Husband: Thomas OSBORNE [I422]
Born: 05 NOV 1851 in Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 1 2
Born: between 06 APR 1852 AND 31 MAR 1853 in Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 3 4 5
Baptised: 11 JAN 1852 in Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England
Married: FROM 22 OCT 1874 TO ) in Church of Castlethorpe
Buried: 02 SEP 1940 in St Simon & St. Jude (Section A, Row 7, No 1), Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: 09 AUG 1940
Buried: in memorial: Castlethrop 31D-West
Father: Thomas HARRIS
Mother: Jane OSBORNE
Spouses:
Residence: 07 APR 1861 Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 6
Residence: 02 APR 1871 Cottage, Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 7
Residence: 03 APR 1881 48 Albert Street, Coppenhall Monks, Crewe, Cheshire, England 8
06 DEC 1888 Appointed clerk of new School Board
Census: 05 APR 1891 (AGE 38) Railway carriage brakes fitter, Castlethorpe
Residence: 31 MAR 1901 Shrub Cottage, Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 9
Ordination: 28 JUN 1920 Appointed Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire at the Quarter Sessions held at Aylesbury
Residence: 02 SEP 1940 Welton
Occupation: 07 APR 1861 Scholar 10
Occupation: 02 APR 1871 Apprentice engine fitter & turner 11
Occupation: 22 OCT 1874 Mechanic
Occupation: 03 APR 1881 Engine Fitter 12
Occupation: 31 MAR 1901 Rail Machine Fitter 13
Notes:
Name Variations
1852 - Baptised Thomas Osborn (transcript)
Sue Blake 22/02/2007: Only today I came across a Bucks Standard article dated 3/7/1920 reporting that a Mr.Thomas Osborne had been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire..
Sue Blake 11/03/2007: Today I have come across a book of verses written by Thomas Osborne, J.P. of Castlethorpe and Welton Station
Sue Blake 12/03/2007: one of Thomas Osborne's verses that his mother died when he was 5 and his father not long after. He says he was brought up by an uncle and aunt.
The Bucks Standard July 3rd 1920
HONOUR FOR A CASTLETHORPE MAN. We are pleased to note that Mr. Osborne, of Castlethorpe, was duly appointed a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire at the Quarter Sessions held at Aylesbury on Monday, June 28, and received the congratulation of the Lord Lieutenant on behalf of the King upon his appointment. This is a well-deserved honour and recognition of Mr. Osborne’s abilities as a public official, as he has discharged the duties and responsibilities of nearly all the offices of trust in the village for the last 30 years. It was owing to his initiative that the village, secured such an up-to-date Board School in lieu of the voluntary school. He did all the necessary correspondence which led up to obtaining a suitable site for the erection of the building and securing the money from the Public Works Loan Commissioners. He acted as Board’s Clerk until the School was taken over by the County Council. For the same length of time he has been Assistant Overseer, and by virtue of this office automatically became clerk to the parish Council when it was inaugurated in 1884. He is also Assessor and Collector of taxes, and for three successive periods was responsible for taking the census in the village. All this work was done in addition to following his occupation as a mechanic in Wolverton Works, where he was bound as a premium apprentice in the year 1867. He retired from the Carriage Works and ably carried on his son’s business after his son had joined the forces in the War. Shortly after this he received the sad intelligence of his only son’s death in action in Belgium. Needless to say, this was a staggering blow to him as he had made great sacrifices with the anticipation of his son’s safe return. Mr. Osborne’s appointment as a J.P. gives great satisfaction locally, and it is hoped he will be spared many years to enjoy the honour so fittingly bestowed on him.
Wife: Annie Elizabeth COMPTON [I622]
Born: between 04 APR 1854 AND 5 APR 1855 in Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 14
Buried: 01 APR 1931 in St Simon & St. Jude (Section A, Row 7, No 2), Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, England
Buried: in memorial: Castlethorpe - 31D-West
Died: 29 MAR 1931
Father: J. COMPTON
Mother: >>>
Spouses:
Residence: 05 APR 1881 48 Albert Street, Coppenhall Monks, Crewe, Cheshire, England 15
Census: 31 MAR 1901 Shrub Cottage, Castle Thorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 16
Occupation: 05 APR 1881 Dress Maker 17
Children
01 (): Frank Compton OSBORNE [I623]
Born: between 31 MAR 1892 AND 30 MAR 1893 18
Died: 02 DEC 1917 in Killed in Action. Third Battle of Ypres Salient aka "Passchendaele/Passendale" (against Germany)
Buried: in Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Spouses:
Census: 31 MAR 1901 Shrub Cottage, Castle Thorpe, Buckinghamshire, England 19
Notes:
Killed in Action. Third Battle of Ypres (Leper) Salient aka "Passchendaele/Passendale" (against Germany) in the Belgian Flanders.
