Southrop: Church of St Peter (Gloucestershire)
War Memorial
Identifications from the CWGC database:
First World War:
Lieut. John Rhys Davies, B.A., London Regt., Late Scholar of Caius College, Cambridge -- Second Lieutenant John Rhys Davies, 23rd Bn., London Regiment; died 28 November 1917, aged 38; buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery (C. 44.); only son of Katherine Davies, of Stanford Hall, Lechlade, Glos., and the late John Davies, of Springfield, Oakham; B.A., Classical Scholar of Caius College, Cambridge: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/646662/DAVIES,%20JOHN...
Pte. Reginald Dawes, Shropshire L.I. -- Private Reginald Dawes (Service No: 26959), 6th Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry; died 1 December 1917, aged 21; buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France (III. D. 6.); son of Eli and Mary Jane Dawes, of Southrop, Lechlade. Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/255393/DAWES,%20REGINALD
Pte. Sidney Dawes, R. Berks. -- Private Sidney George Dawes (Service No: 39382), 8th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment; died 28 October 1918, aged 32; buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France (S. II. K. 2.); son of Eli and Mary Jane Dawes, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/516993/DAWES,%20SIDNE...
Pte. Arthur Godwin, Glos. Regt. -- Private Arthur C. Godwin (Service No: 3165), 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 24 April 1918, aged 22; name recorded on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France (Panel 60 to 64.); son of Robert Godwin, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos., and the late Alice Godwin: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1763836/GODWIN,%20ART...
Pte. Leonard Godwin, Glos. Regt. -- Private L. N. Godwin (Service No: 24511), 8th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 23 July 1916, aged 17; buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France (XVI. J. 19.); son of Mr. R. Godwin, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/553095/GODWIN,%20L%20N
Pte. Albert Hatton, Wilts. Regt. -- Probably: Private Albert William Hatton (Service No: 5608), 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment; died 25 March 1915, aged 31; buried in Southrop (St. Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire (north-west of church.); husband of Nora Hatton, of Burford St., Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/358847/HATTON,%20ALBE...
Pte. Frederick Maunder, Glos. Regt. -- Private F. Maunder (Service No: 23290), 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; awards: M M; died 30 April 1918, aged 24; buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Nord, France (I. B. 39.); son of William Maunder, of The Row, Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/25327/MAUNDER,%20F
Pte. John Newman -- [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Lieut. Stanley C. Squire. Glos. Regt., Schoalr of Corpus Christi College, Oxford -- Lieutenant Stanley Charles Squire, 7th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 9 August 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 101 to 104.); son of the Rev. Charles E. Squire and Florence C. Squire, of Wootton Vicarage, Bedford; Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; School, St. John's, Leatherhead: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/685851/SQUIRE,%20STAN...
Pte. George Sparrow, Glos. Regt. -- Probably: Private G. H. Sparrow (Service No: 17151), 11th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment; died 12 October 1916; buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece (A. 88.); husband of E. Sparrow, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/332143/SPARROW,%20G%20H
Pte. Charles Soles, R. Berks. -- Private Charles Henry Soles (Service No: 50945), 13th Works Bn., Devonshire Regiment, transf. to (94612) 158th Coy. Labour Corps; died 22 February 1919; buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France (V. F. 33.); [Private Soles service records record that he joined the Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol (Horfield) in June/July 1916, when he was a 36-year old farm labourer; he was then posted to the 16th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (30495), before serving at various times with the 94th Training Reserve Bn., the 10th Somerset Light Infantry, the 13th Works Bn., Devonshire Regiment, the 10th Royal Berkshire Regiment (34337), and the 158th Labour Coy., Labour Corps (946612); Soles was born at Eastleach Martin in ca. 1880 and lived at Fyfield, which is quite close to Southrop; his parents were Arthur and Decima Soles; Charles married Alice Letitia Soles (née Long, born at Standlake, Oxon) at Faringdon, Berkshire, on 11 May 1907; they had five children, the eldest named in the 1911 Census as Stanley, Decima, and William, when they were living at Southrop; Soles died on the 22 February 1919 at No. 4 Stationary Hospital, Longuenesse, France, of Broncho-pneumonia]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/22853/SOLES,%20C%20H
L/Cpl. Gilbert Stevens, Glos. Regt. -- Lance Corporal Gilbert E. Stevens (Service No: 24512), 10th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 4 April 1918; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 40 and 41.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Lance Corporal Gilbert Edwin Stevens was born at Southrop and enlisted at Cirencester; the 1901 Census return shows Gilbert living at The Row, Southrop with his parents, Alfred and Florence Stevens]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1588999/STEVENS,%20GI...
