD.,
MAIDENHEAD, BERKS.
Rank: Private
Service Number: PO/18323
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: Royal Marines
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Battalion: HMS "Invincible" Harold W. Dovey
First Name: Harold W
Surname: Dovey
DOB: Circa 1889
Age: 29
Birth Town: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Resided Town: Acton, Middlesex
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 11/08/1918 His name is on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France, Panel 10.
Panel Reference: Panel 10. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Fate: Killed In Action
Information: SON OF MR. AND MRS. G. O. DOVEY, OF 9, SOUTH RD., MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE;
HUSBAND OF IRENE LAURA DOVEY, OF 97, PORTSDOWN RD., MAIDA VALE, LONDON.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 302095
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army in the Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Leonard Mullard Dovey
First Name: Leonard Mullard
Surname: Dovey
DOB: Circa 1896
Age: 20
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 06/07/1916 His Grave is at Warley-Baillon Communal Cemetry Extension, France. Plot 1, Row c, Grave 5. Grave Reference: I. C. 5. Cemetery: WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Fate: Died Of Wounds
Information: Parents: G. O. Dovey and Agnes Maria Dovey, of 9, South Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 67938
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Medals: Victory medal
British War Medal
Service:
British Army in the Royal Engineers
Battalion: 130th Field Company Nigel F. Drummond
First Name: N F
Surname: Drummond
Nationality: British
All Saints Nigel F. Drummond is on the Roll of Honour in the January 1915 Parish Magazine, so people were
Boyne Hill praying for him at the daily 12 noon prayer times and on Wednesday evenings.
Date of Death: 20/12/1916 Grave Reference: Grave 7. COULONVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Rank: Captain
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion: 6th Battalion and 1st Battalion
Godfrey Arthur Dyke
First Name: Godfrey
Surname: Dyke
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/08/1916
Cemetery: Grave Reference: IV. J. 8. Cemetery: POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service 5601 & 201580 Numbers:
Information: The 1911 Census tells us he was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The family moved to 50 Portlock Rd, Maidenhead. Godfrey was a builder, painter and decorator.
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Campaign Medals: Like many service personnel of World War One, G Dyke was entitled to the Victory medal, also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal.
British War Medal
The medal was automatically awarded in the event of death on active Service before the completion of this period.
George Eaton
First Name: George
Surname: Eaton
DOB: Circa 1859
Age: 56
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 26/07/1915
Cemetery: Maidenhead Cemetery (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Thomas and Sarah Eaton; husband of Harriet Eaton, of 65, Reform Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service 4990 Number:
Campaign Medals: G Eaton was awarded the 1914-15 star campaign medal of the British Empire for his service in World War One.
This Star is identical to the 1914 Star in every respect except that the centre scroll bears the dates “1914- 15” and the two small scrolls bearing “Aug” and “Nov” are omitted.
As G Eaton was a recipient of this medal he also received the British War Medal and Victory Medal, as it was not awarded singularly. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. With Pip representing either this medal or the 1914 Star, only one of which could be awarded to a soldier, Squeak represented the British War Medal and Wilfred represented the Victory Medal.
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Joseph Henry Edwards
First Name: Joseph
Surname: Edwards
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 31
Birth Town: Boyn Hill Maidenhead, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead: 1901 Boyn Terrace and later at 20 Prospect Place, Boyne Hill and The Stores, Boyne Hill
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 10th February 1921 He has a CWGC grave in BOYNE HILL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD (CWGC)
Information: He enlisted into the 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment in August 1914. He was court-martialled in Nov/Dec 1915 for being absent from Parade when about to go into the trenches. He was sentenced to 9 months hard Labour which was suspended and eventually remitted. He was then discharged from the army in October 1916 under Kings Regulations 392 (XVI) (No longer medically fit- with Heart Disease) and awarded a Silver War Badge. He married Lydia Kate Palmer in early 1917 and then, inexplicably, he re-enlisted into the Royal Engineers Inland Waterways. He was very seriously ill in June 1918 and again discharged as medically unfit. He died in 1921, aged 31, leaving a wife and 3 children.
Rank: Private in RBR and a Sapper in the Royal Engineers
Service Numbers: RBR 11308 Royal Engineers 504544
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Medals: Silver War Badge
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 5th Battalion
Royal Engineers Inland Waterways
Charles Henry Eggleton
First Name: Charles Henry
Surname: Eggleton
DOB: Circa 1895
Age: 20
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 25/05/1915 He died of wounds at General Hospital, Boulogne, France
Cemetery: Grave Reference: VIII. A. 46. Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
(CWGC ref 49662.
Information: Parents: Edward and Mary Anne Eggleton, of 13, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 11753
Campaign 1914/15 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Battalion
During 1914 The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, Battalion: The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres. During 1915 Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Aubers, The Battle of Loos. Gilbert Ferguson
First Name: Gilbert
Surname: Ferguson
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 26
Birth Town: Islington, Middlesex
Resided Town: Maidenhead address was 29 Boyn Valley Road Boyn Hil, Maidenheadl
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 09/10/1916 Killed in Action at La Transloy, France (CWGC ref 542833)
Buried at Grave Reference: II. E. 10. GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Fate: Killed in Action
Information: Parent: Gilbert Ferguson, of Maidenhead; husband of Maud Ferguson, of North Lodge,
Foliejon Park, Windsor.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 15216
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 5th Battalion
Sydney Fletcher
First Name: Sydney
Initials: S
Surname: Fletcher
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 25
Nationality: Canadian
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Cemetery Memorial: VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France (CWGC)
Information: SON OF MRS. W. FLETCHER; HUSBAND OF MILLY GUNNER (FORMERLY FLETCHER),
OF 4, EAST VIEW, WESTBOROUGH RD., MAIDENHEAD, BERKS, ENGLAND.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 132790
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: Canadian Army
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 73rd Battalion Philip Gibbons
First Name: Philip
Surname: Gibbons
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 24
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Resided Town: London
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/03/1915
Fate: Died of Wounds at Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France Grave Reference: III. C. 84. BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY (CWGC 46740)
Information: Parents: William and Bessie Gibbons, of Hurst Villa, 84, Grenfell Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 12930
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Battalion:
2nd Battalion Albert Stanley Gilder
First Name: Albert Stanley
Surname: Gilder
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 18
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berks
Resided Town: Maidenhead addresses - 62 Powney Road and 26 Portlock Road Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/03/1916
Fate: Died of Wounds at Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France (CWGC ref 514815) Grave Reference: A. 18. 23. Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Information: Parents: James and Emily Kate Gilder, of 62, Powney Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 17436
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion
Battalion:
J.H. Golding
First Name: James Henry
Initials: J H
Surname: Golding
DOB: Circa 1876
Age: 43
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 05/01/1919 His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Information: Husband of Elizabeth Golding, of 45, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 16590
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 3rd Battalion
John Augustus Grant
First Name: John Augustus
Initials: J A
Surname: Grant
DOB: Circa 1897
Age: 21
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 05/11/1918
Fate: Died of Wounds at the Casualty Clearing Station, Awoingt, France Grave Reference: III. C. 24. AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY (CWGC ref 536518)
Information: Parents: John Elisha and Kate Louisa Grant, of 17, Boyne Hill Terrace, Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 53509
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion:
Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion Daniel Gray
First Name: Daniel
Initials: D
Surname: Gray
Birth Town: Holyport, Middlesex
Resided Town: Maidenhead. Son of Isaac and Emily Gray of ‘Vine Cottage’, Cox Green, Maidenhead.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 15/05/1915 Daniel Gray is on the Bray War Memorial and at All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead
Fate: Killed in Action buried at Le Touret Memorial Cemetery Panel Reference: Panel 30. Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 7452
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
1st Battalion
All Saints, Daniel Gray is on the list in the September 1914 Parish Magazine, so he was among the first to
Boyne Hill leave to go to serve in the War. In the June 1915 Parish Magazine, Daniel Gray, RIP, is listed
in the Roll of Honour, after his death on 15th May 1915. Albert Edward Green
There is no record of ‘Green A. P.’ in Maidenhead, so I suggest the ‘P’ was mis-heard or written unclearly and mistaken for ‘E’ giving us this Naval Petty Officer to remember at All Saints, Boyne Hill.
