Where possible I have provided a link to the appropriate Commonwealth War Grave details. I also hope to add more about the battles the men fought and fell in. I'm also very grateful to his nephew for a transcript of the war diary of Frederick William Miller 1891-1946
A few names from the Great War are omitted from one or other memorial (see table below). It seems likely that those who were omitted from the church memorial were non-conformists, and those who only appear on it were the sons of James Gardner of Grove Hill Farm and were not actually parish residents.
A: Stone cross in Tingewick cemetery, Water Stratford Road
B: Brass plate below stained glass memorial window in church: "This window was erected to the Glory of God and in loving and grateful memory of the men of this Parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918
FRANK ARIS PERCY JONES WILLIAM T RIDGWAY
EDWARD J DILLOW DANIEL LINFORD ARTHUR SIDE
RICHARD P GARDNER WILLIAM H LUCAS SHUGBOROUGH N STEEDEN CECIL V GARDNER ALFRED J R NEAL ALFRED WARING
HARRY HOLTON WILLIAM J POLLARD CHARLES WORVILL FREDERICK J HOLTON FRANK A RICHARDSON"
photo | Name | Rank Regiment |
Dates | Memorial | CWG cemetery |
William Henry Lucas Killed in action, 19 Dec 1914, Belgium |
Private 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
born 10 Mar 1895, bapt. Aston Abbots, Bucks more here... and at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut Belgium |
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John Roots Killed in action, 21 Aug 1915, Gallipoli |
Serjeant Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
of Rookery Farm, Tingewick more here... and at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Cemetery | Helles Memorial, Turkey | |
Tpr.Alfred Waring Killed in action, 21 Aug 1915, Gallipoli age 38 |
Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
b. abt. 1877 lived with wife at Rectory Lodge, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | Helles Memorial, Turkey | |
Harry Holton Killed in action, 25 Sept 1915, Ypres, Belgium |
Private 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
bapt. 25 Dec 1890, Tingewick more here ... and at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial | |
Joseph Terry Killed in action, 25 Sept 1915, France age 29 |
Private 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
bapt. 8 Aug 1886, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Cemetery | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial | |
James E. Heritage Killed in action, 25 Sept 1915, France |
Private 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders |
25 Sept 1883, Buckingham More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Cemetery | LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France |
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Frank Aris Died of wounds 19th Oct 1915, France |
Private 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
bapt. 14 Apr 1895, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY | |
Charles Worvill 5 Mar 1916, France |
Sergeant "A" Bty. 152nd Brigade. Royal Field Artillery |
born abt. 1880, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER Nord France |
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William Joseph Pollard Killed in action, 26 Jan 1917, France age 25 |
Private 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment |
bapt. 6 Mar 1892, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT Seine-Maritime France |
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Herbert Henry Lucas Killed in action, 26 Mar 1917, Egypt or Palestine age 27 |
Private 2nd/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment |
bapt. 25 May 1890, Tingewick marr. Mabel Louisa Smith More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Cemetery | Jerusalem Memorial, Israel | |
Richard (Percy) Gardner Died of wounds 24 May 1917, France age 32 |
Private 1st/28th Bn. London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) |
born abt. 1885, Broughton, Oxfordshire marr. Edith Mary; cashier of Bromley (Kent) branch of Martin's Bank More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Church | BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY Pas de Calais France |
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Percy Jones Died of wounds 4 June 1917, France |
Corporal 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Croix de Guerre? |
bapt. Feb. 1891, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE | |
Frank Arthur Richardson Died of wounds 7 June 1917, France |
Bombardier "D" Battery. 175th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery |
born abt. 1886, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Nord France |
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Alfred James Randel Neal Died of wounds 18 August 1917, Eastbourne age 19 |
Private "B" Coy. 11th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
bapt. Oct 1898 at Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY | |
William Thomas Ridgway Killed in action 02 December 1917, Belgium age 22 |
Second Lieutenant 11th Bn. Border Regiment |
bapt. Aug. 1895, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | TYNE COT MEMORIAL | |
Arthur Side 15 Aug 1918, France |
Private 62nd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps |
More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | NEUF-BRISACH COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Haut-Rhin France (P.O.W. cemetery) |
