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BAMPTON 1914 - 1918 WAR MEMORIAL
Bampton War Memorial 1914 - 18

Bampton War Memorial

© Richard J. Brine

 

H. F. ATTWATER
675457 Private Harry Falconer Attwater of the 38th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment).  Son of Henry and Eliza Attwater of Briton Street. Born in Bampton - the Canadian Memorial says 29 March 1894 but the GRO registration was in the June Quarter of 1890. Died 14 April 1918 aged either 28 or 24. Emigrated to Newfoundland in company with Henry Toze, also from Bampton, on 7 April 1915.
W. E. BATSTONE
200105 Lance Corporal Walter Edmund Batstone o f the 1st, 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth of Shillingford; husband of Minnie Batstone. Born in Muchelney, Somerset in 1887. Died 24 July 1917 aged 30.
F. BOWDEN
865508 Private Fred Bowden 9of the 52nd Battalion, the Canadian Light infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Son of the late Alfred Bowden and his wife Ann; husband  of Jane Bowden of Newport Street, Tiverton.  Born in Bampton. Died 29 December 1917 aged 35.
C. BUDD
187527 Private Charles Budd of the 8th Battalion, the 90th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Son of George and Sarah Budd of Cove, Bampton. Born in Bampton in 1896. Died 15 August 1917 aged 22.
F. J. BRICE
K/22007 Stoker 1st Class Francis James Brice of the Royal Navy, HMS Candytuft.  Son of Samuel and Bessie Brice of Petton, Bampton. Born 5 August 1894 in Bampton. Died 18 November 1917 aged 23.
H. L. BURNETT
1893 Private Herbert Lawrence Burnett of the 1st/4th Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Burnett. Born in Stoodleigh in 1893. Died 6 July 1916 aged 23.
R. BURNETT
20699 Private Richard John Burnett of the 3rd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment attached as 128924 Richard Burnett of the Royal Engineers. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Burnett of Brook Street, Bampton; brother of Thomas (see below) . Born in Stoodleigh in 1898. Details of his death not yet confirmed.
T. N. BURNETT
200248 Private Thomas Nathaniel Burnett of the 2nd/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Burnett; brother of Richard (see above).  Born in Stoodleigh in 1886 -worked at Birch Down farm, Bampton. Died 14 July 1917 aged 31.
F. J. CANDLER
50595 Lance Corporal Francis John Candler of the 14th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Ann Candler. Born in Bampton in 1900. Died 27 September 1918 aged 18.
W. COTTRELL

To be confirmed.