First Name: Albert Edward
Initials: A E
Surname: Green
DOB: Circa 1883
Age: 34
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 30/06/1917 Killed by explosion of vessel at Sea 6 Nautical Miles SSE of Lerwick, Shetland Isles
Panel Reference: 23. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 3052743)
Information: SON OF A. E. GREEN, OF 13, GROVE ROAD, MAIDENHEAD, BERKS.
Married to Frances Green of 41 Park Street
Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
Service Number: 304957 He was a full time sailor from 1903 onwards and died at sea when HMS Cheerful was sunk.
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: HMS Cheerful William Henry Green The Board at All Saints Church lists ‘Green A.H.’ but there is no soldier of that name from Maidenhead. I suggest that ‘A.H’ was mistaken for ‘W.H’ and that this Maidonian should be on the Board at All Saints.
First Name: William Henry
Surname: Green
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 24
Birth Town: Woolwich, Kent
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 08/07/1916
Fate: Killed in Action in the Battle of The Somme Panel Reference: Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Emily Green, and the late William Henry Green; husband of Fanny Amy Green, of Furze Platt
Post Office, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 5663
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Medals: Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment) 8th Battalion
The local newspaper report about the marriage of Lance Corporal William Henry Green and Miss Fanny Amy Newell
Marriage.- A typical war wedding was solemnized in St. Lukes church, Maidenhead, on Sunday last, when the contracting parties were Lce.- Corpl. Wm Henry Green, of the 8th Batt. Royal Fusiliers and Miss Fanny Amy Newell, daughter of Mr. F. Newell , postmaster and confectioner and Mrs. Newell. The wedding was a quiet one, as the bridegroom had only just arrived from the Front on 6 days’ special leave, he having been in France ten months. The officiating clergyman was the Vicar, Rev. C.E.M. Fry. The bride looked charming in a white crepe onduile dress, and also wore an old Brussels lace veil, kindly lent by Mrs. L. Buchanan. She carried a bouquet of white carnations and wore a diamond brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. She was attended by two bridesmaids-Miss Elsie Newell (sister) and Miss Essie Dunkley (cousin), who were attired in blue crepe ondulle dresses, black hats and carried bouquets of pink carnations and wore gold brooches, both the gifts of the bridegroom. The bride and bridegroom left later in the day for Westminster to a flat kindly lent by the bridegroom’s sister. The presents were both numerous and useful. The bridegroom comes from a soldier’s family, three of them having already been decorated for bravery on the battlefield.
William Henry Green died 3 months later at the Battle of the Somme 8.7.16
Archibald Grove
First Name: Archibald
Surname: Grove
DOB: Circa 1887
Age: 29
Birth Town: Cox Green, Berkshire
Resided Town: 6 Sunny Cottages High Street Bray Maidenhead 4 Little Low Brook Cottages Highfield Lane Cox Green Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 03/07/1916 at the Battle of the Somme. Killed in Action at Ovillers la Boiselle, France Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 787911)
Fate: Killed in Action. His name is recorded at the Thiepval Memorial, Bray War Memorial and All Saints.
Information: Parents: William and Ellen Grove, of 4, Lowbrooks Cottages, Cox Green, Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 11029
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
5th Battalion John Grove
First Name: John
Surname: Grove
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 09/05/1915
Fate: Killed in Action Grave Reference: VI. K. 44. (CWGC) Cemetery: RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
Rank: Private
Service Number: 5993
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
2nd Battalion George Grove
First Name: George
Initials: G
Surname: Grove
Birth Town: Cookham, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 24/10/1918
Fate: Died at Home His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 48749
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Regiment 2: Labour Corps
Battalion 2: transferred to Frederick G.W. Groves
First Name: Frederick
Initials: F. G. W.
Surname: Groves
DOB: Circa 1896
Age: 22
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berks
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berks
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 04/02/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Mets-en-Courture, France ( CWGC ref 315182) Grave Reference: II. G. 11. Cemetery: METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Information: Parents: Frederick and Kate Groves, of 83, Clare Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service Number: 16516
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2nd Battalion Charles Harding
First Name: Charles
Surname: Harding
DOB: Circa 1880
Age: 35
Nationality: Canadian
Date of Death: 25/01/1915
Cemetery Cemetery: VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3 in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference: III. D. 1. Plot 3 Row D (CWGC)
Information: Parents: William and Helen Harding; husband of Elizabeth Harding, of 266, French St., Oshawa, Ontario.
The Parish of All C. Harding who died on 25th January 1915 in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Regiment is from Boyne Valley Saints Boyne Hill In the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill. ( information on the Maidenhead Volunteers CD from BFS)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 227
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: Canadian Army
Regiment: Eastern Ontario Regiment
Commemorated: Canadian and at the Grave in Belgium. This ‘C. Harding’ is recorded on the Board at the Parish Church
of All Saints, Boyne Hill and at The War Memorial at Maidenhead Town Hall. Albert John Harris
First Name: Albert John
Surname: Harris
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 24
Birth Town: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Resided Town: Reading
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 15/09/1916
Fate: Killed in Action Grave Reference: VII. A. 3. GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS (CWGC)
Information: Parent: Mrs. Mary Ann Harris, of 8, Rayfield Terrace, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 23856
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Grenadier Guards Battalion 2nd Battalion George Joseph Harris
First Name: George Joseph
Initials: G J
Surname: Harris
Birth Town: Putney, London
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire - Coronation Cottages Westborough Road
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 06/11/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at the Somme Salient Panel Reference: Panel 6. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 1743357)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 45628
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Hampshire Regiment
Battalion: 2nd/4th Battalion Frank Henwood
First Name: Frank
Surname: Henwood
Birth Town: Marylebone in 1900 (Free BMD)
Resided Town: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 22/05/1918 Grave Reference: II. C. 15. Cemetery: CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME (CWGC)
Fate: Died of Wounds
Rank: Private
Service Number: MS/2449
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
Battalion: 567th (Devon) Coy
Regiment 2: Royal Engineers
Battalion 2: attd. 567th (Devon) Coy
Commemorated: Britain in the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead and at Maidenhead Town Hall Arthur Henry Holmes
First Name: Arthur Henry
Surname: Holmes
DOB: Circa 1894
Age: 24
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Resided Town: Dorchester.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 23/07/1918
Fate: Died at No.34 Casualty Clearing Station, Fienvillers, France (CWGC ref 2740347) Grave Reference: A. 13. Cemetery: FIENVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Information: SON OF ARTHUR AND ADELAIDE ANN HOLMES, OF 35, PORTLOCK RD., MAIDENHEAD.
