War Memorial - Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England

Meyrick Edward Selby-Lowndes
© Remembering The Fallen	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lieutenant 26 May 1898 27 October 1918 20 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England Only son of Meyrick Edward and Mary Louisa Selby-Lowndes, nee Dauncey, of Mursley Grange, Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

The birth (26 May 1898) of Meyrick Edward Lowndes was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the third quarter of 1898.

Wills and Administrations, 1919
Selby-Lowndes, Meyrick Edward (the younger), of Bucks House, Netley Abbey, Hampshire, Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders, died 27 October 1918, at 17, Park-lane, Hyde Park, Middlesex.
Administration London 06 December to Meyrick Edward Selby-Lowndes, gentleman. Effects £288 18s. 7d.

A newspaper publish following on 27 October 1941:
SELBY LOWNDES. - In ever present and dearest memory of my only son, Meyrick Edward Selby Lowndes, 2nd Batt. Seaforth Highlanders, who died of wounds on Oct. 27, 1918, aged 20 years.

England Census 1901 about Meyrick S. Louwndes and family Residence: The Grange, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Meyrick E. Louwndes Mary S. Louwndes Doris S. Louwndes Violet S. Louwndes Ellen S. Louwndes Meyrick S. Louwndes Ida Betty S. Louwndes Clara L. Whitaker Frances Gray May Morris Rebecca Smith Rose Smith	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Sister Lady Nurse Dom. Servant Cook Nurse	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Married Married Single Single Single	52 36 8 6 4 2 11 mo. 52 29 17 17 12	abt. 1849 abt. 1865 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1899 abt. 1900 abt. 1849 abt. 1872 abt. 1884 abt. 1884 abt. 1889	Winslow, Buckinghamshire India Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Winslow, Buckinghamshire Weymouth, Dorset Oxfordshire, England Stewkley, Buckinghamshire Stewkley, Buckinghamshire

G. Hollis
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 4638 abt. 1893 05 August 1917 24 "A" Bty. 153rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium Son of James T. and Mary E. Hollis, of 10, Claughton Road, Cotton End, Northamptonshire. Native of Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

England Census 1911 about George Hollis and family Residence: Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James Hollis Mary Hollis George Hollis Albert Hollis Amy Hollis Annie Bowler Ethel Hollis Lily Hollis Dorothy Hollis John Hollis	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Daughter Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	42 37 17 15 13 12 10 5 3 1	abt. 1869 abt. 1874 abt. 1894 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1899 abt. 1901 abt. 1906 abt. 1908 abt. 1910	Mursley, Buckinghamshire Stewkley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Bedford, Bedfordshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire

Ebenezer Fletcher
© laurinlaurin espie	© AE Dunn's GGD	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 434591 13 February 1886 08 August 1918 32 49th Bn. Canadian Infantry Caix British Cemetery, France

Ebenezer Fletcher was a passenger on the ship "Canada" and arrived in Portland, Maine, USA on 18 March 1913. His target was Calgary in Canada. According to the 1911 Canada census, the year of immigration was 1906.

Wills and Administrations, 1919
Fletcher, Ebenezer, of Flowerdale, Alberta, Canada, died 08 August 1918 in France. Administration London 22 December to William Thomas Fletcher, farmer. Effects £459 18s. 6d.

Remark: In the England Census 1881, 1891, and 1901 is the family name Fetters. in the Census of 1911 and 1921 is the family name Fletcher. Do you have a reason for that?

England Census 1891 about Ebenezer Fetters and family Residence: Kirby's Yard, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Fetters Ann Fetters Joseph Fetters Sarah A. Fetters Edmund Fetters Charles Fetters Ebenezer Fetters George Fetters Hugh Fetters	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	36 36 13 11 10 8 5 3 1	abt. 1855 abt. 1855 abt. 1878 abt. 1880 abt. 1881 abt. 1883 abt. 1886 abt. 1888 abt. 1890	Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire
Ann, now called Fletcher, died in Mursley on 27 June 1891.

England Census 1901 about Ebenezer Fetters and family Residence: Main Street, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William T. Fetters Angelina Fetters Joseph Fetters Sarah Ann Fetters Edmund Fetters Charles Fetters Ebenezer Fetters George H. Fetters Hugh Fetters Ruth H. Fetters Eva Fetters William S. Fetters Mary Fetters	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Son Son Son Daughter Daughter Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	46 35 23 21 20 18 15 13 11 5 4 3 11 mo.	abt. 1855 abt. 1866 abt. 1878 abt. 1880 abt. 1881 abt. 1883 abt. 1886 abt. 1888 abt. 1890 abt. 1896 abt. 1897 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Mursley, Buckinghamshire Croscombe, Somerset Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

England Census 1911 about the Fletcher family Residence: Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Fletcher Angelina Fletcher Eva Fletcher William S. Fletcher Mary Fletcher Benjamin Fletcher Jesse Fletcher Grace Fletcher Robert Fletcher	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	56 46 14 13 10 9 7 3 1	abt. 1855 abt. 1865 abt. 1897 abt. 1898 abt. 1901 abt. 1902 abt. 1904 abt. 1908 abt. 1910	Mursley, Buckinghamshire Croscombe, Somerset Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Canada Census 1911 about Ebenezer Fletcher Residence: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Ebenezer Fletcher	Head	Single	25	abt. 1886	England

Albert James Harris
© Ian and Karen	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 11683 19 September 1894, Mursley Salden 11 November 1916 22 Couin British Cemetery, France 2nd Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Son of Thomas and Martha Harris, nee Coggins, of Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

The birth (19 September 1894) of Albert James Harris was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1894.

England Census 1901 about Albert J. Harris and family Residence: Salden, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Harris Martha Harris Amos R. Harris Rose M. Harris Albert J. Harris Alice Harris Elsie M. Harris Olive M. Harris	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	42 41 12 8 6 4 3 1	abt. 1859 abt. 1860 abt. 1889 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Oddington, Oxfordshire Charlton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Roland Charles Jackman
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 202396 07 February 1897 08 August 1917 20 1st/4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of John and Ann Jackman, nee Bricknall, of 9, Station Road, Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

The birth (07 February 1897) of Roland Charles Jackman was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the first quarter of 1897.

England Census 1911 about Roland Jackman and family Residence: Beecham's Terrace, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Jackman Ann Jackman Albert Jackman Emma Jackman Roland Jackman	Head Wife Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single	46 45 15 13 4	abt. 1855 abt. 1855 abt. 1886 abt. 1888 abt. 1897	Drayton, Buckinghamshire Stewkley, Buckinghamshire Drayton, Buckinghamshire Drayton, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Alfred George Kirk
© Len	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal (CWGC: 2nd Corporal) WR/255112 abt. 1897, Mursley 27 May 1918 21 Railway Operating Div. Royal Engineers Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France Son of Joseph Charles and Ellen Sophia Kirk, nee Grace, of Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

The birth of Alfred George Kirk was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the first quarter of 1897.

England Census 1901 about Alfred G. Kirk and family Residence: 21, Railway Terrace, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Joseph C. Kirk Ellen S. Kirk Catherine L. Kirk Mabel G. Kirk William H. Kirk Alfred G. Kirk Florence A. Kirk	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	33 41 12 9 6 4 7 mo.	abt. 1868 abt. 1860 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1900	Drayton Parslow, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

Albert Edward Adams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 220095 abt. 1896, Mursley, Buckinghamshire 22 August 1918 22 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany Son of William and Sarah Ann Adams, nee Kirk.

England Census 1901 about Albert Adams and family Residence: Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Adams S. Ann Adams Ernest Adams Emily Adams Albert Adams Percy Adams Walter Kirk Susannah Adams	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Wife's son Mother	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Widowed	57 41 17 11 8 5 21 79	abt. 1844 abt. 1861 abt. 1884 abt. 1890 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1880 abt. 1822	Salden, Mursley, Buckinghamshire Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire Drayton, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Deayton, Buckinghamshire Barstall, Oxfordshire

Wilfred George Dickens
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 31292 05 May 1895 19 June 1918 23 1st/4th Bn. Norfolk Regiment Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Son of Ezra and Ada Mary Dickens.

The birth (05 May 1895) of Wilfred George Dickens was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the second quarter of 1895.

England Census 1911 about Wilfred Dickens and family Residence: Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Ezra Dickens Ada Dickens Wilfred Dickens Alice Dickens Frederick Dickens Mabel Dickens Frank Dickens Albert Dickens Stanley Dickens	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	36 36 15 14 13 11 9 6 2	abt. 1875 abt. 1875 abt. 1896 abt. 1897 abt. 1898 abt. 1900 abt. 1902 abt. 1905 abt. 1909	Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Tingewick, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Thomas Frederick Dickens
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper 218484 abt. 1883 10 December 1917 34 260th Railway Coy. Royal Engineers Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, Belgium Son of William and Emma Dickens, of 4, Beechams Cottages, Mursley, Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

The birth of Thomas Frederick Dickens was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1883.

England Census 1901 about Thomas Dickens and family Residence: Beecham's Terrace, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Dickens Emma Dickens George Dickens Thomas Dickens Charles Dickens Amy Dickens John Dickens	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	43 40 19 17 14 3 6 mo.	abt. 1858 abt. 1861 abt. 1882 abt. 1884 abt. 1887 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Charles Arthur Henry Wigley
© macole172	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Leading Aircraftman 1173220 05 May 1912 24 June 1944 32 242 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Singapore Memorial, Singapore Son of George and Henrietta Wigley, nee Virgo. Husband of Edith Meta Wigley, nee Cecil, of Bedford. He was lost on board the S. S. "Tamahoko Maru" which was torpedoed off Nagasaki By the Submarine U. S. S. "Tang" while transporting POWs to Japan.

The birth (05 May 1912) of Charles Arthur Henry Wigley was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the second quarter of 1912. His marriage to Edith Meta Cecil was registered in North Buckinghamshire during the second quarter of 1939.

Wills and Administrations, 1946
Wigley, Charles Arthur Henry, of 32, Westfield-road, Bedford, died 24 June 1944 on war service. Administration Oxford 12 June to Edith Meta Wigley, widow. Effects £994 7s. 7d.

England Census 1921 about Charles Wigley and family Residence: Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Wigley Henrietta Wigley Muriel Wigley Charles Wigley Brenda Wigley	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single	54y 1mo 42y 7mo 19y 2mo 9y 1mo 4y 2mo	abt. 1867 abt. 1878 abt. 1902 abt. 1912 abt. 1917	Hereford, Herefordshire Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Stratford, Essex Mursley, Buckinghamshire Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Register for England 1939 about Charles A. H. Wigley and family Residence: 32, Westfield Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Name	Birth	Marital status:	Occupation
Charles A. H. Wigley Edith M. Wigley Record is officially closed Record is officially closed	05 May 1912 19 August 1910 - -	Married Married - -	Bank Cashier Unpaid Domestic Duties - -

George Virgo Wigley
© macole172	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Aircraftman 2nd Class 1235505 abt. 1921 29 November 1943 22 242 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Singapore Memorial, Singapore Son of George and Henrietta Wigley, nee Virgo. He was taken prisoner in March 1942 and lost on board the S. S. "Suez Maru" which was torpedoed off the Kangean Islands in the Java Sea by the U. S. S. "Bonefish".

The birth of George Virgo Wigley was registered in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England during the third quarter of 1921.

Wills and Administrations, 1944
Wigley, George Virgo, of The Green Man Inn, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, died 29 November 1943 on war service. Administration Oxford 15 May to George Wigley, retired publican. Effects £329 17s. 5d.

Maurice Kirby
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5955624 08 June 1914, Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire 12 November 1943 29 5th Bn. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar Son of Isaac and Louisa Kirby, nee Pearson.

Wills and Administrations, 1947
Kirby, Maurice, of Mursley Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, died 12 November 1943 on war service. Administration (with Will) Oxford 16 October to Lloyds Bank Limited. Effects £465 4s. 6d.

Phillip Albert Nelms
© Iain MacFarlaine	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 6201206 abt. 1915 07 December 1942 27 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment Stanley Military Cemetery, China (incl. Hong Kong) Son of Albert and Nellie Isabel Nelms, nee Brook.

The birth of Phillip Albert Nelms was registered in Brentford, Middlesex, England during the third quarter of 1915.

Wills and Administrations, 1944
Nelms, Philip Albert, of 6, Vernon Cottages, Mursley near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, died 07 December 1942 on war service. Administration Llandudno 11 July to Albert Nelms, wholesale confectioner. Effects £187 6s. 9d.

England Census 1911 about Philip Albert Nelms and family Residence: 109, Holmesdale Road, Norwood, Croydon, Surrey, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Albert Nelms Nellie Isabel Nelms Philip Albert Nelms Cyril Albert Nelms	Head Wife Son Son	Married Married Single Single	29y 9mo 31y 2mo 6y 1y 8mo	abt. 1891 abt. 1890 abt. 1915 abt. 1919	Fulham, Middlesex Battersea, London Chiswick, Middlesex Croydon, Surrey

Frederick William Potter (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Stoker (CWGC: Fireman and Trimmer) abt. 1924, Birmingham, England 19 August 1944 20 Merchant Navy, S. S. "Wayfarer" (Liverpool) Tower Hill Memorial, London, England

Probably:
Frederick William Potter, commemorated on Massey family gravestone at
St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England:

© Wertypop

In loving memory
of

Ernest William
the only son of
Thomas William & Emma Massey
who passed away Dec. 26^th 1929,
aged 28 years.

Frederick W. Potter
killed in action at sea
July 1944, aged 20 years.

Emma Sophia Massey,
died March 5^th 1952,
aged 78 years.

Thomas William Massey
died May 9^th 1958,
aged 86 years.

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