War Memorial - Carterton, Oxfordshire, England

Reginald William Christie Anderson
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private S4/070893 abt. 1876 13 April 1915 39 "A" Coy. Army Service Corps Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, UK Son of Robert and Isabella Margaret Anderson, husband of Edith Elizabeth Anderson, nee Pearse. Born at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Anderson, Reginald William Christie, Private, No. S4/070893, Army Service Corps, son of Robert Anderson, of Fraserburgh, co. Aberdeen, Solicitor; born Fraserburgh, 09 November 1875; educated Blair Lodge School, Polmont; enlisted 18 March 1915 and died of pneumonia in the Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, while going through his course of training. He married at Alvescot, co. Oxford, 09 November 1901, Edith Elizabeth (The Warren, Carterton, Clanfield, S. O., Oxfordshire) only daughter of the late John Pearse, Fleet Engineer, Royal Navy, and left two sons: Robert Pearse, born 20 February 1905, and John Christie, born 03 December 1908.

Scotland Census 1881 about Reginald W. C. Anderson and family Residence: Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Isabella M. Anderson Herbert J. Anderson Reginald W. C. Anderson Elizabeth Webster Eliza Beattie Barbara Abel	Wife Son Son Cook Housemaid Nurse	Married Single Single Single Single Single	41 9 5 28 23 21	abt. 1840 abt. 1872 abt. 1876 abt. 1853 abt. 1858 abt. 1860	Peterhead, Aberdeenshire Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire Old Deer, Aberdeenshire Old Rain, Aberdeenshire Skene, Aberdeenshire

England Census 1911 about Reginald William Christie Anderson and family Residence: The Warren, Cull Brook Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Reginald William Christie Anderson Edith Elizabeth Anderson Robert Pearse Anderson John Christie Anderson Emily Adeline Anderson John Pearse Elizabeth Jane Pearse Mary Blanche Bullock	Head Wife Son Son Sister Father-in-Law Mother-in-Law Servant	Married Married Single Single Single Married Married Single	35 43 6 2 44 83 77 19	abt. 1876 abt. 1868 abt. 1905 abt. 1909 abt. 1867 abt. 1828 abt. 1834 abt. 1892	Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire Weymouth, Dorset Little Coxwell, Berkshire Blackbourton, Oxfordshire Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire Devonport, Devon Stonehouse, Devon Alvescot, Oxfordshire

Thomas Henry Chamberlain
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Able Seaman abt. 1858 27 May 1917 59 Mercantile Marine, S. S. "Ancona" (London) Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK Son of Harriett Chamberlain and the late Thomas Chamberlain, nee Smith, husband of Mary Chamberlain, nee Hoe, of Carterton, Clanfield, Oxfordshire. Born at Dudley.

The "Toronto Telegram" reported in August 1917 following:
FATHER LOST AT SEA
Thos. Chamberlain, formerly of Woodbine Ave., Has Two Sons in C. E. F.
That her father, Seaman Thomas Chamberlain, had lost his life at sea was the word received by Mrs. J. Grath, 211 Booth avenue, in a letter from her mother in England. He was killed or drowned with all of his crew, when a steamer carrying munitions to France was mined or torpedoed in the Channel in May last. Just two weeks before another ship he was on was torpedoed, but the crew saved. He had been in the Royal navy for 18 years and came to Canada ten years ago, and had lived at 79 Woodbine avenue. On the outbreak of war the family returned to England with the five younger children. Mr. Chamberlain was 59 years of age.
Two sons, Thomas "Jack" Chamberlain and Arnold Chamberlain, enlisted in Toronto battalions and are overseas. Fred Chamberlain is farming at Stouffville and two other sisters are Mrs. Lord and Mrs. Wilson, Toronto.