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 252824
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Engineers From October 1916 the Royal Engineers had been working underground
constructing tunnels for the troops in preparation for the Battle of Arras in 1917.
Battalion:
"L" Signal Coy William John Hulcup
First Name: William John
Initials: W J
Surname: Hulcup
Birth Town: Wantage, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead at Highway Post Office Highway Avenue Highway Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 30/11/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Villers Guislain, Cambria, France Panel Reference: Panel 8. Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL (CWGC ref 1754119)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 32905
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
5th Battalion
William Thomas Hutton
First Name: William Thomas
Initials: W T
Surname: Hutton
DOB: Circa 1893
Age: 22
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 25/09/1915 Killed in Action at Ypres Salient, Belgium Panel Reference: Panel 37 and 39. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 1615663)
Information: SON OF FREDERICK AND ELEANOR HUTTON, OF SHOPPENHANGERS COTTAGE,
CURL LANE, MAIDENHEAD.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 10883
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals:
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Leonard Ernest Janes
First Name: Leonard
Surname: Janes
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 30/09/1918
Fate: Died of Wounds at Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers (CWGC ref 290408) Grave Reference: XIV. B. 17. Cemetery: GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 44972
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion: 1st Battalion William Henry Jones
First Name: William Henry
Surname: Jones
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 25
Birth Town: Waltham, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Fate: Killed in Action at Hullock, Loos, France Panel Reference: Panel 93 to 95. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 733239)
Information: Parent: the late Mrs. Maria Jones, of 32, Avondale Cottages, Boyne Valley Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 15215
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
8th Battalion Douglas Joynson
First Name: Douglas
Surname: Joynson
DOB: Circa 1894
Age: 24
Birth Town: High Wycombe
Resided Town: Southampton
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 03/10/1918
Fate: Died Grave Reference: VI. F. 9. Cemetery: NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL (CWGC)
Information: Parent: Owen Joynson, of ""Homestead,"" 18, King's Grove, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 29854
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Battalion: 25th (1st/2nd Wessex) Field Ambulance Joseph Keely
First Name: Joseph
Surname: Keeley
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 24
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 10/02/1915
Fate: Killed in Action at French Farm, Givenchy, France (CWGC ref 855654) Panel Reference: Panel 30 Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Information: Parents: John and Cala Annie Keeley, of 99, Powney Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 11880
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Medals: 1914/15 Star Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 1st Battalion Alfred Henry Kent
First Name: Alfred Henry
Initials: A H
Surname: Kent
DOB: Circa 1883
Age: 31
Nationality: British
All Saints At All Saints Church we have ‘Kent A. H.’ on the list of soldiers who died in World War 1. In the
Boyne Hill June 1915 Parish Magazine, ‘Alfred Henry Kent RIP’ is listed on the Roll of Honour. This is the only
Maidenhead ‘Alfred Henry Kent’ who died before June 1915 on www.forces-war-records.co.uk and
CWGC website so this ‘Albert Henry Kent’ had connections to All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Date of Death: 22/09/1914 He is remembered on Panel 2 of CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: HUSBAND OF ALICE KENT, OF 19, TURNER BUILDINGS, MILLBANK, WESTMINSTER, LONDON.
Further (RFR/CH/B/3666) Information:
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 203801
Campaign 1914 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: HMS Aboukir
Battalion: Royal Fleet Reserve
Commemorated: Britain
George King
First Name: George
Surname: King
DOB: Circa 1895
Age: 21
Birth Town: Cookham, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 03/07/1916
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Thomas and Mary A. King, of 85, St. Mark's Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 16447
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
5th Battalion William Lambert
First Name: William
Surname: Lambert
DOB: Circa 1883
Age: 33
Birth Town: Clewer, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 18/12/1916
Fate: Died of Wounds at 41st Casualty Clearing Station, Wanquetin, France (CWGC 80219) Grave Reference: I. A. 16. Cemetery: WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Information: Husband of W. Lambert, of 68, All Saints Cottages, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 25536
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 5th Battalion Brian Lightly Lawrence
First Name: Brian Lightly
Surname: Lawrence
Nationality: British
Information: Son of Arthur and Agnes Lawrence, Wine Merchants & Estate Agent of Maidenhead
Date of Death: 01/06/1915 His name is on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Bray War Memorial and All Saints Panel Reference: Panel 8. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Age: 18
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Campaign 1914/1915 Star Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Middlesex Regiment
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Sydney M. Lester
First Name: Sydney
Initials: S
Surname: Lester
Nationality: Australian
Date of Death: 04/04/1917 Grave Reference: II. D. 24. Cemetery: POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Henry and Kate Emma Lester, of 8, Crawford Road, Maylands, Western Australia.
Native of Maldenhead, England.
Rank: Driver
Service Number: 26242
Campaign Victory Medal Medals:
British War Medal
Service: Australian Army
Regiment: Australian Infantry
Battalion: 51st Battalion
Oliver Percy Lipscombe
First Name: Oliver Percy
Surname: Lipscombe
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 25
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 26/10/1916
Fate: Died of Wounds at 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne, France Grave Reference: VIII. D. 152. Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY (CWGC 47699)
Information: Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lipscombe, of 4 North Star Lane, Maidenhead; his mother’s name was
Sarah, and he was the husband of Agnes Lipscombe, of 137, Westborough Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 17322
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 6th Battalion William Lipscombe
First Name: William
Surname: Lipscombe
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Information: Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lipscombe, of 4 North Star Lane, Maidenhead; his mother’s name was
Sarah. Oliver Percy Lipscombe was his brother.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/12/1915
Fate: Killed in Action he was killed at Cambrin on the 16th December 1915 at Boyau, Bethune, France Grave Reference: D. 51. Cemetery: CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
(CWGC ref 170952)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 14873
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 1st Battalion John Edgar Marks
First Name: John Edgar
Initials: J E
Surname: Marks
Birth Town: St. Neots, Huntingdon
Resided Town: Maidenhead – home on Cookham Road, Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 08/10/1915
Fate: Killed In Action at Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Panel Reference: Panel 7 and 8. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 735711)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 13193
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Battalion: 3rd Battalion
Cyril Christopher Mason
First Name: Cyril Christopher
Initials: C C
Surname: Mason
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 26
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 26/01/1917 Died of sickness at Mailly Maillet, France (CWGC ref 111610) Grave Reference: II. E. 1. Cemetery: MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Information: Parent: John Mason, of ""Beechleigh"" Rutland Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 810
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: south african heavy artillery
Battalion: 12th Siege Battery
Carlyon William Mason - Macfarlane
First Name: Carlyon
Surname: Mason - MacFarlane
Nationality: British
Information: Carlyon was born in Maidenhead to Lieutenant Colonel David James Mason-MacFarlane and Mary Blanche Mason-MacFarlane in March 1891. Their home address was Kindowie’, Boyndon Road Boyn Hill He attended Rugby School from 1904 to 1908 then entered RMC Sandhurst in September 1909. He passed out First with honours and won the King’s Gold Medal as best Officer Cadet with the highest score and won six First Prizes.
