The Odiham Society and the Royal British Legion worked together on a project to identify as fully as possible those named on our local War Memorial and to find more about their social and military history.
As it progressed the results of our research were published in the Odiham Society Journal, starting in Spring 2011, with a special commemorative edition for the centenary of the end of the first World War.
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, initially Sue Smith, Barbara Igra, Simon Lloyd and Christopher Wallace, researched military and census records, obituaries in newspapers, etc. The considerable research undertaken by Lt Col (Ret) Mike Reggler prior to the Odiham Society project must also be acknowledged here. We 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, please contact our Executive Archivist
World War 1 – Military Casualties
| Name and Unit | Death | Information |
|---|---|---|
| ELLIOT ADAIR – L Cpl 2nd 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, 2ndBn., Hampshire Regiment | 7 January 1916, Gallipoli | Son of Richard and Mary Baker, Butler’s Cottage, North Warnborough |
| REGINALD BECKINGHAM – Pte (Bandsman), 1st/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment | Son of Richard and Mary Baker, Butler’s Cottage, North Warnborough | |
| EDWARD BENWELL – Cpl 5th 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 13th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment | 26 September 1917, Ypres/Passchendaele | Son of Walter and Sarah Binstead, Church Street, Odiham |
| JAMES BIRD – Pte 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 3 July 1916, Somme | Son of James and Annie Bird, Lothams, Hillside, Odiham |
| GEORGE BLAKE – Pte 1st 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 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment | 13 September 1916, Iraq | Son of Henry and Alice Blake, Horsedown Common (1911) and Park Corner (1916), Odiham. |
| WILLIAM BLAKE – Pte 1st/5th 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 1st 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 8th 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. |
| ARTHUR BONE – Pte 1st/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment | Son of Reuben and Emma Bone, Swing Bridge, North Warnborough | |
| ERNEST DOUGLAS BONE – Pte 2ndBn., 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 2nd/5th 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 2nd 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 2nd 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 8th (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 23rdBn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf) | 28 October 1918, Italy | Son of Samuel Henry and Marie Madeline Clinker, High Street, Odiham |
| ALBERT CROCKER – Cpl 6th 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 115th Bty., Royal Field Artillery | 1 November 1917 | France |
| THOMAS EADES – Pte 14th (Service) Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 31 July 1917, France and Flanders | Born in Elvetham to Thomas and Mary Eades. Father of Kathleen Joyce, born in Odiham in 1917. |
| JESSE FERGUSON – Pte 3rd 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 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 28 April 1915, Gallipoli | Youngest son of John and Ann Fulbrook, Broad Oak, Odiham. |
| STANLEY (JACK) FULLBROOK – Pte 1stBn., Hampshire Regiment | 11 May 1915, France | Grandson of Mary Fullbrook, Whitehall, Odiham |
| WALTER JAMES (JIM) FULBROOK – CSM 1st/4th 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 1st (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 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards,18 January 1918 | France | Grandson of Sarah Sherfield, Broak Oak, Odiham. Son of Anne Gibbs, Broad Oak, Odiham |
| C GODDARD | Not yet identified. Can you help? | |
| GEOFFREY HARRIS GOTELEE – Capt 7thBn. South Wales Borderers | 18 September 1918, Salonica | Son of Arthur and Esther F Gotelee, The Old House, Odiham |
| GERALD PERCY GREY – Sto. 1st 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.1st 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 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn., Somerset Light Infantry | 21 October 1918, Flanders | Son of Frederick and Rosa Hill, North Warnborough |
| HARRY KERSLEY – Pte 11th Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 11 May 1916, France | Son of Charlotte Kersley, North Warnborough |
| WILLIAM KERSLEY – L/Cpl 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 12 October 1916, Somme | Son of William and Lucy Kersley, North Warnborough. Husband of Elizabeth (Hutchings). Two children. |
