PLH 9/11/2020

EDWARD BLACKWELL. Born 1894 Cumnor to William Richard, a cowman, and Emily (nee
Woodley). Brothers William b.1889, Walter Frank b. 1896. Harold Frederick b. 1901 Sisters
Amelia 188, Anne 1886, Edith 1883, Florence 1879, Kathleen 1900. (Kathleen and Frank
born in Lew and the others in Cumnor). Brother William m. Edith and was a railway engine
stoker in Swindon they had a son *Percy Ronald 1908. Family living in Lew, Bampton, from
1897.
1939. Percy R. Blackwell born 1908, wife Ethel living 349 Woodham Lane, Chertsey, Surrey.

JOHN AND HAROLD CASTLE. John b.1890 and Harold born 1889 were sons of Edward and
Mary Ann (nee Worley) and they and their sisters and brothers were all born in Tackley,
Oxon. Mary b. 1880 m. 1926 David Evan Williams. Fanny b. 1882 m. 1925 Edward Lake.
*George Worley b. 1883 m. 1914 Charlotte Sutton, died 1954, farmer in Tackley and
Ploughly. Aubrey b. 1885 m. 1925 Lilian Pargetter, *Nora b. 1887 unm. Kate b. 1891 unm.
1939 Nora Castle b. 1887 Vllll/S. Kate Castle b. 1891 Womens Land Army. Both living at The
Red House, Old Woodstock, Oxon. .
George W. Castle and wife Charlotte and son David b. 1915, daughter Daphne b. 1917.
Farmer in Ploughly, Oxon.

FRANK LOCK. He was the son of John and Mary Ann born 1891 Radyr, Glamorgan (1893 in
1901 census). An only child. Joined Grenadier Guards no. 20598 18.11.1914 in Oxford
where he lived as a police constable. Wounded in action when he suffered a bad injury to
his leg and foot and got a pension when he was discharged 30.9.16. Died 7.10.1917. (buried
in the village with war gravestone). When he joined up his father was then landlord of The
Carpenters Arms. His parents died in Carterton and are buried in the village graveyard, Mary
Ann died 1934 and John 1938. l know not of any other family.

WILLIAM JOSEPH GARRATT b. 1892 to William and Annie (nee Gardner). Father born
Birmingham. brother George b. 1894, sisters Ellen b.1897, Flora b. 1900.. William joined the
Ok and Bucks Regiment first and in 1914 went over to the Hampshire Regiment. In the 1994
Electors Register there were at 14 Chestnut Close, Brize Norton - Harry S. and Margaret
Garratt. His mother Annie Gardner's father was Joseph, brother to Eleanor who married
Charles Poole who is the ancestor of Helen and Bob Jones.,33 Solwav. Hailsham, E Sussex
who miaht be able to heliif thev are still therel.

EDWIN JOHN MILES aka WIGGINS. Known as Miles but registered, baptised and in the
Census under the name of Wiggins. In 1778 John Wiggins married his 3”’ wife Anne Miles
which was to be found to be bigamausly and later generations were noted as Wiggins alias
Miles in parish records. Edwin John, the son of George and Flora (nee Archer) Wiggins alias
Miles, was born 1890. George was a waggoner on farms; Haddon Farm and those in
Fulbrook and Chimney. Their other children were Elizabeth b.1893, Martha b. 1905, Alfred
William b.1901, *Winifred Ellen b. 1906 (m.1931 Ernest Faulkner, son Peter who married
1954 Millicent Melville), Francis Herbert 1911. (ln the censuses they are noted as Wiggins.)
After her husband's death Flora married 1924 John Luckett a widower.
1939. Ernest Faulkner and wife Winifred and son Peter at 2 Council Houses Brize Norton
(next door to the Millis family)

THOMAS WILLIAM POWELL born Bristol 1895 to David and Britannia (nee Cantell). His
parents were from Pontypridd, Wales where their first four children were born. David b.
1886, Grizzela b. 1888, Edith b. 1890, Isabella b. 1892. A move to Gloucester where Howell
b. 1894 and Thomas were born 1895 and by 1901 were in Brize. David m.1920 Adelaide
Walter, Grizella m. 1917 Edward Evans, Isabella m. 1923 Wesley Jones (the Welsh
headmaster of the village school) and these two sisters became schoolteachers -Isabella
with her husband. Edith unm died in Wales 1984, Howell m. 1918 Minnie Everard and
became our local doctor and local historian.
Some time ago l was contacted by the following person who was connected to the family.
Mr E K Morley, 2d Kendal Ave..C0pnor. Portsmouth P03 SAX

