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15-9-2022

RAMSBURY

Stone cross in village at one entrance to churchyard by village hall. (C's & Gs very similar and may be mistakes below)

Front face of plinth.

Remember the men of Ramsbury who died in the Great Wars True love by life, true love by death, is tried. Live thou for England these for England died.

Right side face of plinth.

(WW2 names)

Back face of plinth.

Alder S.J.
Barnard S.J.
Barnard H.W.
Bence A.H.
Brown T.J.
Bull P.G.
Cannings V.J.
Chidsey E.A.C.
Clifford S.
Dobson W.J.
Dobson A.J.
Duck F.J.
Dyer O.

Eatwell J.
Edwards A.
Fuller C.W.
Giddings J.T.
Goater W.
Gregory F.R.
Hendy G.
Hills W.F.W.
Hills C.H.
Hobbs H.G.
Hobbs S.
Hunter H.
Kimmer S.

Liddiard F.
Lewington W.
Lock J.
Luker A.
Martin G.
Mildenhall C.
Mildenhall H.
Mildenhall T.
Mildenhall W.
Moon R.J.
Newman D.
Newman J.
North E.W.

Left side face of plinth.

Orchard H.
Peck C.
Pickett F.
Pickett R.G.
Pickett W.J.
Pike E.
Sims A.A.
Smith A.
Smith G.
Smith H.
Smith L.
Stroud W.
Talmage H.A.

Talmage W.
Taylor R.
Tilley T.G.
Trimnell T.
Vokins B.
Vokins W.
Vokins W.Mc.A.
Westall G.
Westall J.
Westall T.A.
Westall T.H.
Woolford W.S.
Wootton T.

Stone cube on left side of stone cross in village at one entrance to churchyard by village hall. (These are names added recently.)

Aldous W.
Appleford I.
Britton A.E.
Brown W.J.
Clarke L.
Chamberlain F.C.
Dobson R.W.
Edwards T.
Westall W.E.
Meyrick E.

Bronze plaque on wall in Holy Cross Church. (C's & Gs very similar and may be mistakes below)

To the Glory of God and in memory of those of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

Alder S.J.
Barnard S.J.
Barnard H.W.
Bence A.H.
Brown T.J.
Bull P.G.
Cannings V.J.
Chidsey E.A.C.
Clifford S.
Dobson W.J.
Dobson A.J.
Duck F.J.
Dyer O.
Eatwell J.
Edwards A.
Fuller C.W.
Giddings J.T.
Goater W.
Gregory F.R.
Hendy G.
Hills W.F.W.
Hills C.H.
Hobbs H.G.
Hobbs S.
Hunter H.
Kimmer S.
Lewington W.
Liddiard F.
Lock J.
Luker A.
Martin G.
Mildenhall H.
Mildenhall W.

Mildenhall T.
Mildenhall C.
Moon R.J.
Newman D.
Newman J.
North E.W.
Orchard H.
Peck C.
Pickett R.G.
Pickett W.J.
Pickett F.
Pike E.
Sims A.A.
Smith H.
Smith L.
Smith A.
Smith G.
Stroud W.
Talmage H.A.
Talmage W.
Taylor R.
Tilley T.G.
Trimnell T.
Vokins B.
Vokins W.
Vokins W.Mc.A.
Westall G.
Westall T.A.
Westall J.
Westall T.H.
Woolford W.S.
Wootton T.

Modern typed list with those died marked with a black cross in pen on notice board in Holy Cross Church (5 sheets of paper).

Sheet 1.

Killed in action X

Surname
XAlder
Alder
Andrew
Ashton
Ashley
Bailey
Bailey
XBarnard H.W.
XBarnard S.J.
Barnard
Barnes
Bence
XBence
Berryman
Breed
Beach
Braxton
Brown
XBrown
Brown
Bull
Bull
Bull
XBull
Burdett
Burman
Burton
Bush
Butler
Cannings
Cannings
Cannings
Cannings

inital/names
Stephen John
G
E
J
G P
E C
W
Herbert
Sidney Joseph
Hubert William
E
W A
Herbert Augustus

M
E
C
D G
Thomas John
W J
C
W
J
Philip George
Sir F
E St G
R G
H
E
M M
T
G
V J

Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Chamberlain
XChidsey
Chivers
Claridge
Clements
XClifford
Cook
Coster
Cox
Cox
Day
Day
Day
Day
Denton
Denton
Dixon
Dixon
Dixon
Dixon
Dobson
XDobson
XDobson
Dobson
XDobson
Dobson
XDuck
XDyer
Eaton
Eaton
Eatwell

R G
F
Felix Charles
S A
Edward albert
G W
J
F
Sparke Evans
S
W
J
H
N
W
C W
G
H
W
R
E
F L
J
C
Reginald William
Arthur James
A E
William John
F W
Frederick John
Oliver
C E
G A
G

Eatwell
XEdwards
XEdwards
Edwards
Edwards
Evill
Evill
Fowler
Fowler
Fox
Fox
Fox
Fox
Franklin
Franklin
XFuller
Giddings
Giddings
Giddings
XGiddings
Giddings
XGoater
Goddard
Goddard
Goddard
Gould
XGregory
Gregory
Genaway
Groves
Groves
Harris
Harris
Harrison

C
Arthur
Aust
G H
S
A W P
S
G
L
J
G
W
H
W J
A J
Charle William
A
E F
G
Joseph Thomas
W
Walter
H
B
A
H C
Richard Frank
F W
Charles
R
E
E J
C M
A

Sheet 2.

