Thank you Denise........ Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Palmeri" <denisepalmeri@yahoo.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hi Sandra, You probably have the right one with this marriage. Even though it says that Thomas Bevington was of the parish, it doesn't mean he was born there. Since there were no births, or burials for any other Bevingtons and no children born in Banbury after 1820 when they married...the Thomas and Jane in Warks were probably the same ones...Maybe he was working in Banbury for a while...or maybe someone just made a mistake when they transcribed the parish records.... Denise ----- Original Message ---- From: Sandra Todd <sandra.bev@talktalk.net> To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 12:26:51 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hello Denise, Thanks for this. I have Thomas Bevington married to Jane living Cherington Warwickshire and am unable to find a marriage that fits. Thomas was born around 1798 in Cherington and their first child was born in 1821. By the way I am interested in any Bevington or Beavington that crops up. If anyone reading this has spotted one I would be most grateful for the link or mention ....... Thanks Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Palmeri" <denisepalmeri@yahoo.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Banbury marriage They were bach and spinster, botp...Ann Walker was the witness..... What wereyou looking for???? Denise ----- Original Message ---- From: Sandra Todd <sandra.bev@talktalk.net> To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 10:21:33 AM Subject: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hi I found on the IGI a marriage between Thomas Bevington and Jane Hunt 22nd Feb 1820 at Banbury Oxford. Could anyone tell me what the full entry reads pleae ? Thanks Sandra Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Denise, Thanks for this. I have Thomas Bevington married to Jane living Cherington Warwickshire and am unable to find a marriage that fits. Thomas was born around 1798 in Cherington and their first child was born in 1821. By the way I am interested in any Bevington or Beavington that crops up. If anyone reading this has spotted one I would be most grateful for the link or mention ....... Thanks Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Palmeri" <denisepalmeri@yahoo.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Banbury marriage They were bach and spinster, botp...Ann Walker was the witness..... What wereyou looking for???? Denise ----- Original Message ---- From: Sandra Todd <sandra.bev@talktalk.net> To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 10:21:33 AM Subject: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hi I found on the IGI a marriage between Thomas Bevington and Jane Hunt 22nd Feb 1820 at Banbury Oxford. Could anyone tell me what the full entry reads pleae ? Thanks Sandra Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi I found on the IGI a marriage between Thomas Bevington and Jane Hunt 22nd Feb 1820 at Banbury Oxford. Could anyone tell me what the full entry reads pleae ? Thanks Sandra

Hi Sandra, You probably have the right one with this marriage.  Even though it says that Thomas Bevington was of the parish, it doesn't mean he was born there.  Since there were no births, or burials for any other Bevingtons and no children born in Banbury after 1820 when they married...the Thomas and Jane in Warks were probably the same ones...Maybe he was working in Banbury for a while...or maybe someone just made a mistake when they transcribed the parish records.... Denise ----- Original Message ---- From: Sandra Todd <sandra.bev@talktalk.net> To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 12:26:51 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hello Denise, Thanks for this. I have Thomas Bevington married to Jane living Cherington Warwickshire and am unable to find a marriage that fits.  Thomas was born around 1798 in Cherington and their first child was born in 1821. By the way I am interested in any Bevington or Beavington that crops up.  If anyone reading this has spotted one I would be most grateful for the link or mention ....... Thanks Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Palmeri" <denisepalmeri@yahoo.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Banbury marriage They were bach and spinster, botp...Ann Walker was the witness..... What wereyou looking for???? Denise ----- Original Message ---- From: Sandra Todd <sandra.bev@talktalk.net> To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 10:21:33 AM Subject: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hi I found on the IGI a marriage between Thomas Bevington and Jane Hunt 22nd Feb 1820 at Banbury Oxford. Could anyone tell me what the full entry reads pleae ? Thanks Sandra Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Angela/Bill, thank you for your help with the extracts. I have an extract from Oxfordshire Archdeacon's Marriage Bond index which says that Thomas Hawtin Wid and Elizabeth Bloxham Wid married in 1729, how accurate is this index?- I suppose I might have to check the original the original extract! Thank you ErylFrom: "ANGELA ALLEN" <angela.allen72@btinternet.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: [BAN] HAWTIN/BLOXHAM marriage > >> Hello listers. I have a Thomas Hawtin ,Widower of South Newington >> marriage to Elizabeth Bloxham, Widow of Bloxham. They married 1729 at >> Sanford St Martin. I would be grateful for any info for this couple. >> Eryl > > > Hi Eryl > > Marriage @ Sandford St Martin > 22/9/1729 Thomas HAUGHTON & Elizabeth BLOXHAM > > But looks like they were both bach & spin rather than widows? > > This may be the Elizabeth if she was a widow > > Marriage @ Bloxham > 14/5/1706 William BLOXHAM, husbandman & Elizabeth WARREN banns > > Burial @ Bloxham > 8/1/1725/6 William BLOXHAM, yeoman > > But it may of been this couples dau another Elizabeth that married Thomas > H? > > Bap @ Bloxham > 2/3/1706/7 Elizabeth do William BLOXHAM, husbandman > > Bap @ South Newington > 4/6/1699 Thomas so George & Elizabeth HAWTON > > Can't find any other Elizabeth's/Thomas's fitting this time frame in those > villages > > Angela > co admin Banbury > > > > > > > Some useful websites: > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

