Jack Dewe (Brother of Phyllis Dewe, and uncle of Freda Bradley) memorial 'death' penny

Frederick was the father of William and grandfather of Frank.He lived at Plantation Cottages. which no longer exist.

Godfrey served with The Welsh Guards during WW11. Sadly, he died during that war and is remembered on the Bampton War Memorial.

Newspaper article about Bombing around us in WWII
August 16th 1940 RAF Brize Norton. Two German aircraft bombed the base. Nos 1 and 3 C-type hangars plus 4 aircraft were destroyed or written off. It was the most spectacular attack on any British airfield during WWII. One civilian, Frederick Harden was killed, he was 61 and came from Witney. On the same day six civilian Irish workmen were killed in the raid on RAF Stanton Harcourt which was under construction.
Stanley Jenkins describes in his book,Witney Through Time, how one of the bombs landed on Church Green and
second exploded behind the Eagle Brewery. The bombs caused blast damage to the grammar school and many houses.
their reports speak of army vehicles parked round Church Green being destroyed, windows being shattered in he church, the council offices and the police station as well as several shops. In addition, falling glass from the glazed roof of the weaving sheds at Mount Mills, the home of blanket manufacturers James Marriott and Sons, damaged the looms and production of blankets was halted while they were repaired. Remarkably the only injuries appear to have been cuts and bruises and building repairs were quickly carried out.

Frank Hudson's Identity and Insurance Card issued 22 5 1940

Ration book & supplementary ration book for Gladys Ginger, aunt of Frank Hudson

This is Frank Hudson's parents who lived in Plantation Cottages and used the ration card to get their provisions from Local Shops in Bampton.
The retailers mentioned on the card are
Butcher - H Taylor and Sons,
Butter and Margarine - GW Dutton
Sugar, Bacon Tea and Jam - Mitchells Grocer

Frank received these pictures of the graffiti on the roof of Kings Lynn library in 2018 from someone at the library. Work was being done on the library and the men saw the writing/graffiti cut into the stonework and photographed it. A lady at the library did some research and found out William Hudson and Aubrey Cato came from Bampton and she found Frank. Frank had no idea at all his father (known to all in Bampton as Bill) had ever been to Norfolk or that he’d been there on fire and Zeppelin watch on the roof of Kings Lynn library. His friend Aubrey Cato was on the roof with him and his initials are all cut into the stone.Both went on to Flanders. Their immediate superior found them huddled in a fox hole together and ordered one to get out, as one only to a hole was allowed for safety reasons. Bill got out and as he walked away, a shell came over and right into the fox hole where Aubrey was and of course killed him instantly. It wasn’t until after Bill died Frank leant his father had been awarded the Military Medal. Frank was clearing his father’s home in Broad Street and found his father’s Military Medal. In the south chancel of the church in Bampton, there is a wonderful, framed list of every single man from Bampton who fought in WWI. Those with a gold cross by their name were killed, those with a red cross came home injured. Any medals awarded are listed by the names.

Frank Tanner, son of Thomas Tanner. When he was 17 years old, Frank left Bampton to seek work in Londonfound work at Harvey and Nichols department store for a while before deciding in 1912 to emigrate to Australia. In Australia he worked on a sheep farm, three days horse ride form Melbourne. When the first World War broke out and Frank heard that his brothers had joined up, he joined the Australian Army. Whilst fighting in France , Frank was very seriously injured. It was thought that he would not survive his injuries and was left in a ditch. Very Fortunately, he was found by the Red Cross and transported to a hospital. Happily for his family , Frank survived and was brought back to England. After the war, he discovered that his name had been added to a War Memorial in Australia as it was presumed he had died.