War and Remembrance
Title
War and Remembrance
Subject
As with most communities the cost of war was high. Here we remember the fallen and their stories.
Source
Oakridge History Group
Collection Items
Oakridge locals who served in the Great War and survived
In 2018, to commemorate the end of the Great War, Oakridge History Group researched and documented those who served in the Great War and survived to tell the tale.
This record is the result of that research. We have tried to include those who were…
William George Hunt
William Hunt was born on 17 June 1890 in Oakridge and baptised on 10 August 1890 in Oakridge Church. He was the son of Thomas Henry Hunt and Emma Maria Clift. Thomas Hunt was a railway labourer and lived in Oakridge Lynch at what was Hillbrae and now…
William Mark Curtis
William Curtis was born in 1897 in Sapperton, one of nine children. He was the son of Mark Curtis and Ellen Smith. Mark Curtis was a carter at King's Farm, Tunley in 1901 and in 1911 lived at Henwood Mill in the parish of Sapperton. William followed…
Walter Hunt
Walter Hunt was born on 16 September 1896 in Oakridge. He was the son of William Hunt and Elizabeth Stephens. William Hunt was a railway labourer for the GWR and lived in Fairview Cottage, Oakridge Lynch. Walter enrolled in Oakridge School on 1 March…
Walter Henry Fern
Walter Fern was born on 26 April 1884 in Oakridge and baptised in Oakridge Church on 1 June 1884. He was the son of Frederick Fern and Sarah Ann Barnfield. Frederick Fern was a plasterer and lived at Waterlane. Walter enrolled in Oakridge School on…
Thomas White
Thomas White was born in 1884 in Stow-on-the-Wold. He was the son of Thomas White and Edith Rhoda Timms. Thomas White senior was a coachman and he and his wife came from Buckinghamshire. Not much is known of his early life but on 26 April 1908 he…
Samuel Percy Gardiner
Sam Gardiner was born in 1884 in Oakridge and baptised in Oakridge Church on 7 December 1884. He was the son of Caleb Gardiner and Ellen Lewis. Caleb Gardiner was a stone mason and lived at Yew Tree Cottage in Oakridge Lynch. His mother Ellen died in…
Rupert James Gardiner
Rupert Gardiner was born on 19 March 1891 in Oakridge and baptised on 12 July 1891 in Oakridge Church. He was the son of Joseph Gardiner and Edith Louisa Sadler. Joseph Gardiner was a labourer and lived at the Taut in Far Oakridge. Joseph died in…