T. CURTIS
16042  Private (Charles) Thomas Curtis of the 8th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry. Son of William and Emma Curtis of Gander's Dairy, Bampton. Born in Skilgate, Devon in 1894. Died 28 April 1917 aged 23.
A. DAVEY
242223 Sergeant Arthur James Davey who served as 200678 Sergeant Davey in the Devonshire Regiment before transferring to the 1st /5th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry as 242223 Sergeant Davey. Son of Charles and Sarah Davey of Silver Street, Bampton; husband of Alice Davey, also of Silver Street. Born in Bampton in 1884. Drowned 6 March 1919 aged 35.
A. DUNSTER
Not yet traced. The 1911 Census places a man of this name as working on a farm at Clayhanger, near Bampton and states that he was then 24 - apart from that, nothing is confirmed.
W. ESCOTT
43577 Private William Escott of the Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment; formerly he was 234883 of the Royal Army Signals Corps.  Son of Harriet Escott (widow). Born in Bampton in 1885. Died 29 April 1918 aged 33.
J. GAGE
29755 Corporal John ("Jack") Gage of the 2nd Battalion, the Wiltshire regiment (the Duke of Edinburgh's). Son of James and Mary Gage. Born in Bampton in 1885. Died 12 April 1918 aged 33.
W. GARDENER
200749 Private William Gardener of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Husband o f Fanny Gardener, Born in Uffculme. Died 21 August 1918. 
H.M. GIBBINGS
45677 Private Hubert Michael Gibbings of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Francis and Elizabeth Gibbings . Born in Bampton in 1895. Died 26 October 1917 aged 22.
W. J. GIBBINGS
3732 Private William John Gibbings of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Gibbings. Born in Bampton in 1890. Died 1 February 1917 aged 27.
A. GILLARD
8977 Private Arthur Gillard of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Anna Gillard of West Street, Bampton. Born in Crediton in 1889. Died 17 December 1914 aged 25.
J. T. GREENSLADE
1482 Private John Thomas Greenslade of the 1st/ 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Emma Greenslade; brother of Reginald and William (see below). Born in Bampton in 1890. Died 3 December 1915 aged 25.
R. J. GREENSLADE
9705 Corporal Reginald James Greenslade of the 1st Battalion, the Somerset Light infantry. Son of Thomas and Emma Greenslade; brother of John (see above) and William (see below). Born in Tiverton in 1894. Died 23 August 1915 aged 21.
W. C. GREENSLADE
11394 Corporal William Charles Greenslade of the 7th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's).  Son of Thomas and Emma Greenslade; brother of Reginald and William (see above). Born in Tiverton in the March Quarter of 1892, Died 30 November 1917 aged 23.
E. HANCOCK
16591 Private Edward Hancock of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Rhoda of Castle Street, Bampton. Born in Bampton in 1894. Died 12 July 1916 aged 22.
F. HUTCHINGS
18990 Private Frederick Hutchings of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hutchings of Tiverton Road, Bampton. Born in Bampton in 1897. Died 5 July 1916 aged 19.
A. HUTTER
3/7286 Private Alfred Ernest Hutter of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Susan Hutter of Holcombe Rogus, Somerset.; husband of Sarah Hutter of Frog Street, Bampton. Born in Holcombe Rogus in 1878. Died 13 April 1916 aged 38.
A. KERSLAKE
11214 Lance Corporal Arthur Kerslake of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Kerslake of Bampton. Born in Bampton in 1891. Died 25 September 1916 aged 25.
H. D. KINGDOM
30429 Private Horace Donald Kingdom of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Catherine Kingdom of 125 Brook Street, Bampton. Born in Stoodleigh in 1896. Died 6 May 1917 aged 21. Also commemorated on the memorial at Kingston, near Kingsbridge.
R. G. LUGG
4446 Private Richard George Lugg of the 2nd/ 4th Battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Son of the late Richard Lugg and Charlotte Jefford (formerly Lugg) of Fore Street, Bampton. Born in Bampton in 1900. Died 7 June 1918 aged 18.
T.MANTLE
40180 Private Tom Mantle of the 1st/5th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Martha Mantle of Clayhanger; husband of Gertrude Mantle of Dulverton. Born in Bampton in 1890. Died 3 November 1918 aged 30.
E. SCHERZINGER

Everywhere one looks, there are different attempts to spell the name of this man - "Scringer" on the Memorial, "Serenger" in the Roll of Honour and so on. The correct spelling seems to be Scherzinger so that is what we are using.

7461 Private Ernest Scherzinger of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Husband of Jane Scherzinger of New Buildings, Bampton. Born in Exmouth in 1881. Died 13 September 1916 aged 35.

S. C. STEVENS
3/7003 Private Sidney Charles Stevens of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.  Son of Mrs Ellen Stevens (widow ) of Pinkstone's Court, Tiverton. Born in Tiverton in 1893. Died 18 May 1915 aged 23.
F. TARR
955 Private Felix Tarr of the Household Cavalry, the West Somerset Hussars. Son of the late George Tarr and his widow, Mrs Bessie Tarr of Huckley Head Cottage, Bampton. Born in Brompton Regis, Somerset in 1891. Died 16 October 1915 aged 24.
I. THORNE
3034 Private Isaac Thorne of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Isaac and Lucy Thorne. Born in Bampton in 1874. Died 10 August 1915 aged 41.
F. TOOZE
19408 Private Francis ("Frank") Tooze of the 7th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry. Son of James and Selina Tooze. Born in Morebath in 1897. Died 20 November 1917 aged 20.
H. J. TUCKER
345706 Acting Corporal Henry J. Tucker of the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Tucker of Fleeds, Clayhanger. Born in Clayhanger in 1898. Died 18 October 1918 aged 20.
T. VICKERY
810244 Sergeant Thomas William Vickery of 232 Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of Regimental Sergeant-Major Vickery and his wife Emma Vickery of Prospect House, Bampton. Born in India at Sabathu in 1895. Died 24 April 1917 aged 23.
F. WARE
20799 Acting Corporal Frederick Ware of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Charlotte Ware of Back Street, Bampton. Born in Raddington, Somerset in 1895. Died 23 November 1917 aged 22.

 

 

 
 
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