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Frederick J. Holton Killed in action 30 Aug 1918, nr. Arras, France |
Gunner "L" Anti-Aircraft Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery |
bapt. 18 Aug 1895, Tingewick more here... and at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE Pas de Calais France |
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Cecil V. Gardner DFC 30 Sept 1918, France |
Captain 19th Squadron. Royal Air Force |
born abt. 1889, Broughton, Oxon More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Church | GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais France |
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Walter George Aris Died of wounds, 10 Oct 1918, France |
Sergeant 11th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
bapt 7 Aug 1898 at Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Cemetery | BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL France |
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Edward J. Dillow 14 Oct 1918, Belgium |
Sapper 255th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers |
b. 1882/1884, Thornborough marr. 1908, Tingewick to Annie Wood More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen Belgium |
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Daniel Linford or Holton died of TB in Leicestershire in June 1918 (death info kindly contributed by June Underwood of Buckinghamshire Remembers) |
Sergeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 5th Battalion |
born 1875/76, Tingewick or Finmere Son of Elizabeth Holton More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | CWGC United Kingdom Book of Remembrance | |
Shugborough N. Steeden Died of influenza / pneumonia 12 Nov. 1918 at Tingewick after being discharged from the army. (death info kindly contributed by June Underwood of Buckinghamshire Remembers) |
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry | bapt. May 1890, Tingewick More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Both | Discharged due to injuries but not the cause of death so not on CWGC |
Photo | Name | Rank Regiment |
Dates | Tingewick connection | CWGC Memorial |
Image from Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Archie Coles 28 March 1916, France |
Private 2947, 1st/1st Bucks Bn., Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
born abt 1892, Simpson, Buckinghamshire | son of Benjamin Coles (b. 1866 at Tingewick) | HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY |
Percy Richard William Rockall 11 Sept 1916, Somme, France age 24 |
Gunner "B" Bty. 77th Bde. Royal Field Artillery |
b. 1883, Islington | grandson of Rebecca Steeden (b. 1839, Tingewick) | COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION | |
Arthur George Allen 3 January 1917, France |
Rifleman 15857, 3rd Bn, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
born 1885, Sidcup, Kent | son of Benjamin Allen (b. 1845 at Tingewick) | ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY | |
Louis Melworth Terry 13 Oct 1917 Ypres |
Private 40th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F |
b. 3 Oct 1894, Longford, Tasmania | grandson of Richard Terry (b. 1823, Tingewick) | YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL | |
Walter Robert Victor Kneller 29 Oct 1917, Turkey (P.O.W.) age 20 |
Private 6th Bn. Essex Regiment |
b. 23 Dec 1896 |
son of Mary Ann Clifford, grandson of Emma Lucas (b. 1837, Tingewick) | Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery | |
Fred Moss 9 Apr 1918 Grenay, France |
Rifleman 1st/5th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
b. 1896, Droylesden, Lancashire | son of John Moss (bp. 1873, Tingewick) | LOOS MEMORIAL | |
Frederick Robert George Rockall 30 Aug 1918France age 35 |
Private 11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers |
b. 1892, Islington | grandson of Rebecca Steeden (b. 1839, Tingewick) | COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION | |
James Gallagher 10 Oct 1918 France age 19 |
Private 1st/5th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment |
b. 1899, Droylesden, Lancashire | son of Mary Jane Moss (b. 1869, Tingewick) | VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL |
Photo | Name | Rank, Regiment | Dates | Details |
William Barnes served in France |
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | born Jan/Mar 1885 in Tingewick died Dec 1966 at Brackley |
more ... |
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John Lambourn (Jack) Cox of Preston Bissett | served in Egypt | born 1893 died 1948 |
more ... | |
Robert Leonard Holton | 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment | born Nov 1898 died 1944 |
more ... | |
Frederick William Miller | 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | bp. 1891 in Tingewick died 1946, buried Newton Purcell |
married Tingewick postmistress, suffered from the effects of gas ... more (including war diary)... | |
Thomas Ridgway | bp. 1888 at Tingewick | Gave his occupation as "ex-soldier" when he married Elizabeth Ann Collingridge on 4th Nov. 1918 in Tingewick | ||
Reginald George Benjamin Steeden | private in the Gloucestershire regiment, (Reg no 18422) and then in Labour Corp (Reg no. 378263) | b. 1884 at Tingewick died 1963 |
more ... | |
Norman (Nelson) Wimbush | b. 1880 in Birmingham died 1965 |
very badly facially wounded - rebuilt by some of the earliest plastic surgery |
Information on other Buckinghamshire war memorials and soldiers can be found at the Buckinghamshire Remembers website