Research Into the 133 Men Fallen in World War I from the Parish of All
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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