Military Men - WWI

Like many villages throughout England, Wing sent a good proportion of their men off to WWI, some of whom of course were not lucky enough to return. I would be surprised if there was a single Wing family not touched by this war, including the Rothschilds whose son Evelyn was killed.

Below are details of the men serving in this war I have found in various records (see the references below the list). If your Wing ancestor served in WWI and is not listed below, please email me and I will add the details.

Photos of Wing's War Memorial can be found here. More military men for Wing: Military Home ~ WWII ~ Other

Some of the men listed, like George Taylor, served in the 2/4th Battalion of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. This particular battalion's contribution to the war can be found in The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by G.K Rose (text available for free at Project Gutenberg) - useful background reading even if your own men weren't in this particular battalion or regiment.

Guardsman Edwin Randall heading off to war in 1915
Photo courtesy of Debbie

BAKER Charles, 28855 Royal Garrison Artillery [WO363]
BAKER Private George, 34416 Royal Defence Corps [WO363]
BANDY Rifleman Albert, R/4884 Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Aug 1918 [MG, WO363]
BANDY Gunner Albert, 89587 Royal Field Artillery [WO363]
BANDY alias MAYNE John, 1880-1900 + WW1 [WO364]
BEILBY Henry James, 18375 Grenadier Guards, WW1 [WO364]
BLEW Private William, R4/144337 RASC, 19 Feb 1919 [WWI, WO363, CWGC]
BOCK Private John William Henry, 31534 RAMC, 5 Aug 1918 age 32 [WWI, WO364, CWGC]
BOLTON Private Albert, 41889 Bedfordshire Regt, 18 Sep 1918 [WWI, CWGC]
BOLTON Gunner A W [Alfred William?], Royal Field Artillery [NR]
BOLTON Corporal Bert Cyril, 1783 Australian Imperial Forces [NR, AWM]
BOLTON Private Jesse, 16863 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [NR, MRI]
BOLTON Gunner Jesse, 126025 Royal Garrison Artillery [WO363]
BRAND Private Albert [Bert], 2865 59th Bn. Australian Imperial Force, 4 Jul 1918 age 30 [WWI, AWM]
BRAND Gunner Joseph, 9529 Royal Garrison Artillery, 13 Apr 1917 age 39 [WWI, MI, MG]
BRAY Private Herbert W., 25672 Royal Berkshire Regt, 23 Oct 1919 age 32 [WWI, MI, CWGC]
BRILL Sidney John, 186894 Royal Field Artillery/Army Veterinary Corps [WO363]
BRYANT Private Frank, 13746 Northamptonshire Regt, 6 Mar 1917 age 37 [WWI, CWGC]
BULL Private James, 7771 Worcester Regt, 26 Sep 1915 [WWI, CWGC]
BULL William George, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 1909-1930 [PC]
BURROWS Corporal Frederick George William, 114045 RASC [WO363]
BURROWS James, 1881-1893 + WW1 [WO364]
CAPP Thomas, TR/6/13081 14th Training Reserve Battalion [WO363]
CHAPPIN Private William Walter, 1754 Middlesex Corps, 14 Jun 1915 [MB, WO363]
CLARK Horace John, 73715 Royal Engineers [WO363]
CUTLER Private Arthur Edwin, 266170 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 7 May 1919 age 22 [WWI, CWGC, WO364]
DEANE Group Captain W.W., 1960 age 62 [MI]
DENCHFIELD Private Vernon Henry Seth, 42105 Essex Regt [WO363]
DOGGETT Private Albert, 122654 Machine Gun Corps, 08 Jul 1918 age 27 [WWI, CWGC]
EGGLETON L/Cpl Joseph Charles, 3346 Royal West Kent Regt [WO363]
FAULKNER Private Cyril, 145305 Army Service Corps [WO363]
FINCHAM James Henry, 184284 Army Service Corps / 319112 Royal Engineers [WO363]
FOUNTAINE Private Sidney, 1950 9th Bn Australian Imperial Force, 23 Jul 1916 age 29 [WWI, AWM]
GARFORTH Lt William Godfrey, Scots Guards, 16 May 1915 age 32 [WWI, CWCG]
GARDIN[E]R Private Harry, 325035 Royal Warwickshire Regt, 04 Oct 1917 [WWI, MG]
GATES William, 125267 Royal Field Artillery [WO363]
GUESS Private Sidney, 12527 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 31 Mar 1916 age 22 [WWI, CWGC]
HAMMERTON Private John Thomas, 32811 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 7 Oct 1916 [WWI & CWGC]
HARRIS Private Reginald William, T/406746 Royal Army Service Corps [WO363]
HARWOOD Private Wilfred John, 14530 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [WO363]
HORNE Private Dennis Arthur, 1745 Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, 21 Aug 1915 age 23 [WWI, CWGC]
HORNE Private William, 295723 Agricultural Coy Lab Corps [WO363]
HORSFALL Private George Percival, Army Service Corps, 11 Jun 1915 age 38 [WO363]
HOWCUTT Private Frederick Arthur, 43542 Seaforth Highlanders [WO364]
JORDAN Private [Joseph] George, 203842 Oxfored & Bucks Light Infantry, 17 Jun 1918 age 32 [WWI, CWGC]
JORDAN Private Lionel, 2269 Yorkshire Regt, 20 Aug 1915 age 29 [WWI, CWGC]
