The Odiham Society - War Memorial Project

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The Odiham War Memorial Project

The Odiham Society and the Royal British Legion are working together on a project to fully identify those named on our local War Memorial and to find more about their social and military history. The results of our research are being published in the Odiham Society Journal. Society members will have seen the first of these articles in the Spring 2011 edition. Odiham War Memorial

Over the years, the original Portland stone in which these names were engraved deteriorated considerably, mainly due to weathering and traffic pollution. At the end of 1999, these commemorative tablets were replaced with sturdier, engraved granite, but unfortunately, not always with accurate details due to the inability to read some of the originals. Most of those inscriptions gave forename initials and surname with regiment, unit or service, so correct identification is proving difficult in many cases. Our project group[1], currently Sue Smith, Barbara Igra, Simon Lloyd and Christopher Wallace, are researching military and census records, obituaries in newspapers, etc., but are also hoping that local people and descendants of these servicemen and women who lost their lives in the two world wars can add to our knowledge and enable all of us to remember them as people to whom we owe so much. Do have a look at the list below to see if you can help us identify those we have been unable to find to date. We hope that these names will stir memories and that you will get in touch with us with more background information about these men and women and their families.

If you can help, do contact me - sue.smith [at] odiham-society.org
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1] Dr Sue Smith, Barbara Igra, Lt Col (Ret) Simon Lloyd and Lt Gen Sir Christopher Wallace KBE DL are members of the current project group. The considerable research undertaken by Lt Col (Ret) Mike Reggler prior to the Odiham Society project must also be acknowledged here.

