PARISH OF BRAILES WITH WINDERTON, WARWICKSHIRE
ROLL OF HONOUR
Located in St George’s Church Brailes Warwickshire
Only The Fallen have been transcribed.
William Henry CLIFTON. Private 9221, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment killed in action 14 March 1915. Born at Brailes resided at Upper Brailes Warwickshire enlisted at Campden Gloucestershire. Son of Henry and Ellen Clifton nee Bryan
Thomas JEFFS. Private 10/1537 Wellington Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force died 8 August 1915 aged 30. Son of Mrs Matilda Jeffs, of Whichford, Shipston-on-Stour, England. Commemorated on the New Zealand Memorial Chunuk Bair Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Walter ELLIOTT. 2nd Lieutenant 7th Royal Fusiliers died 13 November 1916 aged 29. Son of Augustus and Annie Elliott, of Brailes, Banbury. At rest in Knightsbridge Cemetery Mesnil-Martinsart Somme, France.
Joseph ALEXANDER. Private 9001, 1st Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died 26 August 1916. Born at Brailes resided at Upper Brailes Warwickshire. At rest in North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq
Francis Joseph SPENCER. Private 16013, 7 Wiltshire Regiment formerly Private 14176 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry killed in action 24 April 1917 aged 22 at Salonika. Born at Winderton Warwickshire resided at Oxford. Born 1894 at Shipston on Stour Warwickshire to William and Emma Spencer,nee Harris of Winderton, Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece
George Owen BRADLEY. Driver T3/025010 Army Service Corps killed in action 31 August 1917. Born at Manchester resided at Shipston on Stour Warwickshire. Son of Owen and Louisa Alberta Bradley nee Forrest of Upper Brailes Banbury Warwickshire. At rest in The Huts Cemetery, Belgium.
Charles HEMMINGS. Private G/42821, 4th Middlesex Regiment formerly 2/228183 Mechanical Transport, Royal Army Service Corps killed in action 31 July 1917 aged 28. Born at Brailes and resided at Coventry Warwickshire. Son of Daniel and Mary Ann Hemmings, of Upper Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Albert FAIRBROTHER. Private 9455 ,1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died in the Persian Gulf 16 May 1916. Born Brailes Warwickshire enlisted at Banbury Oxfordshire. In 1911 he was boarding at 69 West Street, Grimsbury , Banbury, Warwickshire home of the Carter Family, His occupation was a labourer. His brother Charles was granted a war gratuity 1 April 1920. At rest in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
Harry WALKER. Private 9787, 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died of wounds 24 September 1914. Son of William and Catherine Walker nee Parker of Smarts Lane Upper Tysoe, Kineton Warwickshire. At rest in City of Parish Cemetery, Bagneux, France.
Jonathan Whing CLAYDON. Private 24306, 11th Royal Warwickshire Regiment killed in action 9 August 1917 aged 20. Son of William and Sophia Claydon, nee Pickering of Upper Brailes, Banbury. At rest in Voormezeele Enclosure No3 Belgium.
Ernest AUSTIN. Private 40190 North Staffordshire Regiment died of wounds 25 October 1917. Born and resided at Brailes, Warwickshire Son of Arthur and Agnes Kate of Brailes, Warwickshire. His father Arthur was granted a war gratuity 14 February 1918 revised 13 November 1919.
William FIELD. Private 86951 1/5th Durham Light Infantry, formerly 71295 Training Reserve. Killed in action 27 May 1918. Born at Brailes Warwickshire
Arthur Charles SPICER. Private 70140, 36 Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly Private 51019 Somerset Light Infantry and 29320 Northampshire Regiment Son of William Albert and Ruth Alice Spicer nee Clifton of Chelmscote, Brailes, Warwickshire. Died 15 April 1919 in a Military Hospital of influenza at Camiers, France. UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 shows his name as Arthur James Spicer which is incorrect. His father William Albert was granted a war gratuity 27 September 1919. At rest at Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France.
Walter BOX. Private 41182, 1st Worcestershire Regiment, formerly 24495 Royal Warwickshire Regiment killed in action 22 November 1917 aged 20. Son of David and Eliza Box, nee Dyer of Upper Brailes, Branbury, Warwickshire, occupation (1911) farm labourer. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
William REASON. Lance Corporal 29517 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers killed in action 3 April 1918. Born at Brailes resided and Banbury Warwickshire. Son of William and Mary A Reason nee Bailey of (1911) Winderton near Brailes Warwickshire occupation, hotel porter and of Hill View, Winderton, Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
For King and Country