Pte. Thomas Weaving, Glos. Regt. -- Private Thomas William Weaving (Service No: 36163), 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment; died 10 April 1918; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 119 to 120.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Weaving was born at Cirencester, resident at Lechdale [i.e. Lechlade], and enlisted at Cirencester; the 1901 and 1911 Census returns show Thomas William Weaving living at Southrop with his parents, John and Mary Jane Weaving; these state that he was born at Lechlade in ca. 1901]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/876342/WEAVING,%20THO...
Pte. Jacob Wheeler, Glos. Regt. -- [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Second World War:
Pte. Allan Moulden, Glos. Regt. -- Private Allan Bert Moulden (Service No: 5181793), 2nd Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died between 10 May and 23 June 1940, aged 28; name recorded on the Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France (Column 57.); son of Albert W. and Laura G. Moulden, of Southrop, Gloucestershire: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2773130/MOULDEN,%20AL...
Spr. Frederick Waldron, R.E. -- Sapper Frederick Maurice Waldron (Service No: 2117757), 579 Army Field Coy., Royal Engineers; died 4 March 1941, aged 20; buried in Southrop (St. Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire (south of church.); son of Frederick George and Edith Maud Waldron, of Southrop:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2451571/WALDRON,%20FR...
Southrop: Church of St Peter (Gloucestershire)
War Memorial
Identifications from the CWGC database:
First World War:
Lieut. John Rhys Davies, B.A., London Regt., Late Scholar of Caius College, Cambridge -- Second Lieutenant John Rhys Davies, 23rd Bn., London Regiment; died 28 November 1917, aged 38; buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery (C. 44.); only son of Katherine Davies, of Stanford Hall, Lechlade, Glos., and the late John Davies, of Springfield, Oakham; B.A., Classical Scholar of Caius College, Cambridge: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/646662/DAVIES,%20JOHN...
Pte. Reginald Dawes, Shropshire L.I. -- Private Reginald Dawes (Service No: 26959), 6th Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry; died 1 December 1917, aged 21; buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France (III. D. 6.); son of Eli and Mary Jane Dawes, of Southrop, Lechlade. Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/255393/DAWES,%20REGINALD
Pte. Sidney Dawes, R. Berks. -- Private Sidney George Dawes (Service No: 39382), 8th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment; died 28 October 1918, aged 32; buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France (S. II. K. 2.); son of Eli and Mary Jane Dawes, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/516993/DAWES,%20SIDNE...
Pte. Arthur Godwin, Glos. Regt. -- Private Arthur C. Godwin (Service No: 3165), 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 24 April 1918, aged 22; name recorded on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France (Panel 60 to 64.); son of Robert Godwin, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos., and the late Alice Godwin: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1763836/GODWIN,%20ART...
Pte. Leonard Godwin, Glos. Regt. -- Private L. N. Godwin (Service No: 24511), 8th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 23 July 1916, aged 17; buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France (XVI. J. 19.); son of Mr. R. Godwin, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/553095/GODWIN,%20L%20N
Pte. Albert Hatton, Wilts. Regt. -- Probably: Private Albert William Hatton (Service No: 5608), 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment; died 25 March 1915, aged 31; buried in Southrop (St. Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire (north-west of church.); husband of Nora Hatton, of Burford St., Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/358847/HATTON,%20ALBE...
