Tingewick soldiers
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 columns A and B in table below). It seems likely that those who were omitted from the church memorial were non-conformists.
Commemorated on the two Tingewick war memorialsA: Stone cross in Tingewick cemetery, Water Stratford Road | Other Tingewick descendants who died |
Those who survived |
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Aris, Frank Aris, Walter George Dillow, Edward J. Gardner, Cecil V. Gardner, Richard (Percy) Heritage, James E. Holton, Frederick J. Holton, Harry Jones, Percy Linford, Daniel Lucas, Herbert Henry Lucas, William Henry Neal, Alfred James Randel Pollard, William Joseph Richardson, Frank Arthur Ridgway, William Thomas Roots,John Side, Arthur Steeden, Shugborough Newitt Terry, Joseph Waring, Alfred Worvill, Charles |
Coles, Archie Gallagher, James Kneller, Walter Robert Victor Moss, Fred Rockall, Frederick Robert George Rockall, Percy Richard William Terry, Louis Melworth |
Cox, John Lambourn (Jack) Holton, Robert Leonard Miller, Frederick William Ridgway, Thomas Wimbush, Norman (Nelson) |
| photo | Name | Rank Regiment |
Dates | Cemetery | Church | CWG cemetery |
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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 |
Y | Y | PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut Belgium |
| John Roots Killed in action, 21 Aug 1915, Gallipoli |
Serjeant Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
of Rookery Farm, Tingewick more here... and at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Y | N | 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 |
Y | Y | Helles Memorial, Turkey | |
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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 |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | N | 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 |
Y | N | **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 |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | N | 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 |
N | Y | 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 |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | Y | EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY | |
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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 |
Y | Y | TYNE COT MEMORIAL |
| Arthur Side 15 Aug 1918, France |
Private 62nd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps |
More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Y | Y | 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 |
Y | Y | BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE Pas de Calais France |
| Cecil V. Gardner DFC 30 Sept 1918, France |
Captain 19th Squadron. Royal Air Force |
born abt. 1889, Broughton, Oxon More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
N | Y | 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 |
Y | N | 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 |
Y | Y | DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen Belgium |
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| Daniel Linford |
Sergeant | born 1875/76, Tingewick or Finmere More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
N | Y | not found | |
| Shugborough N. Steeden |
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry | bapt. May 1890, Tingewick Died from wounds 12 Nov. 1918 at Tingewick after being discharged from the army. More at Buckinghamshire Remembers |
Y | Y | Discharged due to injuries so not on CWGC |
Other Tingewick descendants who died
| Photo | Name | Rank Regiment |
Dates | Tingewick connection | CWGC Memorial |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Those who survived
| Photo | Name | Rank, Regiment | Dates | Details |
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John Lambourn (Jack) Cox of Preston Bissett | served in Egypt | 1893-1948 | more ... |
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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 | Gave his occupation as "ex-soldier" when he married Elizabeth Ann Collingridge on 4th Nov. 1918 in Tingewick | |||
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Norman (Nelson) Wimbush | 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
World War 2