KEMPSTER Corporal Arthur, 42703 Canadian Field Artillery, 19 Nov 1918 age 25 [WWI, CWGC, CEF]
KENNING Private William, 36540 York & Lancaster Regt, 23 Apr 1918 [WWI, MI, CWGC]
LAKE Private Charles, 203768 Royal Warwickshire Regt, 24 Oct 1918 [WWI, MG]
LOVELL Private Sidney Frederick, 21350 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 28 Apr 1917 age 23 [WWI, CWGC]
MANNING William Faulkner, Royal Bucks Hussars Imperial Yeomanry [WAIW]
MAYNE (BANDY) John, 1880-1900 + WW1 [WO364]
OAKLEY Private Leonard, 235084 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 27 Sep 1917 age 28[WWI, MG]
PAGE Frank, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 19 Oct 1917 age 19 [WWI & CWGC]
PAXTON Driver Arnold Walter, L/18289 Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery, 15 May 1918 [WWI, MG]
PAXTON Lance Corporal James/Jim, 7673 Worcestershire Regiment, 14 Sep 1914 [WWI]
PEASE Private William George, 5057 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (also Beds Regt), 14 Aug 1916 age 31 [WWI, WO364, CWGC]
PICKERING Rifleman Frank, C/1600 King's Royal Rifle Corps, 15 Jul 1916 age 21 [WWI, CWGC]
POLLARD Farrier Serjeant Ernest, 205073 Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, 25 Aug 1917 age 24 [WWI, CWGC]
PRATT Private Harry [Henry George], 10148 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 05 May 1917 age 24 [WWI, CWGC]
PUGH Serjeant John, 10296 Machine Gun Corps, 22 Aug 1918 [WWI, CWGC]
RANDALL Gunner Daniel, 168715 Royal Field Artillery, 10 Nov 1918 age 23 [WWI, CWGC]
RANDALL Edward John, L/15481 Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regt), 30 Sep 1915, [WWI]
RANDALL Guardsman Edwin MM, 19149 Grenadier Guards [WO364, PC]
RANDALL Private Harold [WWI]
RANDALL Private Herbert, 17209 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 21 Nov 1918 age 28 [WWI & CWGC]
RANDALL Private William John MM, M2/178158 13th S Bty RASC, 12 March 1919 age 26 [CWGC]
RICHARDSON Private Frank Alexander Randolph, 50030 Northamptonshire Regt, 23 Oct 1918 [WWI, MG]
RIMINGTON Charles [PC]
RIMINGTON Private Oscar, 32854 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 09 Oct 1916 [WWI, CWGC]
ROGERS Private Joseph, 11908 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 09 Oct 1916 age 24 [WWI, CWGC]
de ROTHSCHILD Major Evelyn Archille, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, 17 Nov 1917 age 31 [WWI, CWGC]
ROWE Thomas, 12381 Royal Field Artillery 1900-1917 [WO364]
SAUNDERS George, 9526 Bedfordshire Regt [WO364]
SMITH Samuel [WWI]
STAINES Acting Bombardier Henry J, 95 Royal Garrison Artillery, 17 Jul 1916 [WWI, CWGC]
SYRATT Corporal Ernest Ambrose, 320774 London Regiment, 30 Nov 1917 [WWI, MG]
TACK Arthur Edward, Acting Corporal 13382, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 9th May 1917 age 23 [ROH]
TAYLOR Private George, 203842 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 17 June 1918 age 32 [WWI, MG, CWGC]
WILLIAMS(ON) Sapper Percy Joel, 330745 Royal Engineers [PC]
WOODWARD[S] Private Arthur, 20369[1/6] Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 16 Aug 1917 [WWI, MG]
WOODWARD[S] Private Ernest, 68867 Labour Corps, 30 Oct 1918 [WWI]
WOODWARDS George [WWI]
WOOLHEAD Frederick, Bedfordshire Regt 1883-1901 and WW1 [WO364]
WOOLHEAD Private George, 266565 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 01 Apr 1918 [WWI, MG]
WOOLHEAD Private Joseph, No 1 Canadian Army Aux. [PC, CEF]
WOOLHEAD Private William, 203691 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, 16 Aug 1917 [WWI, MG]

AWM - Australian War Memorial biographical details databases - documents available free
CEF - Canadian Expeditionary Forces website - attestation papers available free
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission website - check their detailed entry for parents/spouses.
MG - www.military-genealogy.com
MI - Memorial inscription, All Saints Church, Wing.
MRI - Medal Roll Index cards, at the National Archives and other websites
MW - collated by Michael Woodwards from local newspapers
NR - National Roll of the Great War, available in various places including Find My Past - entries were provided by the combatants or their families
PC - private correspondence received from their descendents/family members
PR - All Saints Church parish registers
ROH - www.roll-of-honour.com
WAIW - as indicated in the book Wing As It Was
WWI - War Memorial at All Saints Church, Wing.
WO - War Office records, at The National Archives in Kew and possibly other places, eg WO97 on film via LDS, WO363 and WO364 at Ancestry.co.uk