| JOHN McAVOY – Pte 1st Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 1 November 1914, France and Flanders | Grandson of James and Eliza Wooldridge of Potbridge. |
| ALBERT EDWARD MOODY – Sgt 1stBn., Border Regiment | 17 August 1917, France and Flanders | Son of Charles George and Ellen Moody, Church Street, Odiham |
| REGINALD JAMES MOODY – Flt Sgt 8th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps | 4 March 1917, France | Son of Charles George and Ellen Moody, Church Street, Odiham |
| AMBROSE GEORGE OFFER – Pte 1st/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 8 January 1916, Bombay | Son of George Offer and Keturah Keel (formerly Offer) of King Street, Odiham |
| CHARLES PAYNE – Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 72 Sqdn., Royal Air Force | 2 October 1918, Iran | Son of Henry and Ada Payne of North Warnborough. |
| ROGER EDWARD PEEL – L/Cpl 1st/4thBn., Hampshire Regiment | 21 May 1916, Iraq | Son of the late George Edward Peel and Mary. Sister of Gladys M Bellamy of High Wycombe. Bank Clerk at Lloyds Bank, Odiham before the war. |
| ARTHUR HENRY PITHER – Pte 8th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) | 25 May 1915, France | Son of Stephen and Sophia Pither, North Warnborough. |
| EDWARD JAMES PITHER – Pte 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 23 December 1916, France | Husband of Matilda. Son of Stephen and Sophia Pither, North Warnborough. |
| CHARLES PORTER – L/Cpl 50th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf) | 6 June 1918, France | Son of Arthur and Lynnie Porter, The Bury, Odiham |
| FREDERICK PORTER – Pte 1st 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 1st/4th 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) 190th 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 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment,Hampshire Regiment 6" | August 1915, Gallipoli | Husband of Emma Redding, 21 Council Houses, North Warnborough. Son of Annie Redding. |
| ALBERT GEORGE SAINSBURY – Pte “B” Coy. 2nd/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 4 December 1917, Israel | Son of William and Eliza Sainsbury, The Bury, Odiham |
| ARTHUR LEWIS SAINSBURY – Rifleman 9th Bn., Rifle Brigade | 15 September 1916, Somme | Son of William and Eliza Sainsbury, The Bury, Odiham/td> |
| 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 2nd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment | 21 May 1917, France | Thought to be Samuel George, son of Mary Silver (widow), The Bury, Odiham |
| JAMES STAPLES – Pte 15th Bn., Hampshire Regiment | 7 June 1917, Ypres | Son of Jane Staples, Cemetery Hill, Odiham |
| CHARLES JOHN STOCKER – L/Cpl 14thBn., 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 14th(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 8th 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 2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment | 12 April 1918, Flanders | Son of James and Patience Watts, Chalk Pit, Odiham |
| WALTER JAMES WHITE – Pte 2nd 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 – Capt 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 53rd Bn., Devonshire Regiment | 25 January 1918, Tidworth Military Hospital | Son of Levi and Sarah Willis, The Cottage, Broad Oak, Odiham. |
| FREDERICK CHARLES WOOLFORD – Driver 117th Bty., 26th 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) – WOOLDRIDGE - Air Mechanic 1st Class, 5th Sqn Royal Flying Corps | 9 November 1914, St Omer, France | Son of David and Martha Wooldridge, Broad Oak, Odiham |
| WILLIAM ALBERT WRIGHT – Sgt 2ndBn., 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
| Name | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 – Military Casualties
| Name | Death | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 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 1st/4thBn., Hampshire Regiment | 15 June 1943, Odiham | Solicitors, Odiham |
| ERNEST LESLIE CANE - Pte 11th 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 1stBn., 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 1stBn., 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 5th Bn., Wiltshire Regiment | 10 July 1944, Normandy, France | Son of Frederick and Ellen Musselle of Odiham. |
| KATHLEEN MARY LEWIS (nee STENT) – Aircraftwoman 1st 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 2nd 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
| Name | Death | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Road, 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. |