World War 1

Name and unit	Death	Information
ELLIOT ADAIR - L Cpl 2^nd Bn., Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	9 June 1918, Persian Gulf	Son of Robert and Mary Adair, Chapel Cottages, North Warnborough
FREDERICK GEORGE ANDREWS – Officer’s Steward 1, RN, HMS Bulwark	26 November 1914, explosion on board HMS Bulwark	Son of William and Mary Andrews, Cemetery Hill, Odiham
SYDNEY WALTER BAKER – Sgt, 2^ndBn., Hampshire Regiment	7 January 1916, Gallipoli	Son of Richard and Mary Baker, Butler’s Cottage, North Warnborough
REGINALD BECKINGHAM – Pte (Bandsman), 1^st/4^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	25 September 1916, Quetta, India	Youngest son of Benjamin and Sarah Beckingham, King Street, Odiham
EDWARD BENWELL – Cpl 5^th Bn., Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry	15 September 1916, Somme	Son of William and Sylvia Benwell, North Warnborough. Husband of Rose and father of Daisy Mildred and Doris Irene (in 1911)
ARTHUR BINSTEAD – L Cpl 13^th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment	26 September 1917, Ypres/Passchendaele	Son of Walter and Sarah Binstead, Church Street, Odiham
JAMES BIRD – Pte 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	3 July 1916, Somme	Son of James and Annie Bird, Lothams, Hillside, Odiham
GEORGE BLAKE – Pte 1^st Bn., Hampshire Regiment	1 July 1916, Somme	Son of Henry and Alice Blake, Horsedown Common (1911) and Park Corner (1916), Odiham.
HENRY JAMES (HARRY) BLAKE – Pte 2^nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment	13 September 1916, Iraq	Son of Henry and Alice Blake, Horsedown Common (1911) and Park Corner (1916), Odiham.
WILLIAM BLAKE – Pte 1^st/5^th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment	15 August 1916, Somme	Son of Henry and Alice Blake, Horsedown Common (1911) and Park Corner (1916), Odiham.
*ERNEST ALBERT (ALBERT) BOND – A/Cpl 1^st Bn., Princess Charlotte of Wales’s ((Royal Berkshire Regiment) – A Bond* on original memorial tablets.**	24 October 1918, France and Flanders	Son of George and Clara Bond of Basingstoke. Husband of Maud Beatrice, née Oliver. Odiham connection appears to be via Maud, who lived with George and Mary Reddings in North Warnborough in 1901. Is this the right person?
ALBERT EDWARD BONE – Pte 8^th Bn., Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)	30 December 1916, Somme	Son of Robert and Lavinia (Elizabeth) Bone, West Street, Odiham. Older brother of Ernest.
A (Albert?) BONE – Royal Berkshire Regiment?	n/k	n/k – is this duplicated on the memorial? Can you help?
ARTHUR BONE – Pte 1^st/4^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	24 February 1917, Iraq	Son of Reuben and Emma Bone, Swing Bridge, North Warnborough
ERNEST DOUGLAS BONE – Pte 2^ndBn., Royal Irish Regiment	22 March 1918, Somme	Son of Robert and Lavinia (Elizabeth) Bone of West Street, Odiham. Husband of Annie and father of Esther, Robert and Alfred, living at Broad Oak, Odiham in 1911
HENRY GEORGE BRACKNELL - Pte 3rd Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)	13 June 1916, Ypres	Son of Jane Bracknell, formerly of Odiham and the late Frank Bracknell. Henry was born in North Warnborough.
CHARLES BRYER – Pte 2^nd/5^th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment	11 August 1918, Flanders	C Briar on original list. Charles Bryer enlisted at Hartley Wintney, but was born and lived in Popham. Do you know the Odiham connection?
WILLIAM HENRY (HARRY) BROWN – L/Cpl 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	12 June 1915 – Gallipoli	Husband of Bessie and father of one child. Had been chauffeur to Captain Petre at one time.
FRANK BUTLER – Pte 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	29 June 1915 - Gallipoli	Son of Sarah Butler, The Bury, Odiham. Husband of Kate Annie Goodall (remarried, lived at Mildmay Terrace, Hartley Wintney).
ALBERT CARTER – Pte 8^th (Service) Bn., Devonshire Regiment	5 January 1917 – France	Son of John and Clara Carter, Up Street, North Warnborough?
ALFRED JAMES CLARK – Pte Army Service Corps, Labour Corps	19 May 1918, France	Possibly son of Joseph and Elizabeth Clark of Bartley Heath, Odiham. Husband to Ellen and father of Nellie, Kathleen, Alfred and John in Up Nateley in 1911?
WILLIAM CLARK – Master at Arms, RN, HMS Hampshire	5 June 1916 – HMS Hampshire, lost at sea as a direct result of enemy action	Son of Joe and Emily/Elizabeth? Clarke, Bartley Heath, Odiham. Husband of Rose Jane and father of Wilhelmina Maud and Reginald George, all in Portsmouth in 1911.
HARRY GEORGE CLINKER – Pte 23^rdBn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)	28 October 1918, Italy	Son of Samuel Henry and Marie Madeline Clinker, High Street, Odiham
ALBERT CROCKER – Cpl 6^th Bn., The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	30 June 1918, Somme	Son of John and Jane Crocker, Cemetery Hill, Odiham. Husband to Mabel , née Wiltshire, of Overton.
GEORGE DRAPER – Gunner 115^th Bty., Royal Field Artillery	1 November 1917, France	Youngest son of David and Margaret Draper, West Street, Odiham
THOMAS EADES – Pte 14^th (Service) Bn., Hampshire Regiment	31 July 1917, France and Flanders	Son of Thomas Eades of Hartford Bridge. Born in Elvetham. What is the Odiham connection?
JESSE FERGUSON – Pte 3^rd Motor Amb. Convoy, Army Service Corps	29 May 1917, France	Son of and Lucy Porter, formerly Ferguson, Alton Road, Odiham and the late Edmund Ferguson. Husband of Edith living in S. Godstone in 1911.
(ALFRED) CHARLES FULBROOK – Pte 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	28 April 1915, Gallipoli	Youngest son of John and Ann Fulbrook, Broad Oak, Odiham.
STANLEY (JACK) FULLBROOK – Pte 1^stBn., Hampshire Regiment	11 May 1915, France	Grandson of Mary Fullbrook, Whitehall, Odiham
WALTER JAMES (JIM) FULBROOK – CSM 1^st/4^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	3 November 1916, Iraq	Son of Mrs R Fulbrook , Broad Oak, Odiham. Grandson of Jane Fulbrook, Broad Oak, Odiham
WILLIAM FUTCHER – Sgt 1^st (Royal) Dragoons	12 January 1916, France	Son of Fred and Louisa Futcher of North Warnborough. Husband of Lydia Maria Wright (formerly Futcher) of Reading.
WILLIAM H GIBBS – Pte 3^rd Bn., Coldstream Guards	18 January 1918, France	Grandson of Sarah Therbeld, Broak Oak, Odiham. Son of Anne Gibbs, Broad Oak, Odiham
C GODDARD		Not yet identified. Can you help?
GEOFFREY HARRIS GOTELEE – Capt 7^thBn. South Wales Borderers	18 September 1918, Salonica	Son of Arthur and Esther F Gotelee, The Old House, Odiham
GERALD PERCY GREY – Sto. 1^st RN, HMS Good Hope	1 November 1914, Battle of Coronel	Son of Stephen and Esther Grey, Broad Oak, Odiham
RICHARD E H HEALEY – Lt Adjt.1^st Bn., Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)	22 July 1916, Somme	Son of Randolph E and Alice M Healey, Hownam Lodge, Odiham
GUY WILLIAM HILL – Pte 12^th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn., Somerset Light Infantry	21 October 1918, Flanders	Son of Frederick and Rosa Hill, North Warnborough
HARRY KERSLEY – Pte 11^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	11 May 1916, France	Son of Charlotte Kersley, North Warnborough
WILLIAM KERSLEY – L/Cpl 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	12 October 1916, Somme	Son of either William and Rosina Kersley, North Warnborough or William and Lucy Kersley , North Warnborough. Husband of Elizabeth (Hutchings). Two children.
JOHN McAVOY – Pte 1^st Bn., Hampshire Regiment	1 November 1914, France and Flanders	Grandson of James and Eliza Wooldridge of Potbridge.
ALBERT EDWARD MOODY – Sgt 1^stBn., Border Regiment	17 August 1917, France and Flanders	Son of Charles George and Ellen Moody, Church Street, Odiham
REGINALD JAMES MOODY – Flt Sgt 8^th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps	4 March 1917, France	Son of Charles George and Ellen Moody, Church Street, Odiham
AMBROSE GEORGE OFFER – Pte 1^st/4^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	8 January 1916, Bombay	Son of George Offer and Keturah Keel (formerly Offer) of King Street, Odiham
CHARLES PAYNE – Air Mechanic 2^ndClass, 72 Sqdn., Royal Air Force	2 October 1918, Iran	Son of Henry and Ada Payne, North Warnborough?
ROGER EDWARD PEEL – L/Cpl 1^st/4^thBn., Hampshire Regiment	21 May 1916, Iraq	Son of the late George Edward Peel and Mary. Sister of Gladys M Bellamy of High Wycombe. Odiham connection not known.
ARTHUR HENRY PITHER – Pte 8^th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)	25 May 1915, France	Son of Stephen and Sophia Pither, North Warnborough.
EDWARD JAMES PITHER – Pte 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	23 December 1916, France	Husband of Matilda. Son of Stephen and Sophia Pither, North Warnborough.
CHARLES PORTER – L/Cpl 50^th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)	6 June 1918, France	Son of Arthur and Lynnie Porter, The Bury, Odiham
