Private Walter Thomas Taplin

Name: TAPLIN, WALTER THOMAS
Initials: W T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: “B” Coy. 2nd/4th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 04/07/1916
Service No: 5648
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taplin, of Oakley, Brill, Bucks.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 26.
Cemetery: LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

Name: Walter Taplin
Birth Place: Oakley, Bucks
Residence: Oxford
Death Date: 4 Jul 1916
Enlistment Location: Oakley, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 5648
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds

Private Frank Stone

Name: STONE, FRANK
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 06/08/1916
Service No: 202327
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Rosanna Stone, of Rose Cottage, Radnage Common, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 83 to 85.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Name: Frank Stone
Birth Place: Radnage, Bucks
Residence: Aylesbury, Bucks
Death Date: 6 Aug 1916
Enlistment Location: Radnage, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 202327
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Private Herbert Gerald Montagu

Name: MONTAGU, HERBERT GERALD
Initials: H G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Secondary Unit Text: formerly
Age: 24
Date of Death: 25/11/1916
Service No: 20413
Additional information: Son of Alfred John and Hester Vaudrey Montagu, of “Braeside,” Cleveland Rd., Hillingdon, Middx. His brother, Flight Lieut. R. S. Montagu, was killed in the loss of H.M. Airship “R.38.”.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. N. 7.
Cemetery: REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

Name: Herbert Gerald Montagu
Residence: Slough, Bucks
Death Date: 25 Nov 1916
Enlistment Location: Hillingdon, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 20413
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Flight Lieutenant (Lieutenant Royal Navy) MONTAGU, Rupert Samue, D.S.C.
Royal Air Force H.M. Airship ‘R38′, Howden Airship Station. Navigating Officer, August 24, 1921. Killed in ‘R38′ disaster, when it broke up in mid-air south of Hull over the River Humber 24 August 1921 aged 26. H.M. Airship ‘R38′. Son of Alfred John and Hester Vaudrey Montagu of ‘Braeside’, Cleveland Road, Hillingdon West, Middlesex. Native of Essex. His brother Herbert Gerald Montagu was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire UK – 305 29524.

HULL CEMETERY R38 DISASTER – Roll of Honour
Compiled and Copyright © Julie C Walton 2003
additional information Stephen Mather

“The American Navy were so impressed by the R34 that they ordered a rigid airship from Britain. The R38 was the biggest one built with 14 gas cells and six Sunbeam engines each of 350 HP. It was 700ft long and had a speed of 71mph. The airship was built at Cardington and was completed on 7th June 1921. On 23rd June she left Cardington and was delivered to Howden, Yorkshire. Minor girder damage had occurred during the flight and suggestions were made that strength had been sacrificed in order to achieve lightness. The first speed trial was carried out on July 17th at Howden. On August 23rd, she was on her final test flight and, cruising over Hull at an altitude of 2,500ft, flying at 60 MPH, she suddenly broke her back, exploded in mid air and both parts fell burning into the Humber killing 44 out of the 49 on board. There were a number of both British and American airmen on board at the time. A disaster memorial in Hull cemetery contains two plaques, one for the British and one for the American airmen who lost their lives. Those on the plaque marked † are buried underneath the memorial.”

Private John Higgins

Name: John Higgins
Birth Place: Grandborough, Bucks
Residence: Oxford
Death Date: 6 Aug 1916
Enlistment Location: Winslow, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 202291
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Name: HIGGINS, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Date of Death: 06/08/1916
Service No: 202291
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 83 to 85.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

Private Alfred Fred Taylor

From the Wendover Roll-of-Honour:

Private 203811 2nd/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Husband of Mary Taylor of Cold Harbour. Enlisted at Aylesbury. Killed in action 22nd August 1917 near St. Julien.