They were bach and spinster, botp...Ann Walker was the witness..... What wereyou looking for???? Denise   ----- Original Message ---- From: Sandra Todd <sandra.bev@talktalk.net> To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 10:21:33 AM Subject: [BAN] Banbury marriage Hi I found on the IGI a marriage between Thomas Bevington and Jane Hunt 22nd Feb 1820 at Banbury Oxford. Could anyone tell me what the full entry reads pleae ? Thanks Sandra Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> Hello listers. I have a Thomas Hawtin ,Widower of South Newington > marriage to Elizabeth Bloxham, Widow of Bloxham. They married 1729 at > Sanford St Martin. I would be grateful for any info for this couple. > Eryl Hi Eryl Marriage @ Sandford St Martin 22/9/1729 Thomas HAUGHTON & Elizabeth BLOXHAM But looks like they were both bach & spin rather than widows? This may be the Elizabeth if she was a widow Marriage @ Bloxham 14/5/1706 William BLOXHAM, husbandman & Elizabeth WARREN banns Burial @ Bloxham 8/1/1725/6 William BLOXHAM, yeoman But it may of been this couples dau another Elizabeth that married Thomas H? Bap @ Bloxham 2/3/1706/7 Elizabeth do William BLOXHAM, husbandman Bap @ South Newington 4/6/1699 Thomas so George & Elizabeth HAWTON Can't find any other Elizabeth's/Thomas's fitting this time frame in those villages Angela co admin Banbury

Hello listers. I have a Thomas Hawtin ,Widower of South Newington marriage to Elizabeth Bloxham, Widow of Bloxham. They married 1729 at Sanford St Martin. I would be grateful for any info for this couple. Eryl

Hi Eryl, Looks like Angela beat me to it, again! But to add a little... Thomas had a sister. OFHS So. Newington PR's; bapt; 1 Nov 1702 HAWTEN Mary d George Then after Thomas & Elizabeth marr. in 1729 21 Jun 1730 HAWTEN William s Thomas & Elizabeth 1 Jul 1744 HAWTIN Elizabeth d " " burial; 20 Oct 1734 HARTIN Gorge, householder 6 Jan 1738/9 HAUGHTIN Elizabeth, widd. 22 Apr 1767 HAWTIN Mr. Thomas 1 Jan 1768 HAWTIN Mrs. Elizabeth, wid. HTH, Bill Watson ----- Original Message ----- From: "eryl" <erylbloxham12@btinternet.com> > Hello listers. I have a Thomas Hawtin ,Widower of South Newington > marriage to Elizabeth Bloxham, Widow of Bloxham. They married 1729 at > Sanford St Martin. I would be grateful for any info for this couple. > Eryl

