World War I
and Headington
This card was sent at Christmas by members of the congregation of All Saints Church, Highfield to soldiers of that parish serving abroad in the First World War
Of the three Headington parishes, All Saints suffered the most losses (52). Although its population at the time was only two-thirds that of Holy Trinity (Quarry) and much the same as that of St Andrew’s (Old Headington), it encompassed the much newer Highfield / New Headington area which had a higher proportion of young families
Quarry lost 45 men and Old Headington 30, making a total of 127 Headington dead. As the total population of Headington in 1911 was only 5,351, this means that 2.37% its people (and therefore well over 10% of its young men) died fighting in the First World War
All Saints Parish, Highfield
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Number from New Headington/Highfield who died: 52 |
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Total population of that ecclesiastical parish in 1911: 1,636 The names listed below are on a board inside the church |
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To the Glory of God and in ever grateful |
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| Harold Allen | Henry Goodgame | William Neville | |
| Harry Allen | Harold Grain | Stanley Norgrove | |
| George Atkinson | James Griffin | Ralph Nutt | |
| Frank Bateman | Frank Hathaway | Albert Oliver | |
| William Bateman | William Higgins | Charles Reeves | |
| John Bellamy, Lieut. | Edwin Hudson | Joseph Rushton | |
| Richard Bridgewater | William Irving | Ernest Schofield | |
| Frederick Brooks | Ernest Jacob | Herbert Smith | |
| Edwin Bryant | Jack Jacobs | Leonard Smith | |
| Alfred Cull | Raymond Jacobs | Frank Taylor | |
| Hugh Davenport, Capt. | William Jacobs | Harold Taylor | |
| Leonard Davenport, Lieut. | Frank Jeffreys | George Vyles | |
| Harold Dennis | Thomas Keen | William Webb, Lieut. | |
| William Dipper | Frederick King | Arthur Westell | |
| James Durham | Reginald Miles | Herbert White | |
| Frank Gardner | Frederick Morris | William White | |
| Harry Godfrey | Albert Neville | Arthur Williams | |
| John Durham | |||
Above left: John Holland Bellamy (of Netherbury at
at the south end of Lime Walk) in 1908, when he
he was in the Magdalen College School football
team. Later an undergraduate at The Queen's
College, he was killed at the Somme in 1916
Below: All Saints war memorial cross, which fell over in August 2008
Holy Trinity Parish, Headington Quarry
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Number from Quarry who died: 45 |
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Total population of that ecclesiastical parish in 1911: 2,362 The churchyard cross (which contains no names) was set up to the memory of the men of this parish who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914–1918 |
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The names listed below are on a tablet in the church porch |
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| B. W. Brazier | C. J. Gurl | H. Perrin | |
| E. J. Butler | E. Gurl | G. Prichard | |
| J. Clark | H. Hedges | G. Skey | |
| T. Cooper | W. G. Herbert | H. Smith | |
| W. F. Cooper | J. Heritage | W. Smith | |
| E. Coombes | A. Horwood | P. Surman | |
| E. C. Coppock | B. F. G. Jeffs | A. Taylor | |
| R. Coppock | J. A. Kislingbury | A. E. Taylor | |
| G. Cox | A. Kimber | H. J. Trafford | |
| W. A. Cox | R. J. Kimber | W. I. Trafford | |
| P. D. Doyne | T. G. Kimber | G. Trafford | |
| J. Drewitt | A. Marshall | J. Tolley | |
| R. C. Evelegh* | R. Morris | W. Webb | |
| E. C. Edwards | R. H. N. Prior | A. Wright | |
| A. Gurl |
F. C. Parsons | C. Ward | |
* Captain Evelegh also has a memorial plaque inside the church |
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The unveiling of the war memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard is shown as a full front-page photograph in the Oxford Journal Illustrated, 27 October 1920
St Andrew’s Church, Old Headington
| Number from Old Headington who died: 30 |
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Total population of that ecclesiastical parish in 1911: 1,353 |
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The following names are listed on a board inside the church: To the glory of God. In memory of
the men of St Andrew’s Headington who laid down their lives
in the Great War. 1914–1919. Jesu Mercy |
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| Thomas H. Allen | Tom Kimber |
| John Ashworth | Alec Knight |
| James Batts | Hubert J. W. Langham |
| James J. Blake | Albert Louch |
| Sydney Bullock | John Newell |
| John A. Crawford | Thomas T. Parker |
| Alfred Cull | Alfred Robinson |
| Harold T. Dennis | Henry Smith |
| Arthur A. Fry | Leonard Smith |
| Harry O. S. Gibson | Harold B. Taylor |
| Frank Hathaway | Arthur C. Tolley |
| Frederick P. Hazell | George Tolley |
| Francis J. Jeffreys | William Webb |
| Bertie Jeffs | Eric J. Woods |
| Gerald Judge | Alan Young |