ALBERT WILKINS was born 1893 to Charles and Martha (nee Sessions) and h'ad two sisters
Elizabeth and Annie and two brothers Charles William 1885-1972 and Henryl born 1888. His
father was a shepherd working at Sturt Farm and then to Manor Farm in 1928 and after his
death in 1943 his son Charles William continued farming from there. His son Lewis b 1914
m. 1940 Pina Gianocca, Charles b. 1916 m. 1948 Mona Wood, Dora b. 1924 married 1956
Peter Brown from Squires Farm, her father gave them some land to build a farmhouse,
Wilbro Farm, next to Astrop farm. Peter was also Church warden at St Britius church for
many years. Mary b.1917 became famous as one of the pilots delivering planes for the RAF.
She married Donald Ellis 1961 and died 2018. Edward b. 1918.
Dora went live near her son Christopher in Romsey Hants and since died.

EDWARD WILKINS was born 1887 to Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Smith). He had 3 sisters Ann
b. 1870, Alice b. 1875 married 1904 *Char|es William Bellenger and Amelia b. 1906 m. 1906
Frederick Linfield. He was a distant cousin to Albert Wilkins who also died in 1916, their
grandfathers were cousins who both married Wiggins brides!
1939 Charles William Bellenger b. 1873 Brize Norton to Mary a single woman (no surname in
baptisms book). I have him down in my Bellenger family tree as the son of Charles m. 1878
Miriam Outram who then went up north to work in Durham and Cumberland (censuses
1891& 1901) with Charles William so must be his son. His father had a brother who is the
ancestor of a contact of mine in 1901 in the Bellenger family — Valerie Bellinger Ackerman,
4877 Lake Ave, White Bear Lake, MN 55110, USA

HENRY FREDERICK GODWIN. Born 1897 to Cornelius and Frances (nee Williams) at Stratton
St Margaret, his father a shepherd born Langford. Other children were *William b. 1899 b.
Stratton, Ernest b. 1900 Stratton, Arabella b. 1902 Stratton, Robert b.1906 Clanfield, Albert
b. 1905 Alvescot, Wilfred 1910 in Shilton where they still were in 1911. Henry worked at
Kilkenny Farm but why his name is on the BN Memorial when the family seemingly had no
connected with the village, his parents at the time of his death lived in Burford.
1939. This might be a brother. William Godwin b. 1898 and wife Margaret 4 Sherwood Row,
Witney.

JOHN UPSTONE. On the War memorial his name is noted as John S Upstone born 1892,
registered as John Stanley, named as a war dead in official records and in the 1901 census
his mother is Annie who married 2nd. Raymond West a cattleman and he only had a sister
Kate and brother Raymond and they then lived on Diamond Farm, 153 Banbury Rd, Oxford.
By the 1911 census he was married to Beatrice with a son Cecil and living in 11 Corn St
Witney as a busman. Howell Powell remembers Jack Upstone who had two brothers Joe and
Jim and this checks up with another John Upstone, son of Amos and Caroline, who does
have brothers named Joseph and James and are on the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Upstones
have lived for several generations in the village. I cannot find any record of that John as a
war dead or in military records! John Upstone b. 1893 the son of Amos and Caroline (nee
Brooks) also Anne b. 1888,"J"os‘eph b. 1890. John b. 1893-1917, James b. 1896, Constance b.
1898 m. Charles Battell1922, May b. 1899, Fanny b. 1902. _
1939-45

JOHN EDWARD MILLIS. Flying Officer 58252 RAF Reserve 177 Squadron born 1920 to Walter
John and Lillian Violet Mills (nee Adams). He was born in Tonbridge Kent. His father was
born here too and in the 1911 Census his father was a private in the Loyal North Lancs
Regiment in lndia.
His sister Jean Emily Sydney Millis born 1926 Carterton, her father a carrier. She married
John David Farquhar, she died in 1988 at 40 Latimer Road, Headington. She was a retired
nurse but I cannot find any details of when she was married or of any children.
His father died 1954 and his mother 1963, living Carters Close Carterton.
1939 Register, she was living with her parents, her father a labourer in a bus garage, at No 1
Council Houses in Brize Norton (I think it was Elm Grove as next door was Ernest Faulkner,
with Arthur Sollis and Percival Timms in the same row). Her brother John would not be
mentioned in this as those on Reserve were called up as soon as war is declared.

As the soldiers on the list died unmarried I have gone sideways and looked for children of
their siblings to see if there is a clue of where they were living. I have tried to keep these in
Oxfordshire and nearby counties or those whose names are definite to the family. I have
also looked at the 1939 Register, this was made for the purposes of identity cards for the
war period. Some of the names I’ve noted from that may possibly be related to our soldier.
By marriage through generations of villagers it is possible that many families now are
related to one another.

On the list you gave me there was one named Mills which isn’t on my list. Did you mean
Millis from the 2“d WW which I have added.