On the 19th of August the battalion was in camp at Watou. The company commanders reconnoitred the line about St. Julien. In the afternoon of the 20th they relieved the 2nd/6th Gloucestershire Regiment in the support line. After nightfall they moved up to the front line, relieving the 2nd/4th Gloucestershire Regiment. The 21st was spent in making preparations for the attack, planned for dawn on the 22nd. There was considerable artillery activity on both sides and the battalion lost one officer and 4 other ranks killed and 31 other ranks wounded. The battalion’s objective was Gunpit No. 36 in C 13 b (Martha House) to the road junction at D 7 c 25 55. This was a front of 750 yards, 900 yards from the British position. They assembled on the tape laid in front of their position without any difficulties. A, D and C Companies formed the assault wave, numbering, from left to right. B Company was in reserve and 3 platoons of the Royal Berkshire Regiment were to act as moppers-up. The battalion advanced under an artillery barrage at 4.45am. A and D Companies, closely followed by two platoons of B, reached their objectives and consolidated. C Company, on the right with one platoon of B, was held up owing to the failure of the rnoppers-up to take Pond Farm. Both flanks were unsupported but it was decided to hold on. At 4pm with the support of two platoons from the 2nd/5th Gloucestershire Regiment, Pond Farm was taken. The battalion’s casualties were three officers and 26 other ranks killed, 5 officers and 74 other ranks wounded and 44 other ranks missing. Three of the missing men were later reported to be prisoners. Commemorated, on the Tyne Cot Memorial; Panel 97 to 98.

Name: Alfred Fred Taylor
Birth Place: Wendover, Bucks
Residence: Aylesbury, Bucks
Death Date: 22 Aug 1917
Enlistment Location: Wendover, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 203811
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Name: TAYLOR, ALFRED FRED
Initials: A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Date of Death: 22/08/1917
Service No: 203811
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 96 to 98.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Please see:

The Attack on Pond Farm, 22nd August, 1917

The Attack On Pond Farm and Other Strong Posts, 21st -24th August 1917

Attack on Strongpoints, South East of St. Julian, 22nd August 1917

The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

Private Walter Frederick Stroud

Name: Walter Frederick Stroud
Birth Place: Marlow, Bucks
Residence: Buckingham
Death Date: 3 Jun 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 203536
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theater of War: Aldershot
Comments: Formerly 2817, R. Bucks Hussars.

Private Edward Rackstraw

Name: RACKSTRAW, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 22/08/1917
Service No: 203800
Additional information: Son of Jabez, and Sarah Ann Rackstraw, of Larkhall, Boundary Rd., Wooburn, Bucks.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 96 to 98.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Name: Edward Rackstraw
Birth Place: Little Marlow, Bucks
Residence: High Wycombe, Bucks
Death Date: 22 Aug 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 203800
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Please see:

The Attack on Pond Farm, 22nd August, 1917

The Attack On Pond Farm and Other Strong Posts, 21st -24th August 1917

Attack on Strongpoints, South East of St. Julian, 22nd August 1917

The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

Private Christopher Piekton

Name: Christopher Piekton
Birth Place: Lee Common, Bucks
Residence: Aylesbury, Bucks
Death Date: 22 Aug 1917
Enlistment Location: Lee Common, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 202768
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Please see:

The Attack on Pond Farm, 22nd August, 1917

The Attack On Pond Farm and Other Strong Posts, 21st -24th August 1917

Attack on Strongpoints, South East of St. Julian, 22nd August 1917

The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

Private Thomas Ginger

Name: Thomas Ginger
Birth Place: Wales
Residence: Aylesbury, Bucks
Death Date: 28 Apr 1917
Enlistment Location: Hertford
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 203534
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theater of War: Aldershot
Comments: Formerly 3139, R. Berks Regt.

Name: GINGER, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/04/1917
Service No: 203534
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Please see: Raid Fayet, Near St Quentin, 28th April 1917.

Private William Gibbons

Name: William Gibbons
Birth Place: Monks Risborough, Bucks
Residence: High Wycombe, Bucks
Death Date: 28 Feb 1917
Enlistment Location: Princes Risborough, Bucks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2/4th Battalion.
Number: 202370
Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Name: GIBBONS, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn.
Date of Death: 28/02/1917
Service No: 202370
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL