Mrs Sarah Wearne of Bampton kindly agreed that her account of the history of the Bampton War Memorial published in
Vol 3. No 1 of the Bampton Beam in April 1988 could be reproduced.
Entitled Bampton War Memorial and War Graves, and contains the following information:
References to William Wheeler. Arthur George Martin, Thomas Wells and Sidney Clark, Daniel Skinner, Thomas Gillett, George and William Poole, Thomas and John Wells, James and Charles Cripps. Walter and Alfred Lay, William Morton, Walter Greenfield Lindsey
Conveyance for the upkeep of the Memorial
National Inventory of War Memorials
Application Forms for membership of the British Legion
Conveyance for the upkeep of the Memorial
National Inventory of War Memorials
Members of British Legion
Mr Standley Smith
Philip Shaw
Gordan Shute
Peter Anson Smith
Dr Bernard Rose
John Parrish
Alistair G Newing
Major John Alvey
William Henry Challinor Mayhead
A.F Munford
W J Hastie
Frederick James Loxton
J.C.A. Edgell
M.I. HallMr J Curley
James Patriuck Dunstan
J.F.G. Coles
Reginald James ChambersG A Bishop
Rev John Paul Burrough
A C Newport
Thomas Alexander Ritchie
G Timms
Robert Asgill Colvile
Col MWT Roberts OBE
Arthur Beckley
Royston Shergold
Yvette Helene Brown
Bryan Deane
Article on Invasion of Madagascar and a sketch Map
Leaflet and Letters from Right hon Douglas Hurd and Peter Smith Ref: War Pensions

Very interesting Obituary for Lord Donoughmore, published in The Times on Friday 9th May 2025 which details his life and achievements.
The Earl of Donoughmore, doctor and businessman, was born on August 8, 1927. He died on April 25, 2025, aged 97.
When he retired he moved to Bampton with his wife, Sheila, to be near Oxford’s John Radcliffe infirmary, because of her illness
He operated a home dialysis machine until she could receive a kidney transplant. He succeeded to his father’s titles in 1981 and sat in the House of Lords under the UK peerage Viscount Hutchinson, contributing to health debates but losing his seat after the House of Lords Act 1999 restricted the number of hereditary peers.
He became vice-president of St Luke’s Hospital, Oxford, and chaired Bampton parish council and other local charities. He raised funds to create the three-acre Bampton recreation ground and build its pavilion, saving the local church by finding over £400,000 to replace the roof.
Viscount Suirdale, Hely Hutchinson
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Photograph of Oil Painting painted by Hilda Kent showing Arthur antique shop

Photograph of Oil Painting by Hilda Kent of The Talbot and Town Hall

This shop was originally the premises of Mr Money, Boot and Shoemaker in the High Street. After Mr. Money's retirement, Mrs Francis Henley rented the shop for her daughter , Hazel, to run as a boutique. It was later rented by Mona Wilkins whose daughter also ran it as a boutique. It was finally run by Julia Rouse, daughter of Don and Mary, as The Farmhouse Pantry .

Freda (Daniels) and Tom Bradley moved into Mill Cottages when they married in 1948, the photographs show Tom in the door way, with his sister-in- law Pat Bradley, in front, and the second is Freda doing the same. Pat was tiny, so they are joking about her size. The Cottages are now combined into one.

Photograph taken about 1959 in New Road, Janet Bradley and Carolyn Ferguson were neighbours at no 6 and No 4 . Gillian was a related to Mr and Mrs Dafter at No 2

21 photos showing The Old Chapel Cottage in Buckland Road taken spring 2004.
Front cover of the funeral program for Dinah Lucy Green born September 7th 1930, died October 21st 2013
An invoice issued to Mrs Bessie Green by William Mathews family grocer inBampton in the shop called Duttons. Bessie worked in the shop and she also did some baking for other people. Her list includes 2lb granary sugar, 1lb caster sugar, 1lb cheese, ½lb rashers, 1lb margarine, ½lb butter, ½lb lard, 1lb currants, 1lb sultanas, ¼ lb mixed peel, ½lb suet, large peaches, custard powder, table salt, small Omo (a laundry powder), rose mansion, ½lb sweet biscuits, Bisto (gravy granules), SR flour, 1 Chunky (a dog food), total cost £1.7s.2d (£135½p)
newspaper cutting – children outside the Town Hall with their flower garlands
ready for judging 1964. Children include Gillian & Sheila Harding, Susan Taylor, Esther Green and her
mother Dinah and her grandmother Bessie Green.
Img140 School carnival 1985 with Dinah and Freda Bradley, Dinah dressed as a Pearly Queen.
Img141 1985 school carnival float with Jan Bone, Bernice, Olive, Freda Bradley, Rita, Dinah
and Sylvia Nicholson.
Img142 1984 school carnival float with Dinah dressed in the uniform of the Women’s Land
Army.
Img143 Dinah is standing next to Maurice Buckland and she’s dressed as a Pearly Queen.
They got first prize for their float and Dinah’s holding the £10 note.
Img144 1985 school carnival with Dinah in Women’s Landy Army uniform – the theme for
their float was ‘Women’s Fashion 1900 to 1980s’.
Img145 1986 school carnival float, Dinah dressed as a jockey as her part in the their float
with the theme ‘Royal Ascot.’ Others on the float were Rita Head, Freda Bradley, Bernice Surridge,
Rosemary and Mavis Cooper.
Img147 1958 or 1959 with Esther Green, Dinah’s daughter, dressed as a poppy with a sign
‘Haig Fund’ in front of her. This was the name given to what is now the Poppy Appeal. Dinah is
supporting a little Esther.
Img148 1964 and Esther is dressed up to recall records; she has a disk hanging in front of her
and a waist band that says Top Ten. The children in fancy dress are all parading past the Jubilee Inn.
Dinah is in the centre of the picture walking behind Esther.
Img156 1971 or 1972. Ann Irvine and Dinah green taking part in the celebration of Bampton
Branch of the WI in their Golden Jubilee year. The WI planted a tree by the War Memorial to
commemorate the occasion. Dinah was a wonderful needlewoman and did nearly all the quilting
seen in this picture.
Img157 Dinah with Curly, real name John Titchener who is wearing the smock she made for
the first time.
Img080 and 081 The wedding of Dinah Lucy Godfrey and Ramon James Green on May 15th
1954 – one of the pictures has the names printed on it and they are also shown on the back.
Img082 July 2004, the wedding of Dinah’s son Mathew to Jackie. Mathew’s father Ramon
and sister Esther are in the family group

Dutton the grocery shop also contained a bank and when the bank became Midland Bank and moved to a property next-door-but one, George moved out of the shop to run the bank full time and sold the grocery business to Bill Mathews.

Photograph of The wedding of Rose Sollis to Arthur Gerring. Arthur farmed land on the lower east side of Mount Owen Road, on the south side of Aston Road and on both sides of Buckland Road.