BIBURY – WAR MEMORIAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE ENGLAND
Located within the parish church St Mary, Bibury
Sacred to the memory of the men of this parish who fell in the Great War
BARNES William James L/Cpl 13103, 1st Worcestershire Regt died 25/9/1915 age 20. Son of Ernest and Sarah of Aldsworth, Glos. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
BAYLISS Blagdon Jesse Pte 10836, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers died 30/10/1914. Son of Jesse and Elizabeth of Arlington Row, Bibury. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
BEDWELL Thomas Cpl, 4669, 7th Gloucestershire Regt died of wounds on Friday 21/4/1916 at Mesopotamia. Buried at Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, XXII.C.9
BRASINGTON Leonard Alfred Wireless Operator, Mercantile Marine on SS Trinidad (London) died 22/3/1918 age 17. Son of Randolph and Sarah Fanny of 11 Bibury. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, Trinity Square, London
BOWLES William Charles Pte 1960, 1st Gloucestershire Regt, killed in action on Saturday 30/1/1915. Born at Toynton, Oxfordshire. Buried at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France I.K.21
COOPER Douglas Burrard Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy on loan to the Australian Navy on board H.M.A.S Melbourne, Royal Australian Navy died, 28/5/1915 age 27. Son of R.B Cooper of Bilnery Court, Fairford, Glos and husband of Adelaide Joan Schneid Cooper. Buried at Bermuda Royal Navy Cemetery, Grave 221
DAY Albert Victor Pte 15825, 2nd Grenadier Guards died 26/10/1914 age 20. Son of William and Eliza of The Club House, Golf Links, Cirencester. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
DAY William Pte 161 85 1st Grenadier Guards died 23/3/1915. Commemorated on the Le-Touret Memorial, France
FIELD Walter Saddler, 11855, D Bty, 130th Bde, Royal Field Artillery died 22/12/1918 age 25. Son of Mrs Fanny Iles of Bibury. Buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Grave 590
GOODALL Allan Edward L/Cpl 23791, 1st Gloucestershire Regt, killed in action on Thursday 4/5/1916. Buried at St Patrick,s Cemetery, Loos, France III.B.13
HAWKINS Arthur Thomas Pte 892131, 8th Canadian Inf, Manitoba Regt, died 10/11/1917 age 35. Son of Arthur and Ann of Albington, Bidbury. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
ILES William Pte 24728, 12th Gloucestershire Regt, killed in action on Friday 5/10/1917 age 41. Son of the late Henry and Martha Iles, husband of Kate of Blenheim Cottages, Winson, Fairford, Glos. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. [This memorial have his name as Walter. No Walter listed with the GWGC and the “Soldiers of Gloucestershire]
JEROME Jesse Pte, PLY/2112(S) 2nd Marine Light Infantry, Royal Navy Division died 23/3/1918. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
PAISH Harry Poulson Pte 13096, 8th Gloucestershire Regt died of wounds on Monday 3/6/1918. Buried at Bouilly Cross Roads Military Cemetery, France. I.F.18
PEARCE William Pte 31387, 2/5th Gloucestershire Regt killed in action on Wednesday 5/12/1917, age 18. Son of Charles and Emily of Arlington, Bibury. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
PRITCHETT Hector Cecil Pte 29161, 3rd Grenadier Guards, reported missing in action at Cambrai 27 November 1917 age 19. Son of George Edward and Emily Priscilla of Arlington, near Bibury. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France
RICHENS Wilfred Pte 22610, 2nd Wiltshire Regt, died 29/12/1916 age 18. Son of John and Sarah Ann of Bibury Buried in the churchyard extension of St Mary, Bibury grave 20
SHEPPARD Henry George Pte 5083, 1/5th Gloucestershire Regt, died of wounds on Sunday 27/8/1916 age 25. Son of James and Mary of Bibury. Buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, France, III.F.6
SIMS Arthur William Pte 240470, C Coy, 1/5th Gloucestershire Regt died on Friday 21/7/1916 age 21. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Sims of Castlemaine Villa, Ashford Road, Cheltenham, Glos. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme
SMITH John Jefferies Pte 24759, 14th Worcestershire Regt died 25/3/1918 age 24. Adopted son of Richard and Elizabeth Smith. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
THORN George Pte 210912, 58th Canadian Inf, Central Ontario Regt, died 19/12/1916 age 32. Son of John and Vera of Bibury. Buried at Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St, Eloi, France IV.A.1
WEAVER John Henry Pte 10295, C Coy, 2nd Gloucestershire Regt, killed in action on Thursday 7/12/1916 age 22 at Salonicia. Son of Thomas and Dinah of Coln St Aldwyn’s, Fairford, Glos. Born at Barnsley, Glos. Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece
WITTS Harold Pte 44838, 8th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry attached to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 20/9/1919. Commemorated on the Haidar Pasha Memorial, Turkey
SPENCER Charles Gunner 11857, A.Bty, 73rd Bde, Royal Field Artillery died 1/9/1916. buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France III.L.I For us they died
The World War FIENNES Ingelram Sir RANULPH, D.S.O Lieutenant Colonel 26041 Royal Armoured Corps, Cdg. Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) Died 24/11/1943, age 41 Son of Lt.-Col. the Hon. Sir Eustace Fiennes, 1st Bt., J.P., and Lady Fiennes, O.B.E., of Sunningdale Rise, Berkshire; husband of Lady Audrey Joan Fiennes, of Park Lane, London. A.D.C. to Governor General of Canada, 1930. Also served in the Royal Flying Corps. Buried in Naples War Cemetery, Italy II.J.10
LEESON Stanley Aircraftman 1st Class 1832216, Royal Air Force died 23/1/1945 age 43. Son of Harry and fanny, husband of Irene M. of Brixham, Devon Buried in the Buried at St Mary, Churchyard Extension Bibury, Grave 215
RACHAEL Cedric Garnet Pte 5186024, 5th Gloucestershire Regt, died, 22/5/1940 age 25. Buried Bourghelles Communal Cemetery, France. Grave 8
SAUNDERS Cyril Frederick Cpl 5177515, 1st Gloucestershire Regt died 30/3/1942 age 36. Son of Fred and Elizabeth Saunders of Arlington, Glos. Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma
SMITH Leslie Alfred Leading Aircraftman 701196 Royal Air Force, of R.A.F. Station, Brize Norton, Wilts. Born 15/7/1918, died 30/6/1941. Son of John and Lily of Bidbury. Buried in the St Mary Church Cemetery, Bibury, Grave 185