Rank: Captain Attached to 15th Hussars.
Date of Death: 05/09/1916 killed in action aged 25 at Senussi District, Egypt Grave Reference: H. 102. Cemetery:CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY (CWGC)
Service: British Army
Regiment: 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
Seniority Date: 3/21/1914
Gallantry Awards: Mentioned in Despatches This is the lowest form of recognition that was announced. The Mention in Despatches (M.I.D.) for a Soldier is not an award of a medal, but is a commendation of an act of gallantry or service. C W Mason-MacFarlane’s name would appear in the official report written by a Superior Officer and sent to the high command, in which is described the Soldier's gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy. This despatch is published in the London Gazette newspaper of the State, which has existed since 1665 and is still published today.During World War One the citations published in the London Gazette did not usually give details of the place and date of the action for which awarded for security reasons. In 1920 the Army Order authorised the issue of an oak leaf emblem decoration to be pinned or sewn diagonally on to the ‘Victory’ medal ribbon.
Gazette Info: Gazette issue 29845. Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir Archibald Murray, K.C.B, Commander-in-chief. To the Secretary of State for War.
Gazette Date: 01/12/1916 Page 11803
Duty Location: EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE In January 1916 he was sent out to Egypt and made Commandant of Signals for the Western Frontier Egyption Field Force. He was then specially selected to command a Company of the 18th Imperial Camel Corps on account of his initiative and resourcefulness. On his last patrol he had entered an unexplored oasis when a skirmish broke out. He was cut off from his patrol along with his Junior Officer by a number of Senussi tribesmen and killed. His body was recovered and buried at the base of a cliff where he fell. On the 1st October 1916 he was mentioned in Despatches.
Commemorated: Egypt and in Britain on the board at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead George Moore
First Name: George
Surname: Moore
Birth Town: Downham Market, Norfolk
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/08/1915
Fate: Died at Sea - Drowned at 09.15hrs 11km off Kandeloussa, Turkey Drowned when the Troop Ship Royal Edward was torpeadoed by U14 at 09.15 11km of Kandeloussa. The torpeado hit the stern of the ship
and she sank within six minutes. The ship had just completed life raft drills and the troops were stowing
their kit below decks when the torpedo struck. The Royal Edward was the first troop ship to be sunk in
the war. (FKAC website) (CWGC ref 683049) Panel Reference: Panel 199 or 233 to 236 and 331. Memorial: HELLES MEMOR
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: SS/13872
Campaign 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
Battalion: 18th Labour Company Roger Ludovic Moore
First Name: Roger Ludovic
Surname: Moore
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 24
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 20/12/1914 He died of his wounds on 20th December after he was shot in the back early in the morning when he was visiting his sentries and is buried in the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery in
Hainault, Belgium. Grave Reference: I. B. 5. LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE CEMETERY
(CWGC ref 487098) He is also on Bray War Memorial.
Information: Parents: Dr. George E. Moore and Caroline Moore, of ""Redcroft"", Castle Hill, Maidenhead.
Rank: Lieutenant
Gallantry Mentioned in Despatches Awards: The Mention in Despatches (M.I.D.) for a Soldier is not an award of a
medal, but is a commendation of an act of gallantry or service.
Campaign 1914 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Somerset Light Infantry
Battalion: 1st Battalion 04.08.1914 Stationed at Colchester as part of the 11th Brigade of the 4th Division. 22.08.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions including;
1914The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battles of the Aisne and Messines. Edward William Neighbour
First Name: Edward William
Initials: E W
Surname: Neighbour
DOB: Circa 1875
Age: 40
Nationality: British
All Saints ‘Neighbour E.W.’ is on the board in All Saints Church.
Boyne Hill His address was in the Parish at 67 Grenfell Road, Maidenhead.
In the July 1915 Parish Magazine ‘Edward Neighbour RIP’ is on the Roll of Honour.
Date of Death: 08/05/1915 He was killed in Action at Krithia, Gallipoli, Turkey Memorial: TWELVE TREE COPSE (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL ( CWGC 7137993)
Information: ELDEST SON OF EDWARD AND EMILY NEIGHBOUR; HUSBAND OF FLORENCE ALICIA
NEIGHBOUR, OF 3, EAST DULWICH RD. EAST DULWICH, LONDON, ENGLAND.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 12/197
Campaign 1914/15 Star Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Auckland Regiment, NZEF William Stephen Newport
First Name: William Stephen
Surname: Newport
DOB: Circa 1900
Age: 18
Birth Town: Reading, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/10/1918
Fate: Died of Wounds at No.56 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers, France (CWGC 290757) Grave Reference: XIV. B. 18. Cemetery: GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Information: Parents: Stephen and Annie Newport, of 62, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 32518
Duty Location: France and Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Devonshire Regiment
Battalion 1st/5th Battalion
Sydney Nightingale
First Name: Sydney
Surname: Nightingale
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 27
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 31/05/1918 at Base Hospital, Wimereux, Boulogne, France
Cemetery CWGC Ref:4026657 TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Information: SON OF MRS. L. E. CLARKE, OF 65, PENYSTON RD., MAIDENHEAD.
Rank: Private
Service Number: M2/156891
Campaign Like many service personnel of World War One, S Nightingale was entitled to the Victory Medals: Medal and the British War Medal was automatically awarded in the event
of death on active service.
Service: British Army
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Edward Norkett ‘Norkett T. is on the Board at All Saints Church – he must have been known as ‘Ted’!
First Name: Edward
Initials: E
Surname: Norkett
DOB: Circa 1880
Age: 39
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 25/03/1919 He died of sickness at home and he is buried in All Saints, Boyne Hill Churchyard at the
far end near the A4.
Information: Parents: Edward and Harriett Norkett; husband of Amy A. Norkett, of 36, Cromwell Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Lieutenant
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
William James Nuccol
First Name: William James
Surname: Nuccoll
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 24
Birth Town: Cookham, Berkshire
Resided Town: Henley-On-Thames
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 31/03/1916
Fate: Killed in Action – he was killed by an Enemy Mine Exploding in the Reserve Trenches Sector D, Sailly Labourse, France.