England Census 1871 about Thomas Chamberlain and family Residence: 11, Thomas Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Chamberlain Harriett Chamberlain Thomas Chamberlain Harriet T. Chamberlain William Francis Chamberlain Mary Jane Chamberlain Frederick William Chamberlain	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	38 40 13 11 8 5 3	abt. 1833 abt. 1831 abt. 1858 abt. 1860 abt. 1863 abt. 1866 abt. 1868	Huddesford, Staffordshire Whittington, Staffordshire Dudley, Worcestershire Dudley, Worcestershire Crewe, Cheshire Tipton, Staffordshire Burton on Trent

England Census 1901 about Thomas Chamberlain and family Residence: 76, Beech Lane, Stretton near Brewood, Staffordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Chamberlain Mary Chamberlain Thomas Chamberlain Arnold Chamberlain Frederick Chamberlain Dora Chamberlain Dorothy Chamberlain Mary Chamberlain	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	43 34 13 12 10 8 7 4	abt. 1858 abt. 1867 abt. 1888 abt. 1889 abt. 1891 abt. 1893 abt. 1894 abt. 1897	Dudley, Worcestershire Burton, Staffordshire Burton, Staffordshire Burton, Staffordshire Burton, Staffordshire Stretton, Staffordshire Stretton, Staffordshire Stretton, Staffordshire

James Collard (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 30181 abt. 1875 26 April 1918 43 13th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of Isaac and Ann Collard, nee Hagley, of Sunnyside Terrace, Cadeleigh, Tiverton, Devon. Husband of Maria Collard, nee Blake.

Alfred James Gibson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 23726 abt. 1887 30 January 1918 31 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment Whalley (Queen Mary's Hospital) Military Cemetery, Lancashire, UK Son of John William and Mercy Jane Gibson, nee Pope.

England Census 1891 about Alfred J. Gibson and family Residence: Swan Lane, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Richard Pope Elizabeth Pope Alice Pope Richard W. Gibson Alfred J. Gibson	Head Wife Daughter Grandson Grandson	Married Married Single Single Single	71 40 41 5 4	abt. 1820 abt. 1851 abt. 1850 abt. 1886 abt. 1887	Sussex, England Sussex, England Hailsham, Sussex Sussex, England Balham, Surrey
Remark: Richard Pope was married to Barbara Harris in 1846. She died in 1868.

1911 England Census:
Alfred James Gibson was a boarder at a Watts family in Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England and worked as a gardener nursery man. He was born in Balham, London, England abt. 1887.

R. B. Gee (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 2539 10 December 1916 1st/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France

Percy Albert Harris (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 15864 abt. 1893, New Lakenham, Norfolk 24 August 1915 22 7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium Son of Albert George and Sarah Ann Harris, nee Walker, of 30, Lindley Street, Lakenham, Norwich.

Probably: England Census 1901 about Percy A. Harris and family Residence: 30, Lindley Street, Lakenham, Norfolk, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Albert G. Harris Sarah A. Harris Percy A. Harris Florence R. Harris Ethel E. Harris Emily Harris	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Mother	Married Married Single Single Single Widowed	38 28 7 7 4 61	abt. 1863 abt. 1873 abt. 1894 abt. 1894 abt. 1897 abt. 1840	Norwich, Thorpe, Norfolk Rushmere, Suffolk Norwich, Norfolk Norwich, Norfolk Norwich, Norfolk Poringland, Norfolk

Albert William Rose
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 105103 abt. 1896 22 June 1917 21 4th Sqdn. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, France Son of Thomas and Martha Jane Rose, nee Carr, of Carterton, Clanfield, Oxfordshuire.

England Census 1911 about Albert William Rose and family Residence: Bushy Ground, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Rose Martha Jane Rose Albert William Rose Arthur Rose Archie Rose Ada Rose Albury Rose	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	38 40 14 11 9 7 6	abt. 1873 abt. 1871 abt. 1897 abt. 1900 abt. 1902 abt. 1904 abt. 1905	Haddenham, Buckinghamshire March Baldon, Oxfordshire Haddenham, Buckinghamshire Haddenham, Buckinghamshire Haddenham, Buckinghamshire March Baldon, Oxfordshire March Baldon, Oxfordshire

Charles White (CWGC: Charles Whyte)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 7623 abt. 1882 19 August 1917 35 15th Bn. Cheshire Regiment Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Whyte, husband of Hannah Whyte, of The Post Office, Rhosnessney, Wrexham. Born at Burford near Witney, Oxfordshire.

