Light Cruiser. First British warship sunk by a submarine in WW1. Sank on 05.09.1914, – torpedoed out from the Firth of Forth by German Submarine U-21. A single torpedo hit the forward magazine, causing it to explode, and Pathfinder sank in just four minutes. There were seventy survivors from a crew of 570. Thame Remembers Casualty: L/2470 […]
Destroyer. Sank 0n 04.04.1918 off Portland Bill, having collided in fog with the SS Kenilworth. There were no survivors from a complement of 60. Thame Remembers Casualty: 3366 Midshipman William Cecil Hoadley
Battleship. Sank on 01.01.1915, twenty five miles off Portland, by two torpedoes from German Submarine. U-24. 547 men were lost, including two men from Thame, and 233 survived. Thame Remembers Casualties: S/114908 Stoker 1st Class Wilfrid Harry Clarke 312071 Stoker 1st Class Frederick North
Alfred Robert Howland was one of nineteen children of William and Alice Howland. He was born in 1883, when the family were living in Pound Street, later Wellington Street, Thame. Alfred married Harriet Elizabeth Loader at All Saints Church, Birmingham, in April 1914. In February 1901 at the age of 18, he enlisted at Hounslow […]
Sidney Augustus Shrimpton was born in the parish of St Olave, Southwark, London on the 16th January 1890. His mother was Emily Shrimpton from Long Crendon, but his father is unknown. He returned with his mother to Long Crendon where he was baptised in 1891. Although Emily later married, Sidney was brought up by his […]
Charles Reginald B Plim was born in Thame in 1881 the only son of parents Charles J Plim and Matilda (nee Whiston) of 16 East St Thame. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and also county court clerk. Charles joined the 59th (Oxfordshire) Company of the Imperial Yeomanry in December 1899 (number 2251) but was invalided home in 1900 having […]
Harry Taylor was born in 1879 in Derby, Derbyshire. By 1881 he was living with his grandparents Henry and Sarah Taylor in Thame and in 1891 they were living at 55 Park Street, Thame, Oxfordshire. When he signed up to the army on 17th April 1896, Harry was working as a groom in Thame. He initially served with […]
Michael William Bond was born in Thame in 1873 the son of Frederick and Sarah Bond of Moreton Field Farm, Moreton, Thame. He was baptised at St Mary’s Church on 2nd July 1873. By 1891 at age 17 he is described as a farmer in the census. He joined the Oxfordshire Yeomanry in 1893 and then the Imperial Yeomanry […]
George Archer was born in Thame in 1873 to parents John and Mary Archer (nee Howlett) of Priestend, Thame. He was baptised at St Mary’s church on 28 April 1873, but his father John died later the same year and his mother in 1884. By 1891 George was age 18, working as a shoemaker and living in Priestend […]
William Hubbard was born in Haddenham in 1878 although the family soon moved to Thame living, in Moreton Lane and Church Road. They were at 65 High Street in 1911. William was the second eldest of seven sons born to Thomas Hubbard and Susannah (nee Woodbridge). He was working as an errand boy before joining […]