Just a thought. re: "At Sea" In Combined Operations, Army Gunners did serve on Ships.' He could have been killed on a ship that was damaged .or sunk.. ?? betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford > Hi Michael > > Inconclusive as to if its the same man but Harry had an older brother > Frank > b1894 > >>From the 1911 index > WICKSON HARRY M 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON CATHERINE F 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON FRANK M 1894 17 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON JOHN M 1896 15 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON HARRY M 1903 8 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON KATHEILEEN F1910 4 Mths Bicester Oxfords > > Birth regs > > Name: Harry Victor Wickson > Year of Registration: 1902 > Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun > District: Bicester > County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire > Volume: 3a > Page: 989 > > Name: Frank Wickson > Year of Registration: 1894 > Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar > District: Bicester > County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire > Volume: 3a > Page: 870 > > (I am not sure what to make of the "At sea") > > UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 > about Frank Wickson > Name: Frank Wickson > Given Initials: F > Rank: Gunner > Death Date: 12 Nov 1942 > Number: 1483298 > Birth Place: Oxfordshire > Residence: Oxfordshire > Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery > Theatre of War: At sea > Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery > Branch at Death: Royal Artillery > > Name: Harry Wickson > Given Initials: H V > Rank: Gunner > Death Date: 22 Jul 1943 > Number: 1483299 > Birth Place: Oxford > Residence: Oxford > Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery > Theatre of War: Burma > Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery > Branch at Death: Royal Artillery > > Looking at the births and deaths, there is another Frank WICKSON > registered > Bicester 1888 who appears to have died in 1972 reg Oxfordshire > > The Frank you seeks death is registered in the GRO War deaths index but > not > having full access I don't know if the age is given in the index which may > give further evidence (there is only one Frank WICKSONs birth registered > in > the 1890's) > > The War deaths indexes are available on familyrelatives and findmypast > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War > Memorial > Harry Victor WICKSON > Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army > no. 1483299 > He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943. He was a Prisoner of War of the > Japanese Army. After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent > to > work on the forced construction of the "Burma Railway" > He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the > husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford > He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma > The questions relate to the other man > Frank WICKSON > Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army > no. 1483298 > He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. > It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in > the > coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 > He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, > Yokohama, Japan > Q Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? > Q Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? > I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known > as > QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF > airfields > in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 > to > 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, > Abingdon, > Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to > a > normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This > convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January > 1942. > Any help would be appreciated > Michael Allbrook > > > Some useful websites: > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2662 - Release Date: 02/01/10 22:37:00

Hi Michael In 1901 Harry is with wife Catherine and children Edward age 9, Frank 7 and John 5 Going back to the 1891, Harry is at home with parents George & Fanny as is Catherine with hers, James & Elizabeth FAULKNER It would appear that Catherine was carrying Edward at the time of the census Births Sep 1891 Faulkner Edward Wickson Witney 3a 868 Then I think they realised what was causing the problem :-) Marriages Dec 1893 Faulkner Catherine Witney 3a 1437 Wickson Harry Witney 3a 1437 And Births Mar 1894 Wickson Frank Bicester 3a 870 (I don't see a John but there is..) Births Dec 1895 Wickson Walter John Bicester 3a 805 The ones in the same household in 1911 would need to be checked as the index does not give relationships It would also show how many children to the marriage in case any died in infancy Births Jun 1902 Wickson Harry Victor Bicester 3a 9 Births Dec 1910 WICKSON Kathleen H Bicester 3a 1020 Then Deaths Dec 1928 Wickson Harry 58 Bicester 3a 119 Followed by Marriages Mar 1930 Scarrott Rose A Wickson Bicester 3a 1741 Wickson Harry V Scarrott Bicester 3a 1741 Births Dec 1930 Wickson Ramona F Scarrott Bicester 3a 1766 Births Sep 1932 Wickson Denise A Scarrott Bicester 3a 1855 And Name: Catherine Wickson Death Registration Month/Year: 1957 Age at death (estimated): 88 Registration district: Ploughley Inferred County: Oxfordshire Volume: 6b Page: 1155 There is a little more detail on the WICKSON childers which I will send off list as its getting into the realms of the living Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Now the question of siblings? Nivard, the names are not exactly correct > and > I would welcome any opinion > >>>From the 1911 index >> WICKSON HARRY M 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON CATHERINE F 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON FRANK M 1894 17 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON JOHN M 1896 15 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON HARRY M 1903 8 Bicester Oxfordshire >> WICKSON KATHEILEEN F1910 4 Mths Bicester Oxfords

Thank you. To add to that comprehensive entry which includes Churchill's funeral, I like the story that Sir Winston's funeral had been meticulously planned by Sir Winston himself. He was certain that De Gaulle, as French Head of State, would be attending. The funeral cortege left London by rail embarking at Waterloo - not the obvious choice of station but the one that would irritate De Gaulle the most Michael Allbrook -----Original Message----- From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colin Cohen Sent: 02 February 2010 13:45 To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford (michael) I can't help with the memorial, but in case other readers should be confused by the reference to QOOH see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Own_Oxfordshire_Hussars for its history. Cheers, Colin -- Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? Tom Lehrer Message: 1 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:20:46 -0000 From: "michael" <michael@allbrook.com> Subject: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <F6F7E244F3FD4578962DE468A61FD8BB@allbrookpc1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War Memorial Harry Victor WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.? Army no. 1483299 He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943.?? He was?a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent to work on the forced construction of the ?Burma Railway? He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the? husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma The questions relate to the other man Frank WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.?? Army no. 1483298 He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in the coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, Yokohama, Japan Q???????? Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? Q???????? Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known as QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF airfields in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 to 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, Abingdon, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to a normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January 1942. Any help would be appreciated Michael Allbrook Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I can't help with the memorial, but in case other readers should be confused by the reference to QOOH see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Own_Oxfordshire_Hussars for its history. Cheers, Colin -- Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? Tom Lehrer Message: 1 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:20:46 -0000 From: "michael" <michael@allbrook.com> Subject: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <F6F7E244F3FD4578962DE468A61FD8BB@allbrookpc1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War Memorial Harry Victor WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.? Army no. 1483299 He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943.?? He was?a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent to work on the forced construction of the ?Burma Railway? He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the? husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma The questions relate to the other man Frank WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.?? Army no. 1483298 He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.? It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in the coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, Yokohama, Japan Q???????? Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? Q???????? Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known as QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF airfields in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 to 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, Abingdon, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to a normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January 1942. Any help would be appreciated Michael Allbrook

Thank you both. By this date I think that Frank would have been captured and he may have died as a Pow on a Japanese vessel. There is a memorial to him in Yokohama and thanks to you I have just found this: Royal Artillery 89 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. Java Number 2696 Date Died 1942/11/12 Time Died 1240 Illness Diarrhoea & exhaustion Age Unknown Place Died Takao Port Date of Burial 1942/11/13 Place of Burial Cremated - Takao City; Moji Communal Grave Memorial Panel 4. YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL He died on a Hellship Singapore Maru Left Batavia in Java 1942/10/17 for Singapore with 3000 prisoners, arrived 25/10/1942. Left Singapore for Takao/ Moji, Japan 1942/10/30 with 1100 prisoners, arrived 1942/11/25. 108 died on the journey or as a direct result from the deplorable conditions the prisoners endured. Thank you very much, your comments were the answer Now the question of siblings? Nivard, the names are not exactly correct and I would welcome any opinion Michael -----Original Message----- From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of betty Sent: 02 February 2010 12:34 To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford Just a thought. re: "At Sea" In Combined Operations, Army Gunners did serve on Ships.' He could have been killed on a ship that was damaged .or sunk.. ?? betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Wickson WW2 in Upper Heyford > Hi Michael > > Inconclusive as to if its the same man but Harry had an older brother > Frank > b1894 > >>From the 1911 index > WICKSON HARRY M 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON CATHERINE F 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON FRANK M 1894 17 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON JOHN M 1896 15 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON HARRY M 1903 8 Bicester Oxfordshire > WICKSON KATHEILEEN F1910 4 Mths Bicester Oxfords > > Birth regs > > Name: Harry Victor Wickson > Year of Registration: 1902 > Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun > District: Bicester > County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire > Volume: 3a > Page: 989 > > Name: Frank Wickson > Year of Registration: 1894 > Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar > District: Bicester > County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire > Volume: 3a > Page: 870 > > (I am not sure what to make of the "At sea") > > UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 > about Frank Wickson > Name: Frank Wickson > Given Initials: F > Rank: Gunner > Death Date: 12 Nov 1942 > Number: 1483298 > Birth Place: Oxfordshire > Residence: Oxfordshire > Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery > Theatre of War: At sea > Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery > Branch at Death: Royal Artillery > > Name: Harry Wickson > Given Initials: H V > Rank: Gunner > Death Date: 22 Jul 1943 > Number: 1483299 > Birth Place: Oxford > Residence: Oxford > Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery > Theatre of War: Burma > Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery > Branch at Death: Royal Artillery > > Looking at the births and deaths, there is another Frank WICKSON > registered > Bicester 1888 who appears to have died in 1972 reg Oxfordshire > > The Frank you seeks death is registered in the GRO War deaths index but > not > having full access I don't know if the age is given in the index which may > give further evidence (there is only one Frank WICKSONs birth registered > in > the 1890's) > > The War deaths indexes are available on familyrelatives and findmypast > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War > Memorial > Harry Victor WICKSON > Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army > no. 1483299 > He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943. He was a Prisoner of War of the > Japanese Army. After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent > to > work on the forced construction of the "Burma Railway" > He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the > husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford > He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma > The questions relate to the other man > Frank WICKSON > Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army > no. 1483298 > He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. > It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in > the > coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 > He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, > Yokohama, Japan > Q Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? > Q Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? > I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known > as > QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF > airfields > in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 > to > 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, > Abingdon, > Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to > a > normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. 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Hi Michael Inconclusive as to if its the same man but Harry had an older brother Frank b1894 >From the 1911 index WICKSON HARRY M 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire WICKSON CATHERINE F 1871 40 Bicester Oxfordshire WICKSON FRANK M 1894 17 Bicester Oxfordshire WICKSON JOHN M 1896 15 Bicester Oxfordshire WICKSON HARRY M 1903 8 Bicester Oxfordshire WICKSON KATHEILEEN F1910 4 Mths Bicester Oxfords Birth regs Name: Harry Victor Wickson Year of Registration: 1902 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Bicester County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 989 Name: Frank Wickson Year of Registration: 1894 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Bicester County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 870 (I am not sure what to make of the "At sea") UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 about Frank Wickson Name: Frank Wickson Given Initials: F Rank: Gunner Death Date: 12 Nov 1942 Number: 1483298 Birth Place: Oxfordshire Residence: Oxfordshire Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery Theatre of War: At sea Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery Branch at Death: Royal Artillery Name: Harry Wickson Given Initials: H V Rank: Gunner Death Date: 22 Jul 1943 Number: 1483299 Birth Place: Oxford Residence: Oxford Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery Theatre of War: Burma Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery Branch at Death: Royal Artillery Looking at the births and deaths, there is another Frank WICKSON registered Bicester 1888 who appears to have died in 1972 reg Oxfordshire The Frank you seeks death is registered in the GRO War deaths index but not having full access I don't know if the age is given in the index which may give further evidence (there is only one Frank WICKSONs birth registered in the 1890's) The War deaths indexes are available on familyrelatives and findmypast Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War Memorial Harry Victor WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no. 1483299 He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943. He was a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent to work on the forced construction of the "Burma Railway" He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma The questions relate to the other man Frank WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no. 1483298 He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in the coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, Yokohama, Japan Q Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? Q Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known as QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF airfields in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 to 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, Abingdon, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to a normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January 1942. Any help would be appreciated Michael Allbrook

Please can anyone help with 2 WW2 soldiers on the Upper Heyford War Memorial Harry Victor WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no. 1483299 He was 41 when he died on 22 July 1943.   He was a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.  After he was captured in Java in March 1942 he was sent to work on the forced construction of the “Burma Railway” He was the son of Harry and Catherine Wickson and the  husband of Rose Agnes Wickson, Upper Heyford He is buried in grave B4 Q 14, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma The questions relate to the other man Frank WICKSON Gunner, 89 Battery, 35 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.   Army no. 1483298 He died on 12 November 1942 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.  It is most likely that he had been taken to Japan as a slave labourer in the coal mines after he was captured in Java in March 1942 He has no grave but he is remembered on panel 4, The Cremation Memorial, Yokohama, Japan Q         Was he the brother of Harry Victor Wickson? Q         Was he the Francis Thomas Wickson born 1908 in Banbury RD? I have discovered that 35 Regiment was a special TA Regiment (also known as QOOH) formed at Oxford on 2 September 1939 for the defence of RAF airfields in the area against air attack. It recruited initially older men (aged 25 to 50) and by early 1940 comprised five batteries with HQs at Oxford, Abingdon, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Reading. In mid 1940 this Regiment reverted to a normal LAA Regiment and reduced to three batteries 78, 89 and 144. This convoy was diverted en route to Singapore where it arrived on 13th January 1942. Any help would be appreciated Michael Allbrook

Hi Jon There is and hasn't been a minimum age to act as a witness All that was required was that the person be able to understand what they were being asked to do I have come across some as young as thirteen Generally I have found witnesses are nearer the age of the bride and groom rather than very much older but there is no set rule Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hello everyone > The Deddington Parish Register for Oct 11 1787 has a marriage between John > Robinson and Martha Maycock. > One of the witnesses is Robert Malings. There are two candidates for > Robert. One is aged 17 and the other 75. > Does anyone know if there was a lower age limit for witnesses (like 21?) > at this time or could anyone be one ? > thanks > Jon Malings

Hello everyone The Deddington Parish Register for Oct 11 1787 has a marriage between John Robinson and Martha Maycock. One of the witnesses is Robert Malings. There are two candidates for Robert. One is aged 17 and the other 75. Does anyone know if there was a lower age limit for witnesses (like 21?) at this time or could anyone be one ? thanks Jon Malings County Wexford, Ireland _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

Hi I found "Following the drum: The lives of army wives and daughters past and present" by Annabel Venning. (published by Headline in 2005) helpful when researching life for a Grenadier Guard and his family in the mid nineteenth century. I don't know whether they accompanied him to the Crimea, but they were certainly in Canada with him during his 2 year service there. It may not answer your specific problems but it gives a fascinating insight. Best wishes Jill

>"My question is ; does anyone know of a book/novel which describes the >lives of army families living in these barracks ?" < I would be very interseted too if anyone has any recommedations. Barb Stacey Solihull UK PS And a belated Happy New Year to all.