Tadmarton War Memorial WW1 and WW2
Is located in the grounds of Saint Nicholas Church parish of Tadmarton, Oxfordshire.
In ever grateful memory of those who at the call of duty left their homes to face death
In foreign lands during the Great War 1914 – 1919.
More especially of those who fell
And whose names are
Heron inscribed.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Edmund Langton Riddle. 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry.
Born 1893 to Reverend Arthur Esmond and Edith Riddle of Tadmarton Rectory, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Killed at the battle Festubert, Northern France May 16 1915 aged 21. A war gratuity was granted 28 August 1919 to his father.
Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France
Private 10439 Charles Smith. 5th (Service Battalion) Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Born 1888 to John and Harriet Smith of Tadmarton, Oxfordshire.
Reported missing after the battle of Loos, September 25 1915 age 26. A war gratuity was granted 17 November 1916 to his father, revised 23 September 1919.
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Private 19472 John William Gibbs. 1st Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry
Born 1892 to Charles and Annie Elizabeth Gibbs of Tadmarton, Oxfordshire
Died at sea on board H.M. Hospital Ship Syria in the Persian Gulf bound for
Bombay and buried at sea June 20 1916 age 25 His mother was granted a gratuity 13 December 1917. Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Bugler 3469 George W Green.1/4th Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry
Born 1897 to John and Mary A Green.
Killed in action at Pozieres, Northern France July 22 1916. A war gratuity was granted 20 October 1916 to his mother, revised 18 September 1919.
At rest in Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France.
Private 303022 Walter Hatfield. 1/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly Private 3176 Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry,
Born 1898 to Harry and Charlotte Hatfield of Tadmarton, Oxfordshire.
Enlisted at King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
Died of smallpox in General Field Hospital Egypt, June 02 1919. A war gratuity was granted 07 February 1920 to his mother
(All of the Oxf and Bucks Light Infantry)
Trooper Richard Joseph Howkins. 1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars.
Died of wounds received at the 2nd Battle of the Somme on March 23 1918. (as inscribed on the memorial)
Born 1898 to Thomas and Sophia Howkins. 1901 with his parents and siblings at Tadmarton.
1911 with his parents and brother John at Upper Tadmarton, occupation age 13 farm labourer.
The Commonwealth War Graves have a different death date
Private 40283 R. J. Howkins (same regiment) Died 22 August 1918. At rest in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 results for Howkins have the following H/24083 died same date. No one claimed a gratuity.
The following is in the name of Hawkins.
Record number in left margin. 896255. Richard Hawkins Private H/40283 (same regiment) died 22 August 1918 at Ludwigsburg, Germany. A war gratuity was granted 24 January 1920 to his father.
WW2