England Census 1891 about Leonard C. White and family Residence: Upton, Burford, Oxfordshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas White Mary A. White Edward T. White George H. White Leonard C. White	Head Wife Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	41 48 16 12 9	abt. 1850 abt. 1843 abt. 1875 abt. 1879 abt. 1882	Slimbridge, Gloucestershire Taynton, Oxfordshire Slimbridge, Gloucestershire Taynton, Oxfordshire Westwell, Oxfordshire

England Census 1901 about Lionel C. White and family Residence: 14, Victor Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Lionel C. White Beatrice E. White Frederick T. White	Head Wife Son	Married Married Single	21 23 1 mo.	abt. 1880 abt. 1878 abt. 1901	Westwell, Oxfordshire Birmingham, Warwickshire Birmingham, Warwickshire

Wales Census 1901 about Lionel Charles Whyte and family Residence: 2, King Street, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Lionel Charles Whyte Hannah Whyte	Head Wife	Married Married	29 24	abt. 1882 abt. 1887	Westwell, Oxfordshire Wrexham, Denbighshire

Francis Aloysius Connolly
© Ralph the Cemetery Guy	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Pilot Officer 40676 abt. 1915 19 December 1939 24 70 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Cairo New British Protestant Cemetery, Egypt Son of John and Anne Connolly, of Carterton, Oxfordshire. Flew into the ground in a turn during air-to-ground firing practice at the Helwan Ranges, Egypt.

Wills and Administrations, 1941
Connolly, Francis Aloysius, of The Lodge, Carterton, Oxfordshire, died 19 December 1939 on war service.
Probate Oxford 15 March to Mary Josephine Connolly and Catherine Mary Connolly, spinsters. Effects £724 6s. 2d.

Harry Smith
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 6214940 abt. 1920 05 July 1944 24 72 Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy Son of Nellie Smith, of Carterton, Oxfordshire.

The birth of Harry Smith was registered in Witney, Oxfordshire, England during the third quarter of 1920.

Probably:
The marriage of Harry Smith to Joyce I. Ranger was registered in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England during the first quarter of 1943.

James William Humphries
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1318034 abt. 1922 08 January 1943 21 467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK Son of Archer William and Mary Ellen Humphries, nee Jordan, of Carterton, Oxfordshire. Lost without trace during a raid on Duisburg.

The birth of James William Humphries was registered in Witney, Oxfordshire, England during the second quarter of 1921.

Ian Murray Ross
© Penny Green	© Wouter van Dijken	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1273637 abt. 1923 13 June 1944 21 166 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Epe General Cemetery, Netherlands Son of Elister and Winnifred Ross, nee Sedgwick, husband of Marjorie Ross, nee James, of McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada. Shot down by a night fighter near Tongeren, 2 miles west of Epe, during a raid on the Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant at Gelsenkirchen.

The birth of Ian Murray Ross was registered in South Stoneham, Hampshire, England during the first quarter of 1923. He was married to Marjorie Irene James in McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada on 04 September 1943.

Leslie Victor Newman Trinder
© Sharon Trinder	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper 2018428 04 April 1920, Shilton, Oxfordshire 26 October 1942 22 572 Army Field Coy. Royal Engineers Alamein Memorial, Egypt Son of George William and Rose Trinder, nee Newman. Husband of Winifred Violet Trinder, nee Tanner, of Southampton.

The marriage of Leslie Victor Newman Trinder to Winifred V. Tanner was registered in Witney, Oxfordshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1940.

John Reginald Banwell
© Vetteheadracer	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 812979 abt. 1913 20 July 1944 31 1st Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment Ranville War Cemetery, France Son of Charles and Florence Banwell, nee Arthur, of Carterton, Oxfordshire, husband of Dorothy May Banwell, nee Poultney.

John Reginald Banwell was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales on 25 May 1913. He resided with his mother and his brothers John H. and Malcolm D. B. at Finchley Lane in Hendon, Middlesex, England in 1939. His marriage to Dorothy M. Poultney was registered in Witney, Oxfordshire, England during the third quarter of 1940.

John Bryan Watson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Leading Airman FAA/JX. 394477 05 January 1924, Carterton, Oxfordshire 19 July 1944 20 Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Landrail" Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, UK Son of John Lancashire Watson and Elsie Watson, nee Cook. Dived into the sea 5 miles east of Campbeltown, Argyll during an ASW exercise with Royal Navy submarines.

The birth of John Bryan Watson was registered in Witney, Oxfordshire, England during the first quarter of 1924.

Wills and Administrations, 1945
Watson, John Bryan, of Burford-road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, died 19 July 1944 on war service.
Administration Oxford 13 April to John Lancashire Watson, government official. Effects £167 13s. 5d.

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