Grave Reference: II. H. 17. Cemetery: VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY (CWGC 252223)
Information: Parents: William and Grace Nuccoll, of 7, Gordon Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 16513
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Robert Owen
First Name: Robert
Initials: R
Surname: Owen
DOB: Circa 1893
Age: 25
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 01/04/1918 at 14th General or 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, Boulogne, France Grave Reference: IX. C. 3. WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY (CWGC ref 84552)
Information: Parents: Mr. and Mrs. A. Owen, of Holyport, nr. Maidenhead, Berks.
Robert’s address was 12 Clare Road, Maidenhead in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 1609
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Battalion: 3rd (Royal Horse Guards) Company William G. Palmer
First Name: W G
Surname: Palmer
DOB: Circa 1897
Age: 19
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 09/05/1916
Fate: Killed In Action at the Somme Salient, France
Grave Reference: III. D. 3. ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS (CWGC ref 563270)
Information: Parents: William and Emily Palmer, of The Gables, Bath Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 140186
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Battalion: 26th Field Company George Henry Parker
First Name: George Henry
Initials: G H
Surname: Parker
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 20
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire. His address was Bath Road, Maidenhead in the Parish of All Saints.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 26/04/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Ypres Salient, Belgium Panel Reference: Panel 75 to 77.Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 1636044)
Information: SON OF WALTER GEORGE AND MATILDA PARKER, OF 45, BRIDGE ST.,
MAIDENHEAD, BERKS
Rank: Private
Service Number: 57258
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Battalion 3rd Battalion Ernest Samuel Pittam
First Name: Ernest Samuel
Surname: Pittam
Birth Town: Brixton, Surrey
Resided Town: Plumstead, Kent
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 30/12/1917
Fate: Died of Wounds Memorial: CHATBY MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: R/40303
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
The Parish of All ‘Pittam E.S’ was on the original WW1 Board in the North Porch. This soldier is the only ‘Pittam E.S.’ Saints, Boyne On the CWGC and the Forces website, so he must have had unrecorded links to the Parish of All Hill Saints, Boyne Hill.
Service: British Army posted to 2nd/16th Bn. London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) (CWGC)
Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Reginald John Pope The Board at All Saints Church listed ‘Pope J.’ and ‘Pope R.J.’ I suggest these are both entries for the one man – some knowing him as ‘John’ and others calling him ‘Reginald John’
First Name: R J
Surname: Pope
Nationality: British
Resided town: Maidenhead - n 1911 he was living with his family in a gypsy caravan in Blackamore Lane.
The address given at date of burial was 22 King Street.
All Saints Reginald John Pope is listed on the Roll of Honour at All Saints Church, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.
Boyne Hill His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Date of Death: 19/10/1918
Rank: Private
Service Number: 48730
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment
Battalion: 4th Reserve Battalion
Robert Henry Porter
He was known to the family as ‘Robert’ so he is recorded as ‘Porter R.H.’ on the Board at All Saints Church
First Name: Henry Robert
Initials: H R
Surname: Porter
Birth: 1895 in Langley, Buckinghamshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead at 115 Westborough Road, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, Berks.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 10/05/1915 He was originally buried at Ferme Deloux-Boquet, Nouveaumonde British Cemetery and the date of death is given as the 11th May, not 10th. This was "possibly" the dressing station to which he was taken after the fighting.
Fate: Died of Wounds on 10 May 1915 - aged 20, as a result of injuries sustained during the attack and operations at BAC ST MAUR the previous day. . He died of wounds at Casualty Clearing Station, Bac St Maur, In June 1920 he was re-interred at Pont du Hem Military Cemetery. Grave Ref: V. B. 28. Cemetery: PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE (CWGC ref 597158)
Information: Parent: the late Alice Sophia Porter of 115 Westborough Road, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 9726
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Regiment
Battalion: 2nd Battalion He enlisted on 29th February 1912. He arrived in France on 6th November 1914. Cecil George Palmer Priest
First Name: Cecil George Palmer
Initials: C G P
Surname: Priest
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 29
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/02/1919 His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Information: Parents: the late George and Hannah Priest.
Husband of Grace Priest, of 44, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Service Number: 121307
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: Royal Air Force
Battalion: "A" Sqdn
Frederic William Proctor
First Name: Frederic William
Initials: F W
Surname: Proctor
DOB: Circa 1863
Age: 53
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/06/1916
Information: Parent: the late William Proctor; husband of Hope Sandbach (formerly Proctor), of Caerllo,
Abergele, Denbighshire. Born at Torquay.
Boyne Hill ‘Proctor F.W.’ is on the list at All Saints Church, Boyne Hill.
Maidenhead His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Rank: Major
Rank (2nd): Acting Lieutenant Colonel
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers Oliver Reed
First Name: Oliver
Initials: O
Surname: Reed
DOB: Circa 1886
Age: 28
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 01/11/1914
Fate: Ship sunk whilst in Action off Chiliean Coast. He was killed or died as a direct result of enemy action at 19.50hrs, Coronel, Chilean coast, South Atlantic. Panel Reference: 2
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC 2871919)
Information: HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE R. REED, OF "VERA," HITCHAM, MAIDENHEAD, BERKS.
His address was 117 Powney Road, Maidenhead in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: SS/1028
Duty Location: Chilean Coast
Campaign 1914 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: Navy
Ship: HMS Good Hope Royal Fleet Reserve Number (RFR/PO/B/3790)
William Henry Roadnight
First Name: William Henry
Surname: Roadnight
Birth Town: Cookham, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead addresses in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill 27 College Glen and 6 Castle Hill Maidenhead.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 05/08/1917
Fate: Killed in Action Grave Reference: I. A. 15. Cemetery: BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (CWGC ref 305123)
All Saints In the Parish Magazine of October 1917 William H. Roadnight is listed in the Roll of Honour
Boyne Hill As ‘William H. Roadnight RIP’, as he was killed in action on 5th August 1917.
Information: Husband of Mrs. Mary. Anne. Roadnight, of 27, College Green, Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 33402
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 1st Battalion Alfred Keith Scott
First Name: Alfred Keith
Surname: Scott
Age: 25
Birth Town: Hammersmith, Middlesex
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire His address was 12, King's Grove, Maidenhead, Berks.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/10/1916
Fate: Killed in Action Somme Salient, France Grave Reference: VI. J. 15. Cemetery: ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT (CWGC ref 138951)
Information: Parents: John Theophilus and Mary Jane Scott, of 12, King's Grove, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Regimental Serjeant Major
Service Number: S/12647
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Gallantry Awards: The Distinguished Conduct Medal was regarded as second only to the Victoria Cross in prestige. The D.C.M. was awarded to Alfred Keith Scott for gallantry in the field in the face of the enemy.