WW1 Commemoration

The Parish Council and the British Legion are looking for information on the 335 men from Ramsbury who went to the Great War 1914-18. Their names are listed below. any Information relating to those names, from descendents ro friends of their families, would be much appreciated and photographs would be extremely welcome. An exhibition is planned for 2nd August 1914 and all information would be gratefully received. Please contact firstworldwar@ramsbury.org or telephone Ramsbury & ASxford Parish Council on 520045.

Sheet 3.

Hatton
Hayes
Hayes
Hendy
XHendy
Hendy
Hendy
Hills
XHills
XHills
XHobbs
XHobbs
Howard
Howard
Howard
Hunter
XHunter
Hunter
Jenkins
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Jones
Jones
Kimber
Kimber
Kimber
XKimmer
Lane
Lane
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lewington
Lewington


F
G
A
George
R
W
E H. CMG FRS
William Frederick W
Charles Herbert
Sidney
Herman George
F C
R
W G
W J
Henry
E J
R W B
T
F
C W
W
F
J
E W
R
Sidney
C
W
D
W E
H O
R L

XLewington
Lewington
Liddiard
XLiddiard
Liddiard
Liddiard
XLock
Lockey
Lockey
Lockey
Luker
XLooker
Luker
Maisey
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin
XMartin
XMildenhall
Mildenhall
XMildenhall
Mildenhall
XMildenhall
Mildenhall
XMildenhall
XMildenhall
Moon
Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman

William
F J
W
Frederick George
Frank
Ed
John
A
D
G
A
Alfred
F
G
E
F
A
Eth
Gifford W
Henry
W C
William
S
Thomas
A
Charles William
Charles William
Robert John
C
W G
A
T
H C
S

Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman
Newman
XNewman
Newman
XNewman
XNewman
Newton
North
North
XOrchard
Orchard
Orchard
Orchard
Parsons
Pearce
Peck
XPeck
Perryman
Phillips
Phillips
Phillips
Pickett
XPickett
Pickett
XPickett
Pickett
XPickett
Pickett
Pike

C
O

W S
G
E E
F
William John
H J
Daniel
E W
C
Ernest William
T
Henry
E
T
A J
J
H G
T
Charley
S G
F
B
G
F
Reginald George
H W
William Jacob
W G
Frank
E
T

Sheet 4.

Pike
Pike
XPike
Pike
Pinniger
Pinniger
Pinnell
Pinnell
Pinnell
Ponting
Pope
Pope
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Ramsey
Reeve
Robbins
Roberts
Robinson
Rosier
Rushen
Rushen
Rushen
Rushen
Rushen
XSimms
Simms
Simms
Smith
Smith
Smith

A J
A
Ernest
C P
J B
W H
B
J
W
G
A H
W M
F
W
F
E
W C
F
D
C
H
J W
L J
B
A R
F C
S
H
Albert
J L
J W
F
S J
W

Smith
Smith
Smith
XSmith
XSmith
XSmith
Smith
Smith
XSmith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Smith
Spackman
Spackman
Spackman
Spackman
Spackman
Spackman
Spackman
Scapelhorne
Scapelhorne
Stokes
XStroud
Talmage
XTalmage
Talmage
Talmage
XTalmage
XTaylor

F
C
F
George
Harry
Louis
S
P
Arthur
S
Sam
Geo
A G
H F
J
W
R
W
J
F
A
Alec
H
H J
G
H
E
William
A
Herbert Allen
J
A
William
Robert

Taylor
XTilley
Treble
XTrimnell
Trimnell
XVokins
XVokins
Vokins
XVokins
Vokins
Vokins
Vockins
Waldron
Waldron
Wall
Watkins
Watts
Watts
Watts
Watts
Watts
XWatts
Watts
Watts
Watts
Westall
XWestall
Westall
Westall
Westall
Westall
Westall
Westall
Westall

J
Thomas George
F W
Thomas
N F
William McArthur
Wesley
A E
Bernard
R
G
C
R S
A
T
W
F
C
Chas
F
T
George Richard B
T
P
Hor
C W
George
E
Thomas Archie
L
F
L
William Edward
P

Sheet 5.

Westall
Westall
XWestall
XWestall
Western
White
White
White
Whiting
Widger
Williams
Wilson
Winchcombe
Winchcombe
Woolford
xWoolford
Woolford
Wootton
Wootton
XWootton
Wootton
Yates

C T
F
John
Henry Thomas
W
A
F
P
J
J
R H
E
C
C C
G
William Stanley
E
F
J
Thomas William
W
W

Private grave in Holy Cross Churchyard.

In loving memory of William Vokins, A kind husband and father who passed peacefully away May 7th 1923. Age 68. --*-- Also of Three Dear Sons who fell in France, William. 78th Battn. Canadians Passchendaele,Oct.30.1917 Wesley. Royal I. Fusiliers Missing, Mar.21. 1918. Bernard. R.A.M.C. died of wounds Boulogne, Mar.31. 1918. --*-- And love lives on, and hath a power to bless, when they who love are hidden in the grave. --*-- Also their Mother Mary Ellen Vokins, Reunited June 18th 1931. Aged 76 Years. Also Gordon Vokins, husband of Ada Vokins, Died 11th March 1950, Aged 64 Years.

Stone plaque on outside of village hall.

Ramsbury Memorial Hall Erected in grateful memory of the men of the parish who fell during the First World War. We will remember them.