ODDINGTON (Upper) WAR MEMORIAL
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Compiled with addition information by kind permission of the
Commonwealth War Graves commission
Located inside the parish church of St Nicholas
To the glory of God and in honoured memory of the men of this parish who fell in the Great War
1914-1918
BARRETT William Arthur Rifleman Z/1416, 4th Rifle Brigade died 14/5/1915. Son of Laura Smith, formerly Barrett. Stepson of William H Smith of Oddington. Born in Oddington 1888. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
BARTLETT Alfred Gunner 14461, 4th B Reserve, Royal Field Artillery. Son of George and Elizabeth of Oddington, husband of Charlotte Lavinia of Upper Oddington. Buried in St Nicholas Churchyard, Oddington.
BARTLETT Arthur L/Cpl 14540 2nd Royal Fusiliers died 1/7/1916 age 23. Son of George and Elizabeth of Oddington. Buried in Hawthorne Bridge Cemetery No 2, Auchonvillers, France B.99
BRINKWORTH Wilfred Pte 9761, Gloucestershire Regt died Thursday 13 August 1914 age 19 (CWGC have his death as 16/2/1915) Son of William and Elle Brinkworth of Mansfield Road, Charlton Kings, Glos. Buried at Lillers Communal Cemetery, France.
BUSTIN Percy Gerald Pte 511358, 2/14th London Regt, London Scottish died 30/4/1918 age 27. Son of William and Margaret Ann of Lower Oddington. Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel O.12
DUCKERING Richard Private 20735, 5th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died 3rd May 1917. Native of Cosley Staffordshire and he is commemorated on the Arras memorial, France
GORTON John Henry Pte PS/3509, 16th Middlesex Regt Son of Philip and Amelia nee Cooper of Oddington. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
GORTON Thomas Pte M2/181474, 819th Motor Transport Coy, Army Service Corps died 6/11/1918. Buried in Skope British Cemetery, Macedonia. H.8
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Thomas Pte M2/134307 Army Service Corps attached to 2nd Guards Machine Gun Regt. Died, Buried in Premont British Cemetery, France V.A.23
GREEN Mark Ewart Pte 96581st Gloucestershire Regt killed in action on Sunday 23/5/1914 age 20. son of Ms Alma Green daughter of Henry Green of Church Place, Lower Oddington. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
GREENWOOD George Pte 98730, 5th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died 15/1/1916 age 26. Son of Edward and Harriet of 25 Thomas Street Oxford, husband of Annie E J Jewell formerly Greenwood nee Williams of 47 Princess Street, Wheldon Lane, Castleford, Yorks. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium II.D.34
HEMMING Leonard F CWGC not listed, believed his name could be Albert Leonard
HODSON Hubert Bernard Pte 15265, Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt) died 8/5/1915 age 22. Son of Thomas, Rector of Oddington, and Catherine A. The Chestnuts, Minchinhampton, Glos. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
JOHNSON Mervyn Taylor Lt, 2nd South Wales Borderers died 14/9/1914 age 28. Son of Captain William and Rosina of Fern Bank, Oddington. Buried in Vendresse British Cemetery, France. I.C.18
LUPTON Robert Charles Lance Bombardier 624966 B Battery, 19th Brigade, Honorable Artillery Company attached to 19th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery died 19th October 1918 Born in 1886 at Stow on the Wold Son of Robert Heneage and Ann Eleanor nee Bayliss of Foxholes, Fifield, Oxfordshire. Buried Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
PENNELL Harry Lewin Lee Commander of H.M.S. Queen Mary,Royal Navy died 31/5/1916 age 34. Son of Col Reginald and Mrs Jessie Pennell of Auliscombe, Honiton, Devon, formerly of Forthampton House, Forthampton. Glos and husband of Catherine nee Hodson. The Chestnuts, Minchinhampton and brother in law to the late Hubert Bernard who also fell. He served in the last South Pole Expedition with the late Captain Scott 1910-1912. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire
PHILLIPS Alfred John Pte 21016, 5th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died 1/2/1918 age 23. Son of Thomas and Susan of Oddington. Buried in St Nicholas churchyard, Upper Oddington
RICE John Arthur Talbot M.C., Croix De Guerre. Captain 5th Royal Irish Lancers died 14/4/1918 age 26. Son of Henry Charles Talbot and Cecil Mary [nee Lloyd from York], of Oddington House, Oddington. Buried in Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery, France. VI.B.3
WILLIAMS Arthur Frank L/Cpl 21017 2nd Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry died 28/4/1917. Son of James and Hannah of Oddington. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
WILLIAMS Ralph Pte 23604, 6th Wiltshire Regt died 10/6/1917. Son of James and Elizabeth of Lower Oddington. Buried in Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium. III.A.4
WILTSHIRE Edward Thomas Pte 23704, 10th Gloucestershire Regt died of wounds on Sunday 23 July 1916. Born in Aston Birmingham enlisted at Stow on the Wold. Son of Benjamin and Charlotte of 34 Reginald Road, Aston. Buried inAlbert Communal Cemetery Extension, France. I.K.33
WINGFIELD Granville Harry 2nd Lt, 5th Kings Royal Rifle Corps died 12/7/1916. Son of Sybli Kerr Wingfield of 18 Hans Place, Sloane Street, London and the late Henry Joceln Wingfield. Born at Moreton in Marsh, Glos. Buried in Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium I.E.3
WYATT Archibald Edward Private 29008, 7th Somerset Light Infantry died 11th June 1918 aged 19. Son of Edward and Clara Jane of Upper Oddington, Gloucestershire. Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France