FREDERICK PORTER – Pte 1^st Bn., Hampshire Regiment	26 August 1914, France	Son of William Richard and Rebecca Porter, Flaxfield Road, Basingstoke, formerly of Potbridge, Odiham.
FREDERICK JAMES PORTER – Pte 1^st/4^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	21 July 1916, Iraq	Son of James and Kate Porter, Wilks Water, Odiham
GEORGE EZRA PORTER – Sgt Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)	24 October 1916. Somme	Son of Arthur and Lynnie Porter, The Bury, Odiham
GEORGE POTTER – Battery Sgt Major (WOII) 190^th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery	29 April 1918, France and Flanders	Husband of Louisa Potter, King Street, Odiham. Father of Francis William (1911). Son of Francis and Sarah Potter of Holme, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
THOMAS REDDING – Pte 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	6 August 1915, Gallipoli	Husband of Emma Redding, 21 Council Houses, North Warnborough. Son of James and Annie Redding.
ALBERT GEORGE SAINSBURY – Pte “B” Coy. 2^nd/4^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	4 December 1917, Israel	Son of William and Eliza Sainsbury, The Bury, Odiham
ARTHUR LEWIS SAINSBURY – Rifleman 9^th Bn., Rifle Brigade	15 September 1916, Somme	Son of William and Eliza Sainsbury, The Bury, Odiham
GUY LUTLEY SCLATER – Capt RN, HMS Bulwark	26 November 1914, explosion on board HMS Bulwark	Son of Philip Lutley and Jane Ann Eliza Sclater, The Priory, Odiham. Husband of Muriel Sclater, The Close, Odiham.
GEORGE SILVER – Pte 2^nd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment	21 May 1917, France	Thought to be Samuel George, son of Mary Silver (widow), The Bury, Odiham.
JAMES STAPLES – Pte 15^th Bn., Hampshire Regiment	7 June 1917, Ypres	Son of Jane Staples, Cemetery Hill, Odiham.
CHARLES JOHN STOCKER – L/Cpl 14^thBn., Hampshire Regiment	17 October 1917, Ypres	Son of the late Charles and Sarah Stocker, Basingstoke. Husband of Florence (nee Adams), Vicarage Road, Alton. Odiham connection not known.
WILLIAM VARNDELL – Pte 14^th(Service) Bn., Hampshire Regiment	2 June 1917, Ypres	Son of the late John and Caroline Varndell, Lower Preshaw. Husband of Annie and father of George in Gosport in 1911. Possible Odiham connection – Charles Varndell, baker and grocer in North Warnborough in 1911.
STANLEY WATTS – Pte 8^th Bn., Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Regiment (Royal Berkshire Regiment)	2 September 1918, France	Son of George and Maude Watts, Farnham Road, Odiham.
WALTER WATTS – Pte 2^nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment	12 April 1918, Flanders	Son of James and Patience Watts, Chalk Pit, Odiham.
WALTER JAMES WHITE – Pte 2^nd Bn., Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)	9 April 1917, Battle of Arras, France	Grandson of George and Mary White, grocers and coal merchant; nephew of AJ White, coal merchant of North Warnborough. Husband of Gertrude L Futcher (married 1915)? One child.
ANTHONY PEERE WILLIAMS -FREEMAN – Major Lincolnshire Regiment (att Royal Welsh Fusiliers)	5 April 1916, Mesopotamia	Son of Lavinia Williams-Freeman, living in N. Warnborough in 1916 and the late Capt. GP Williams-Freeman, Chief Constable of Shropshire.
PHILIP WILLIS – Pte 53^rd Bn., Devonshire Regiment	25 January 1918, Tidworth Military Hospital	Son of Levi and Sarah Willis, The Cottage, Broad Oak, Odiham.
FREDERICK CHARLES WOOLFORD – Driver 117^th Bty., 26^th Bde., Royal Field Artillery	23 September 1914, France	Son of George and Annie Woolford, North Warnborough. Brother of Mabel Knight of Itchen, Southampton.
WILLIAM GEORGE (k/a George)WOOLRIDGE- Air Mechanic 1^st Class, 5^th Sqn Royal Flying Corps	9 November 1914, St Omer, France	Son of David and Martha Woolridge, Broad Oak, Odiham
WILLIAM ALBERT WRIGHT – Sgt 2^ndBn., Royal Fusiliers	3 December 1917, Cambrai, France	Husband of Annie Eliza Wright, Colt Hill, Odiham. Father of William Henry, Cecil Albert and two other siblings. Son of Henry and Ann Wright of Winchfield.
World War 1 – Civilian casualties
MARY (DAFFODIL) BROOKS - VAD Tylney Hall Military Hospital and Littlemoor Camp, near Weymouth	6 March 1917, Dorchester	Daughter of James L and Mary Brooks, High Street, Odiham
ELLEN SCARROTT - Munitions Worker, Newnham	27 October 1917, Odiham Cottage Hospital	Daughter of the late Joseph Scarrott and Hannah (k/a Annie) Adair of North Warnborough.