Service: British Army in the Cameron Highlanders in the 7th Battalion Douglas John Scott
First Name: Douglas John
Initials: D J
Surname: Scott
DOB: Circa 1886
Age: 32
Resided Town: Maidenhead – his address was 12, King's Grove, Maidenhead, Berks.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 30/04/1918
Fate: Killed in Action Died of wounds at 7th Casualty Cearing Station, Noeux-les-Mines, France Grave Reference: I. E. 29. NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY (CWGC ref 466153)
Information: Parents: John Theophilus and Mary Jane Scott, of 12, King's Grove, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 512138
Duty Location: Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: London Regiment
Battalion: 2nd/14th Battalion also known as London Scottish Henry James Scott
First Name: Henry James
Initials: H J
Surname: Scott
DOB: Circa 1889
Age: 27
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/01/1916 Died of wounds at 7th Casualty Cearing Station, Noeux-les-Mines, France Grave Reference: I. E. 29.NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY (CWGC ref 466153)
Information: Parents: Mr. J. T. and Mrs. M. J. Scott, of 12, King's Grove, Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 1613
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: London Regiment
Battalion: (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles)
Company: "C" Company Terris Seymour
The WWI Board at All Saints Church records ‘Seymour J’, but there was no soldier of this name from Maidenhead. However ‘Terris Seymour’ is the man intended to be recorded here. The 1911 Census shows that his father’s handwriting of ‘T’ looks like a ‘J’ – hence this mistake was made.
First Name: Terris
Initials: T
Surname: Seymour
Birth Town: Kensington, London 1898
Resided Town: Maidenhead addresses were: Cliveden Stores Furze Platt Road Furze Platt Maidenhead and
Information: ‘White Ness’, Alwyn Road, Maidenhead, where Terris lived with his parents Francis and Maria
Seymour. Terris’s Civilian occupation was a Munitions Worker. (FKAC)
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 11/4/1918 He died of wounds No.58 West Riding Casualty Clearing Station, Lillers, France. Terris died of multiple gun shot wounds around lips and face.(FKAC)
Cemetery: Grave Reference: V. F. 42. LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY (CWGC ref 2947839)
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: 242962
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: South Lancashire Regiment
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Leonard Walter Seymour
First Name: Leonard
Initials: L. W.
Surname: Seymour
Birth Town: Kingston, Surrey
Resided Town: Maidenhead at 31 Cordwallis Street Maidenhead
Information: Parents were Joseph and Jessie Seymour and his brother was Sidney Herbert Seymour (FKAC)
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 09/10/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Killed Ypres Salient, Belgium Panel Reference: Panel 9. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 829097)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 16851
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Sidney Herbert Seymour
First Name: Sidney Herbert
Initials: S H
Surname: Seymour
Birth Town: Wargrave, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire at at 31 Cordwallis Street Maidenhead.
Nationality: British
Information: Parents were Joseph and Jessie Seymour and his brother was Leonard Walter Seymour (FKAC)
Date of Death: 14/04/1918
Fate: Killed in Action Ypres Salient, Belgium Panel Reference: Panel 2 and 3. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL CWGC 868174)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 35340
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Battalion:
14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)
George Shaw
First Name: George
Surname: Shaw
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire
Resided Town: 51 Cordwallis Street Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 23/12/1916
Fate: Died of Dysentery at Ankora Prisoner of War Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Grave Reference: Angora Mem. 150.
Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY (CWGC ref 635180)
Rank: Driver
Service Number: 70679
Duty Location: Egypt
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion: 76th Battalion
Boyne Hill: ‘George Shaw RIP’ is in the January 1918 Roll of Honour in the Parish Magazine. He was born in
Maidenhead and also ‘Shaw G.’ is on the Board in the North Porch. John William Shelton
First Name: John
Surname: Shelton
DOB: 1892
Age: 24 years
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 08 / 6 / 1916 John died in the district of St George, Hanover Square, London in June 1916. It is possible that he was in a Military Hospital at the time. His father wrote to the Army after his death in June 1916 stating that his son had died from heart failure as a result of the "shock" in the trenches during 1915/16. John was probably suffering from shell shock. We honour this soldier from our Parish who fought in the War until February 1916 and died as a result of his War Service.
All Saints John Shelton was listed on the Roll of Honour at All Saints Church. He was buried in the Churchyard at All Saints, Boyne Hill on 12th June 1916. On the family grave is written: ‘In loving Memory of William Boyne Hill Benjamin Shelton died 11th August 1937 aged 73 ‘at rest’ and Lucy Anna his wife died 29th May 1949 Maidenhead aged 93 And John William Shelton Son of the above died 8th June 1916 aged 24’
Information: Parents were William Benjamin and Lucy Anna Shelton. 1911 census has the family living in 44 Albert Street, Maidenhead. John worked, briefly, for the Great Western Railway from 1908 -1909 as a parcels clerk and then gained employment as a coal clerk, probably at Maidenhead Station. He served with the Army from February 1911- February 1916. The 1st/4th Battalion landed in France on 31/3/1915 and John would have been with them. In February the Battalion was in the trenches at Hebuterne, Somme, in France and whilst it was a fairly quiet sector, it was cold, wet and miserable and they had been there for 5 months under constant shelling. He was Honourably Discharged 22/2/1916 under Kings Regulations 392 He had served his term in the Army and allowed to go home.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1522
Campaign 1914/15 Star , Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st/ 4th Battalion George Shepherd
First Name: George
Initials: G
Surname: Shepherd
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/10/1915
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Panel 93 to 95. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 18422
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
8th Battalion Thomas Henry Shirvill
First Name: Thomas Henry
Surname: Shirvill
DOB: Circa 1893
Age: 24
Birth Town: Boyne Hill, Berkshire
Resided Town: 7 The Croft Boyn Hill Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/08/1917
Fate: Died of Wounds when a Prisoner of War at the Somme Salient, France Panel Reference: Panel 105 to 106 and 162 TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 829421)
Information: Husband of Florence Shirvill, of 30, Orpington Road, Winchmore Hill, London.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 200220
Duty Location: Germany
Campaign Victory Medal and British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion:
2nd Battalion William Henry Simmance
First Name: William Henry
Initials: W H
Surname: Simmance
Birth Town: Cookham
Resided Town: Maidenhead – 13 Powney Road, Maidenhead in the Parish of All Saints, Boyne Hill
Nationality: British
Information: Father - William James Simmance, Mother- Alice Louisa Simmance William Henry Simmance’s Civilian Occupation Fruiterer’s Assistant (FKAC)
Date of Death: 08/10/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Picardy, France Panel Reference: Panel 3. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL (CWGC ref1748704)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 11745
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars Charles Francis Bateman Smith
The Board at All Saints Boyne Hill lists ‘Smith G.E.’ but there is no trace of a Maidenhead soldier with that name. I suggest confusion with C. F. B. Smith’s parents’ initials being ‘G’ and ‘E’ and that this soldier from the Parish is correct and he should be remembered at The Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
First Name: Charles Francis Bateman
Surname: Smith
DOB: Circa 1887
Age: 28
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 15/02/1915 Panel Reference: Panel 21. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Mary E. Smith, of ""Chetmead,"" Belmont Park Avenue, Maidenhead, Berks, and the late
Rev. Canon G. Herbert Smith, M.A.
