Ogbourne St Andrew: WWI War Memorial

Mary Spender

The Ogbourne St Andrew Parish History Group has researched the thirteen names listed on the Ogbourne St Andrew Memorial Cross. Below are the men listed with individual links on their names to more detailed information.  The Memorial Cross is situated just off the A346 as you turn in to the village of Ogbourne St Andrew.

  • Ogbourne St Andrew WWI Wall Memorial
  • Inauguration of the Ogbourne St Andrew Memorial

The Men of Ogbourne St Andrew Who Fell in The War

George Angell
1st Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Died at the Edmonton Military Hospital, Middlesex
  • Husband of Elizabeth and father of Elizabeth Rhoda of  ‘Crabtree Cottages’, Savernake Forrest, Little Bedwyn

Nelson William Cauldwell
1st Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Died of wounds, 20th May 1915 in Elzenwalle, Belgium, aged 21
  • He is buried at Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
  • Son of John and Mary Cauldwell of The Turnpike, Rockley Road, Marlborough

Sidney James Caswell
2nd Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Killed in Action during the Battle of Arras, France, on the 9th April 1917, aged 24
  • Commemorated on Special memorial 13 of the Wancourt British Cemetery, France
  • Husband of Mary Ann Taylor of Ogbourne St Andrew

Cyril Edward Cook
5th Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Killed whilst on Brigade Fatigues, on the 15th December 1915, aged 17
  • Remembered on Helles Memorial (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) war memorial , Turkey

George D’Arcy Edwardes
1st (Royal) Dragoons

  • Killed in action, 10th July 1916, aged 28
  • Remembered with Honour at the Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France

Thomas James Eggleton
5th Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Killed in action,  29th March 1917, aged 24
  • Remembered with Honour on the Basra Memorial, Iraq
  • Son of James and Ann Eggleton of Ogbourne St Andrew

Charles Arthur Hams
1st Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Killed in action, 3rd September 1915, aged 30
  • Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
  • Husband of Sarah Hams, of Rockley, Marlborough

George Lea
10th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment

  • Killed in action, 13th October 1915, aged 24
  • Remembered on the Loos Memorial, Nr Calais, France
  • Son of Jessie Lea

Stanley George Mundy
6th (Service) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment

  • Killed in action, 23rd August 1918, aged 18
  • Buried at Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France
  • Son of Alfred George and Phoebe Mundy of 31 Winterbourne Bassett, Swindon

Isaac Smith
2nd/8th Manchester Regiment

  • Died on 1st April 1917, aged 34
  • Buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
  • Son of John Smith (Widow) of Ogbourne St Andrew

Robert Smith
2nd Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Killed in action on 20th October 1918, aged 30
  • Buried at St. Aubert British Cemetery, France

Albert Ernest Edward Wigmore
1st Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Killed in action on 22nd June 1915, aged 34
  • Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium

Edwin John Woodroff
5th Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Wiltshire Regiment

  • Died of his injuries on 10th April 1916, aged 19
  • Remembered on the Basra Memorial, Iraq
  • Son of John and Ruth Woodruff of Ogbourne Maizey