Pte. Frederick Maunder, Glos. Regt. -- Private F. Maunder (Service No: 23290), 2nd/5th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; awards: M M; died 30 April 1918, aged 24; buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Nord, France (I. B. 39.); son of William Maunder, of The Row, Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/25327/MAUNDER,%20F
Pte. John Newman -- [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Lieut. Stanley C. Squire. Glos. Regt., Schoalr of Corpus Christi College, Oxford -- Lieutenant Stanley Charles Squire, 7th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 9 August 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 101 to 104.); son of the Rev. Charles E. Squire and Florence C. Squire, of Wootton Vicarage, Bedford; Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; School, St. John's, Leatherhead: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/685851/SQUIRE,%20STAN...
Pte. George Sparrow, Glos. Regt. -- Probably: Private G. H. Sparrow (Service No: 17151), 11th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment; died 12 October 1916; buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece (A. 88.); husband of E. Sparrow, of Southrop, Lechlade, Glos.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/332143/SPARROW,%20G%20H
Pte. Charles Soles, R. Berks. -- Private Charles Henry Soles (Service No: 50945), 13th Works Bn., Devonshire Regiment, transf. to (94612) 158th Coy. Labour Corps; died 22 February 1919; buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France (V. F. 33.); [Private Soles service records record that he joined the Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol (Horfield) in June/July 1916, when he was a 36-year old farm labourer; he was then posted to the 16th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (30495), before serving at various times with the 94th Training Reserve Bn., the 10th Somerset Light Infantry, the 13th Works Bn., Devonshire Regiment, the 10th Royal Berkshire Regiment (34337), and the 158th Labour Coy., Labour Corps (946612); Soles was born at Eastleach Martin in ca. 1880 and lived at Fyfield, which is quite close to Southrop; his parents were Arthur and Decima Soles; Charles married Alice Letitia Soles (née Long, born at Standlake, Oxon) at Faringdon, Berkshire, on 11 May 1907; they had five children, the eldest named in the 1911 Census as Stanley, Decima, and William, when they were living at Southrop; Soles died on the 22 February 1919 at No. 4 Stationary Hospital, Longuenesse, France, of Broncho-pneumonia]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/22853/SOLES,%20C%20H
L/Cpl. Gilbert Stevens, Glos. Regt. -- Lance Corporal Gilbert E. Stevens (Service No: 24512), 10th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died 4 April 1918; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 40 and 41.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Lance Corporal Gilbert Edwin Stevens was born at Southrop and enlisted at Cirencester; the 1901 Census return shows Gilbert living at The Row, Southrop with his parents, Alfred and Florence Stevens]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1588999/STEVENS,%20GI...
Pte. Thomas Weaving, Glos. Regt. -- Private Thomas William Weaving (Service No: 36163), 6th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment; died 10 April 1918; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 119 to 120.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Weaving was born at Cirencester, resident at Lechdale [i.e. Lechlade], and enlisted at Cirencester; the 1901 and 1911 Census returns show Thomas William Weaving living at Southrop with his parents, John and Mary Jane Weaving; these state that he was born at Lechlade in ca. 1901]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/876342/WEAVING,%20THO...
Pte. Jacob Wheeler, Glos. Regt. -- [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Second World War:
Pte. Allan Moulden, Glos. Regt. -- Private Allan Bert Moulden (Service No: 5181793), 2nd Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment; died between 10 May and 23 June 1940, aged 28; name recorded on the Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France (Column 57.); son of Albert W. and Laura G. Moulden, of Southrop, Gloucestershire: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2773130/MOULDEN,%20AL...
Spr. Frederick Waldron, R.E. -- Sapper Frederick Maurice Waldron (Service No: 2117757), 579 Army Field Coy., Royal Engineers; died 4 March 1941, aged 20; buried in Southrop (St. Peter) Churchyard, Gloucestershire (south of church.); son of Frederick George and Edith Maud Waldron, of Southrop:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2451571/WALDRON,%20FR...