World War 2

DAVID MURRAY BARBOUR – Pilot Officer, 4 Sqn. Royal Air Force	14 May 1940	Son of Lt Col Kenneth and Mrs Margaret Murray Barbour, formerly of Clump House, The Firs, Odiham
SYDNEY BENWELL – Gunner, Royal Artillery	17 July 1944, North Africa?	Parents living near Swan Bridge, North Warnborough?
HENRY JAMES BROOKS – Lt Col 1^st/4^thBn., Hampshire Regiment	15 June 1943, Odiham	Solicitors, Odiham
ERNEST LESLIE CANE - Pte 11^th Royal Militia Island of Jersey Bn., Hampshire Regiment	27 September 1944, Netherlands	Son of Albert G and Ethel Cane; husband of Edith Mary of Wymering, Hampshire, but previously of Cemetery Hill, Odiham.
GORDON WILLIAM COX – Sgt W.Op./Air Gnr. 13 Sqn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	26 June 1942, Belgium	Son of John H and Janet M Cox, Odiham.
CYRIL GORDON CRUMPLIN – Cpl Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	23 July 1945	Husband of Josephine and son of Mr and Mrs G Crumplin of North Warnborough.
PETER CHARLES GREGORY – Pte 1^stBn., Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment	12 April 1944, Italy	Son of William Henry and Florrane Annie Gregory of North Warnborough
EDGAR HAROLD – Gunner, 78 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery	12 February 1943, Japan	Husband of Gertrude, nee Mileham. Lived in North Warnborough. Born to George and Mary Harold in Diss, Norfolk.
ALBERT STEPHEN KERSLEY – Marine, HMS Hood, Royal Marines	24 May 1941	Son of Joseph A and Annie Kersley, nee Tarrant, of Odiham
JOSEPH EDWARD KERSLEY – Pte 1^stBn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)	13 April 1945, Italy	Son of Joseph A and Annie Kersley, nee Tarrant, of Odiham. Husband of Dorothy (nee Ilsley)
JAMES ARTHUR KIMBER – Gunner Royal Artillery	26 February 1941	Lived in Salmons Road, Odiham with wife and two sons
FREDERICK GEORGE MUSSELLE – Lance Sgt 5^th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment	10 July 1944, Normandy, France	Son of Frederick and Ellen Musselle of Odiham.
KATHLEEN MARY LEWIS (nee STENT) – Aircraftwoman 1^st Class, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force	15 June 1943, England (death registered in Northumberland)	Daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (nee Marlow) Stent of Odiham. Wife of Harold E Lewis.
CHARLES WAGSTAFF – Warrant Off. Navigation/Bomber Command, Royal Air Force	8 March 1945	Son of Alfred Daniel and Florence Wagstaff. Husband of Gladys May (nee White) of Basingstoke.
RONALD EDWIN THOMAS WEST – Pte 2^nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment	9 April 1943, North Africa	Son of William H T and Alice R E (nee Roud) West of Odiham. Husband of Mary (nee Macdonald) of Odiham.
World War 2 – Civilian casualties
MRS WINIFRED BLOOMFIELD	18 October 1940, Church Street, Odiham	Lived at Heath Cottage, Church Street, Odiham. Widow of John William Bloomfield. Daughter of James F and Susannah Athfield.
MRS FRANCES CARTER	18 October 1940, High Street, Odiham	Lived at The Anchor Inn, North Warnborough. Widow of Henry Carter.
MRS HELEN ELIZABETH HAMILTON	18 October 1940, High Street, Odiham	Lived at High Street, Odiham. Wife of Albert Edward Hamilton.
MRS ROSE STOKES	18 October 1940, High Street, Odiham	Lived at 25 Salmons Field, Odiham. Widow of Manfield Stokes.
MR ALFRED VELLACOTT	23 October 1940, Park Prewett Hospital, Sherborne St John.	DIed of injuries received in air raid on Odiham, where he was a visitor. Lived in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.

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