Rank: Lieutenant
Campaign 1914/15 Star Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Ernest James Smith
First Name: Ernest James
Initials: E J
Surname: Smith
DOB: Circa 1882
Age: 36
Birth Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 25/09/1918
Fate: Died at the Casualty Clearing Station, Ramleh, Palastine & Israel Grave Reference: C. 21. Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY (CWGC ref 653322)
Information: Husband of Gertrude F. Smith, of 27, Boyn Valley Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: WR/289431
Duty Location: Egypt
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Battalion: 116th Railway Company Frederick Smith
First Name: Frederick
Initials: F
Surname: Smith
DOB: Circa 1895
Age: 21
Resided Town: Maidenhead at 36 West Street Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 13/11/1916
Fate: Killed in Action at Serre, France Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 812637)
Information: Parents: Mr. J. and Mrs. M. E. Smith, of 47, Kingbridge Rd., Newbury, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 17894
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
1st Battalion
Ronald Victor Smith
First Name: Ronald Victor
Initials: R V
Surname: Smith
DOB: Circa 1893
Age: 25
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 28/11/1918 His grave is in the Churchyard at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill.
Information: Parent: Mrs. Louisa Smith, of 58, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 24017
Campaign Victory Medal British War Meda Medals:
Service: Royal Air Force
Battalion: 5th Aeroplane Repair Depot
Francis Edward Steele
First Name: Francis Edward
Initials: F E
Surname: Steele
DOB: Circa 1886
Age: 28
Birth Town: Ipsden, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berkshire - 68 Portlock Road Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 20/09/1914 Memorial: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 724196)
Fate: Killed in Action at La Mets Ferme, France. He was ‘the first parishioner’ of All Saints, Boyne Hill, ‘to give his life for his King and Country, and whilst of him we pray he may rest in peace, we offer sincere sympathy to his relations.’ Boyne Hill Parish Magazine, October 1914
Information: Parent: Mrs. Helen Steele, of 68, Portlock Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 7618
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign The 1914 Star was instituted in 1917 for service ashore in France and Flanders Medals: between 5 August and 22 November 1914 Victory Medal and British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment & Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Battalion 1st Battalion Charles Stevens
First Name: Charles
Surname: Stevens
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 25
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 29/11/1917
Fate: Killed in Action Grave Reference: VI. A. 17. MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (CWGC)
Information: Parent: Mrs. Elizabeth S. Stevens, of 3, Hope Cottages, High Town Rd., Maidenhead.
All Saints Charles Steven’s brother Frederick is on the original Board at the Parish Church of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Boyne Hill but not his brother Charles. I suggest Charles Stevens was on the original Board from St Paul’s Church,
as he lived in Hightown Road, close to where St Paul’s Church used to be. The Board from St Paul’s
Church is lost and so Charles Stevens will be honoured on the new All Saints Board.
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service Number: 9304
Gallantry Awards: Military Medal This Level 3 Gallantry Medal was awarded to Charles Stevens for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire or for individual or associated acts of bravery which were insufficient to merit the Distinguished Conduct Medal. It was announced in the London Gazette. Gazette Issue 29731. Military Medal. His Majesty The KING has been graciously pleased to award The Military Medal for bravery in the field. 1 / 9 /1916
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Medals: Victory Medal and British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion Frederick James Stevens
First Name: Fredrick James
Surname: Stevens
DOB: Circa 1895
Age: 20
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/01/1915 Died Of Wounds at Nottingham General Hospital
Fate: The February 1915 Parish Magazine tells us that ‘Frdk. Stevens, who was wounded near Ypres,
passed away in England and was accorded a military funeral in the Churchyard. His grave is in
the Churchyard at All Saints, Boyne Hill, towards the end on the left near the fence.
Information: Parents: Elizabeth S. Stevens, of 5, Dolman's Buildings, King St., Maidenhead, and the late
C. Stevens.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 9939
Campaign Fredrick James Stevens was awarded the 1914-15 star campaign medal of the British Empire Medals: for his service in World War One. He also received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 1st Battalion "C" Company Sidney Stroud
First Name: Sidney
Surname: Stroud
Birth Town: Cookham, Berkshire - Tugwood Cottage Quarry Wood Road Cookham Cookham Dean
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 23/08/1918
Fate: Killed In Action at Artois Region, France
Memorial: Panel Reference: Panel 3. Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 1749260)
At St Paul’s Church (FKAC) – the Board is lost and at All Saints Boyne Hill
Rank: Private
Service Number: 22589
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Battalion: 1st Battalion John Taft
First Name: John
Initials: J
Surname: Taft
DOB: Circa 1892
Age: 24
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 14/08/1916 killed in action at Ovillers, France (CWGC ref 814613) Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Information: Parent: Norman Taft, of ""Dundas,"" Cordwallis Rd., Maidenhead; husband of Emily Taft, of 19, The Croft, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berks. Other addresses in Maidenhead: 24 Portlock Road Maidenhead and 13 Penystone Road Maidenhead
Rank: Private
Service Number: 201565
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: (5142) 1st/4th Battalion William James Taylor
First Name: William James
Initials: W J
Surname: Taylor
Birth Town: Bray, Berkshire
Resided Town: Henley-On-Thames
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 25/07/1916
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 16198
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 8th Battalion Arthur John Thatcher
First Name: Arthur John
Surname: Thatcher
DOB: Circa 1887
Age: 30
Birth Town: Reading
Resided Town: Maidenhead and Bloomsbury, Middlesex
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 30/08/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Ypres Salient, Belgium
Panel Reference: Panel 4 to 6 and 162. TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 827380)
Information: Parents: Walter and Sophia Thatcher, of 4, Clare Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: 947964
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion: 56th Div Ammunition Col Walter Thatcher
First Name: Walter
Surname: Thatcher
DOB: Circa 1894 in Maidenhead
Age: 23
Birth Town: Reading
Resided Town: Maidenhead - 119 All Saints Avenue Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 16/08/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Sailly Labourse, France
Panel Reference: Panel 105 to 106 and 162. TYNE COT MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 827381)
Information: Parents: Walter and Sophia Thatcher, of 4, Clare Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 37644
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 2nd Battalion Henry Thomas Tillin
First Name: Henry Thomas
Surname: Tillin
DOB: Circa 1878
Age: 37
Birth Town: Aldermaston, Berkshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead - 4 The Cottage Windsor Road Braywick Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 20/10/1915
Fate: Died of Wounds at General Hospital, Rouen, France Grave Reference: A. 13. 16. ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN (CWGC ref 172649)
Information: Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Tillin, of Aldermaston, Reading
Husband of Mrs. F. Tillin, of 3, Flint Cottages, Bath Rd., Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 16449
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Medals: 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
6th Battalion Edward Horace Turner
First Name: Edward Horace
Initials: E H
Surname: Turner
Birth Town: Westminster, Middlesex
Resided Town: Maidenhead at 58 Point End Terrace Boyn Hill Road Boyn Hill Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 03/11/1914
Fate: Killed in Action at Veldhoek, Belgium Panel Reference: Panel 45. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 9923
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914 Star Medals: Victory Medal
British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion:
1st Battalion William Henry Turner
First Name: William Henry
Initials: W H
Surname: Turner
Birth Town: Leeds
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 24/06/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Nieuport, Belgium Memorial: NIEUPORT MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 17539
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 8th Battalion
Charles Wakeling
First Name: Charles
Surname: Wakeling
Nationality: British
Birth: 1882 in Cookham
Resided town: Maidenhead at these addresses: Bath Road Pinkneys Green Maidenhead 113 Powney Road Maidenhead and 17 Spencers Road Maidenhead
Date of Death: 17/11/1918 He died of illness at Dier El Belah, Palestine & Israel
Cemetery: Grave Reference: B. 207. Cemetery: DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY (CWGC)
Rank: Sapper
Service Number: 524568
Campaign Victory Medal Medals:
British War Medal
Service: British Army in the Royal Engineers
Battalion: 484th (1/2nd East Anglian) Field Company,
Ashford Walford
First Name: Ashford
Initials: A
Surname: Walford
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 24
Birth Town: Southall
Resided Town: Ealing
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 01/11/1914
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: Panel 54. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Thomas Charles and Mary Ann Ashford Walford.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2026
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Medals: 1914 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: London Regiment
Battalion: 1st/14th Battalion also known as the London Scottish Battalion
Boyne Hill A. Walford is on the list at All Saints Church, probably Ashford, with links to Maidenhead not recorded. Leslie Francis Walford
First Name: Leslie Francis
Initials: L F
Surname: Walford
DOB: Circa 1891
Age: 23
Birth Town: Ealing
Resided Town: Ealing
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 01/11/1914
Fate: Killed in Action Panel Reference: 54. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (CWGC)
Information: Parents: Thomas Charles and Mary Ann Ashford Walford.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2048
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign 1914 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army. London Regiment
Battalion: 1st/14th Battalion also known as the London Scottish Battalion
Boyne Hill L. F. Walford is on the list at All Saints Church. He is the only ‘L.F. Walford on www.forces-war-records.
