The Stewkley Lads : Fallen in the Great War
ISBN 978-0-9563800-0-5 Stewkley Local History Group 2009
SLHG´s first publication, written by group member John Sheldon, with foreword by Air Vice Marshall Dusty Saunders, brings together research and information on the Village War Memorials, the local Buckinghamshire regiments, biographies and stories, written in chronological order, of the “Stewkley Lads” who gave their lives for King and Country in WW I.
In 96 pages with many illustrations, it gives a unique insight into one of the greatest periods of social change in our village history.
Price: £4 locally or £7.50 inclusive of UK postage and packing.
The fallen soldiers honoured in the book can be seen below, those whose names are NOT honoured on the Stewkley Village War Memorial appear in Bold in this list.
| Shoeing-Smith Charles Allder |
| Private Albert Ashpool |
| Private Arthur Beasley |
| Private William Beasley |
| Private George Cannings |
| Private Fred Cheshire |
| Gunner William Cheshire |
| Private Alfred Dickens |
| Private Harry Dickens |
| Sergeant Arthur Foster MM |
| Private Albert Hall |
| Private Harry Hall |
| Private John Hambly |
| Private Percy Heady |
| Private Richard Hedges |
| Private William Hogston |
| Trooper Dennis Horne |
| Lieutenant Claude Horsley |
| Private William Illing |
| Lance Corporal Leonard Keen |
| Private Sidney Keen |
| Lieutenant Chester Killby |
| Private Henry Knight |
| Private Alfred Charles Lake |
| Sergeant Arthur Mead |
| Private Bertram Mead |
| Private Frank Mead |
| Private John Mead |
| Private Albert Moxon |
| Private William Nash |
| Sergeant Henry O’Grady MM |
| Gunner Fred Pitkin |
| Private George Roadnight |
| Captain Bruce Smith-Masters MC |
| 2nd Lieutenant George Smith-Masters |
| Private John Smith |
| Private Fred Stonhill |
| Corporal Thomas Stowe |
| Private George Syrett |
| Private William Syrett |
| Private William Harold Syrett |
| Private Percy William Tofield |
| Private Henry Willis |