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 Perdio "personal radio"
Order of Service for St Frideswides Civic Service. Bampton Community Archive accepted an invitation to be part of telling "stories of Oxfordshire" at the St. Frideswide Civic Service in Christ Church Cathedral on 22nd October.
David Elward WWII. Evan David Elward left the coal mines to join the RAF. He arrived at RAF Brize Norton just before the outbreak of WW11. As a sergeant, he was posted to the Far East and saw service in India and Burma. In 1941 , he married Bamptonian Vera Tanner after meeting at a dance in the Village Hall, organised by Mrs. Glenister, wife of the railway Station Master. After the war, David spent the rest of his life in Bampton, the village he loved. He had two daughters with Vera, Jean (Jones) and Janet (Newman).