So he and his brother Ashford who died on the same day must have unrecorded links to Maidenhead. Oliver Robson Walford
First Name: Oliver Robson
Initials: O R
Surname: Walford
DOB: Circa 1896
Age: 19
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 26/04/1915 Grave Reference: VIII. E. 12. OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY (CWGC)
Information: Parents: the late Col. W. S. Walford (R.A.) and Mrs. M. E. Walford.
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Campaign 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Hampshire Regiment
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Boyne Hill O.R. Walford is on the list at All Saints Church. He is the only ‘O.R. Walford on www.forces-war-records.
So Oliver Robson Walford must have unrecorded links to All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead. Austin Joseph Walton
First Name: Austin Joseph
Initials: A J
Surname: Walton
DOB: Circa 1881
Age: 35
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Reading
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 27/04/1916
Fate: Died at Home. He is buried at Grangegorman Cemetry in County Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.
He is also on Bray War Memorial.
Information: Parents: Sarah Walton, of Maidenhead, and the late Izack Alfred Walton; husband of
Laura Louise Walton (now Mrs. Rivers), of 169, Oxford Rd., Reading.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 18506
Campaign Victory Medal British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Reserve Cavalry Regiment
Battalion: 10th George Ward
First Name: George
Surname: Ward
DOB: Circa 1885
Age: 33
Birth Town: Braughing, Hertfordshire
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 10/11/1918
Fate: Died He is buried at the Don Cemetery, Annoeullin Grave Reference: I. B. 42. Cemetery: DON COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ANNOEULLIN (CWGC) He is also on Bray War Memorial.
Information: Husband of Rosa Mary Ward, of Manor Farm House, Clewer Hill, Windsor.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 67890
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: machine gun corps 58th Battalion
Walter Harry Ward
First Name: Walter Harry
Initials: W H
Surname: Ward
DOB: Circa 1888
Age: 30
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 10/07/1918 at 2nd London General Hospital, Dollis Hill, London
Cemetery: Grave Reference: 198. 18. 45940. (Screen Wall.). Cemetery: KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY (CWGC)
Information: SON OF HARRY JOHN AND ALICE WARD, OF TIDDINGTON, OXON;
HUSBAND OF ETHEL WARD OF 81, POWNEY RD., MAIDENHEAD.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 161905
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Battalion: No 2 Reserve Battalion Albert Edward John White
First Name: Albert Edward John
Surname: White
DOB: Circa 1896
Age: 21
Birth Town: Bournemouth
Resided Town: 17 High Town Road, Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 23/06/1917
Fate: Died of Wounds at Lahore, India Panel Reference: Face 1-23. Memorial: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) (CWGC ref 1438035)
Information: INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL (WAZIRISTAN). SON OF RICHARD AND MARTHA
MARGARET WHITE, OF 17, HIGH TOWN RD., MAIDENHEAD, BERKS.
Rank: Private
Service Number: TF/265738
Duty Location: India
Campaign Victory Medal and British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion
Commemorated: India Arthur Edward White
First Name: Arthur Edward
Surname: White
Birth Town: Cookham, Berkshire
Resided Town: 43 Portlock Road, Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 27/08/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Becourt Chateau, France Grave Reference: J. 4. Cemetery: LONGUEVAL ROAD CEMETERY (CWGC ref 246379)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 9282
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 8th Battalion George William White
First Name: George William
Surname: White
DOB: Circa 1894
Age: 23
Birth Town: Bray, Bucks
Resided Town: Maidenhead, Berks
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 11/09/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Langemark, Belgium Grave Reference: VIII. B. 25.
Cemetery: CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY (CWGC ref 98247)
Information: Parents: Henry and Emma White, of 21, The Croft, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 28036
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Battalion: 7th Battalion
Jack O. Albert White
First Name: Jack O. Albert.
Surname: White
DOB: Circa 1898
Age: 19
Birth Town: Maidenhead
Resided Town: Maidenhead
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 20/11/1917
Fate: Killed in Action at Peizieres, France Panel Reference: Panel 8. Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL (CWGC ref 1757814)
Information: SON OF MRS. EMILY WHITE, OF 43, PORTLOCK RD., MAIDENHEAD.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 9604
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal Medals: British War Medal
Service: British Army
Regiment:
Battalion:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
5th Battalion Joseph Frederick James Whitehead
First Name: Joseph Frederick James
Initials: J F J
Surname: Whitehead
DOB: Circa 1890
Age: 28
Birth Town: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Resided Town: Houndslow, Middlesex
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/03/1918
Fate: Killed in Action at Arras, France Panel Reference: Bay 1. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL (CWGC ref 776926)
Information: Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Whitehead, of 71, Westborough Rd., Maidenhead, Berks.
Rank: Serjeant
Service Number: 61061
Gallantry Military Medal This Level 3 Gallantry Medal was the other ranks' equivalent to the Military Cross Awards: The military decoration was awarded to Joseph Frederick James Whitehead for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire or for individual or associated acts of bravery.
Duty Location: France And Flanders
Campaign Victory Medal and the British War Medal Medals:
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery