Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame was born in London on 7th August 1844 the son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon and Elizabeth Lavinia Vernon-Harcourt. He married Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley, daughter of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley and Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros, on 11 April 1874 at […]
Anthony Austin Beard was born on 19th June 1923 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the son of Oscar and Ida Madeleine Beard (nee Barnes). The family moved to Thame in 1937 and lived at 17 Broadwaters Avenue. Tony attended Great Haseley school and on leaving studied to become a toolmaker. As a toolmaker he was in a […]
William Thomas Baverstock was born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire in 1889 to Frederick and Amelia Baverstock (nee Larner) of 72 Park Street, Thame. He was the eldest of six children and had four sisters, Ethel, Edith, May and Eva and one brother, Walter. William enlisted in the 1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (8423) and […]
Sydney Allen was born in Thame and baptised at St Mary’s Church on 25th March 1888. He was the son of Richard and Ann Allen (nee Alder) of Thame, and had eight siblings, including his brother Charles who also fell during the war. The family lived at 45 High Street, next to the Six Bells. In 1911, Sydney […]
Raymond John Allen was born on 21st May 1922, the only son of John Allen and Mabel Emma (née Wetherall) of 24 Chinnor Road*, Thame. He was baptized at St Mary’s Church on 9th July 1922. His father John was a postman. Raymond joined the Army at the start of World War Two as a […]