One of 9.6million Allied forced dead/missing - in "The Great War" (aka, WWI and The War to End All Wars)
2nd Dec 1917 - This indeed was after Third Ypres (and after Passchendaele). We know that after 10 Nov. 1917 (last day of Passchendaele) the fighting may have been over officially (Third Ypres), but not in practice.
vs The eventual capture of Passchendaele village by British and Canadian forces on 6 November finally gave Haig an excuse to call off the offensive claiming success.
http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/jerryandjanet-526112/thegreatwar/id3.html: (2nd December 1917) The Germans succeeded in retaking Masničres and pushing part of the British front back across the Cambrai-Bapaume road from the Hindenburg Line position, but that was the limit of their success. Like the British attack ten days earlier, the German counter offensive had, in effect, run its course, although the battle would continue for another six days. On 3rd December, continued German pressure led to the fall of La Vacquerie and the withdrawal of the British from east of the St Quentin Canal. Haig also ordered a further retreat from the salient, and by 7th December all the British gains were abandoned
http://fp.underw.f9.co.uk/bucksrems/memorials/p23.htm
http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/warmemorial/warmemorial.html
http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/warmemorial/fosborne.html
http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/warmemorial/memorialuneiled.html
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Buckinghamshire/Castlethorpe.html
http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/gravedetails.asp?id=933462
http://www.military-genealogy.com/nameShow?war=1&sid=597998
http://www.firstworldwar.com/maps/graphics/maps_61_wfront_cambrai_(1600).jpg
http://www.warpath.orbat.com/battles_ff/1917.htm (try get more info!!!)
http://www.warpath.orbat.com/divs/32_div.htm
Name: Frank Compton OSBORNE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank/Service Number: Private 81720
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry Branch of MGC) 97th Company. Formerly 26697, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Enlisted: Bletchley
Age/Date of death: 26 02 Dec 1917
How died/Theatre of war: Killed in action France & Flanders
Residence at death: Castlethorpe
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave: No known grave.
Memorial Reference: Panel 154 to 159 & 163A
Date/Place of birth: c1891 Castlethorpe
Parents: Thomas & Annie Elizabeth Osborn(e)
Parent's occupation: rail machine fitter
Parents' Address: Castlethorpe
http://www.1914-1918.net/mg_units.htm: (97th Brigade Machine Gun Company was) formed in Grantham, moved to France and joined 32nd Division <32div.htm>, 15 March 1917. Moved into No 32 Bn, MGC 21 February 1918.
(it would have been the 4th MG company added to the 32nd Divsion) - http://www.machineguncorps.co.uk/history.html
http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/mgc.htm: There is no full history of the MGC, most papers were lost in a devastating fire in 1935, and then soldier's papers were further depleted in the Blitz. The MGC has been jinxed as regards records.
http://www.machineguncorps.co.uk/history.html: Most of the few histories of individual Companies and Battalions (of the MGC) which survive are held at the Imperial War Museum. Many personal diaries and papers have also been donated to the IWM... Most of the Company and Battalion War Diaries survive at the Public Record Office, Kew.
Note - another MGC 97th company death on same day was:
private william soutar
7867
MGC, 97th company
killed in action 2-12-17,in the ostend sector
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20136/20136-h/20136-h.htm:
The (Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (HLI)) Battalion moved into the line on the evening of December 1st (1917) in conjunction with the other Battalions of the Brigade.
The 97th Infantry Brigade (were to be used) as counter-attacking troops ... in the event of a strong hostile counter-attack on the Brigade front. The frontage taken over by the Brigade was one of 1,850 yards approximately along the Passchendaele Ridge... The Battalion assembled on a frontage of 400 yards and at Zero Hour (1.55 a.m.) moved forward to the attack... The initial stages of the attack were successfully carried through, but the enemy—as was afterwards learned—knowing of what was on foot, waited in readiness. Suddenly he opened heavy machine gun fire upon the advancing Companies, inflicting heavy casualties which, in the dark and over the difficult ground, had the effect of splitting up the sections and creating some confusion. The officers and men of the Battalion gallantly pressed on against these odds, however, and succeeded in reaching their objective; but the enemy machine gun and rifle fire became so intense that their advanced positions were rendered humanly untenable... The Battalion hung on all through that awful night in its isolated positions, for orders were received that the attack would be renewed in the morning, but these orders were afterwards cancelled.
It was obvious that a hostile counter-attack might be expected, and this took place about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of the 2nd (December 1917), preceded by an intense artillery barrage. Owing to the terrible difficulties of their position, and the sweeping casualties inflicted, the line was forced back, but the actual enemy attack which followed his barrage was met by the rifle fire of the shattered 17th, and after the Bosches had approached within a certain distance of the posts, they broke and turned back in retreat.
02 (): Florrie OSBORNE [I624]
Born: between 01 APR 1895 AND 19 FEB 1896 20
Died: 19 FEB 1953
Spouses: William John GRAY