1911 Census (Willesden, Ref 275)
Name (Head) John Fenemore
Address: 83, Canterbury Road, High Road, Kilburn
Age: 30
Born Oxford
Status Married
Occupation Horse keeper
Other people on census
Wife: Anne Fenemore (31, Married (for 3 years, 1 child – alive) , age 31 born 1870, born Red Hill Street, Poplar)
Son: William Fenemore (Age 2, born 1909, born 83, Canterbury Road, High Road, Kilburn)
1901 Census (Willesden, London 95)
Name Ernest Fenemore
Address: 249 Kilburn Lane
Age: 21
Born 1880; Oakley, Bucks
Status Single
Relation: Boarder
Occupation General Labourer
Other people on census
Head: Spencer J. Honor (38, married, Horsekeeper in Bus Yard, born 1853, born Bucks)
Other family: Wife and four children (2 sons and 2 daughters) in the house
Other borders: Three other borders in the house
1891 Census (Oakley, ref 03)
Name Hernest Fenemore
Address: In The Village
Age: 10
Born Oakley, Bucks
Occupation Scholar
Other people on census
Father (Head): William Fenemore (55, Married, occupation Farmer, born 1836, born Oakley, Bucks)
Mother: Jane Fenemore (40, Married, born 1851, born Oakley, Bucks)
Brothers: James Fenemore (16, Single, occupation Farm boy, born 1875, born Oakley, Bucks)
William Fenemore (13, occupation Farm boy, born 1878, born Oakley, Bucks
Harry Fenemore (8, Scholar, born 1883, born Oakley, Bucks)
Sisters: Mary Fenemore (21, Single, born 1870, born Oakley, Bucks
Alice Fenemore (5, Scholar, born 1886, born Oakley, Bucks)
Emma Fenemore (3, Scholar, born 1888, born Oakley, Bucks)
Ada Fenemore (1, born 1890, born Oakley, Bucks)
Visitor Beatrice Juss (9, Scholar, born 1882, born Oxford)
1881 Census (Oakley, ref 076)
Name Hervest J. Fenemore (Ernest J. Fenemore)
Address: Worminghall Road
Age: 6 months
Born 1880, Oakley, Bucks
Other people on census
Father (Head): William Fenemore (44, Married, occupation Farm Labourer, born 1837. born Oakley, Buck)
Mother: Jane Fenemore (30, Married, born 1851, born Oakley, Bucks)
Brothers: James Fenemore (7, Scholar, born 1874, born Oakley, Bucks)
William Fenemore (3, born 1878, born Oakley, Bucks)
Sisters: Mary Elizabeth Fenemore (11, Scholar, born 1870, born Oakley, Bucks)
Ann Fenemore (9, Scholar, born 1872, born Oakley, Bucks)
Allice Fenemore (5, born 1876, born Oakley, Bucks)
Medals
Victory Medal E/1/1018 163054
British Medal E/1/1018 163054
UK Army Registery of Soldiers’ Effects (ref 703997)
Credit £7 2s 10d Allocated on 30/10/1918 to Wife Annie (& children) £7 12s 2d
Credit 9s 4d
War Gratuity Allocated on 23/01/1920 to Wife Annie (& children) £4 10s 0d
Memorials/notes etc.
Oakley War Memorial.
Memorial BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Grave Reference: III. G. 10.
Private Ernest John FENEMORE
Known as Ernest Fenemore
Born: 1881, Oakley
Pre-War Occupation Horse keeper
Regiment Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Rank Private
Married: 10 November 1907, Holy Trinity, Kilburn, London
Died: 3rd July 1918
Cause of Death Died of Wounds
Age at death 38
Wife: Annie Sarah Elizabeth Fenemore, nee Curry (born 26 July 1880; died 1979, Witney, aged 99)
Son: William Fenemore (born1909)
Father: William Fenemore (born 1837, Oakley, Bucks; married 30th Dec 1868, Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, London; died 13th Dec 1901. Aged 65 Oakley; buried 17th Dec 1901, Oakley Church)
Mother: Jane Fenemore nee Ray (born April, 1850, location Oakley, Bucks; married 30th Dec 1868, Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, London; died 19th Feb 1931, Oakley aged 82; buried 23 February 1931)
Brothers (4) James Fenemore (baptised, 4th Jan 1874, Oakley, Bucks; married 30th Dec 1868, Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, London)
William Harding Fenemore (baptised 2nd Nov 1879, Oakley Church)
Harry Fenemore (baptised 7th Jan 1883, Oakley Churchlived in Horton-cum-Studley Almshouses; died 7th Jan 1962, age 79, Horton; buried 10th Jan 1962, Oakley Church)
Thomas George Fenemore (born 1891, died 2nd May 1977; ashes scattered 23rd Oct 1977)
Sisters (6) Mary Elizabeth Fenemore (born, 1870, Oakley, Bucks, bapt., 6th Feb 1870, Oakley Church; married 1892, Oxford to Arthur J. Joyce;)
Ann Fenemore (baptised 5th May 1872, Oakley Church)
Alice Fenemore (baptised 6th Feb 1876, Oakley Church; died 16th March 1884, aged 8, buried 20th March 1884, Oakley Church.)
Alice (Tracey) Jane Dean Fenemore (born 6th Jun 1885, Oakley, Bucks; bapt. 18th Oct 1885, Oakley Church, unmarried. Died 15th May 1964, age 71; buried 19th May 1964)
Emma Lucy Fenemore (born 11th Sep 1887, Oakley, Bucks; baptised 22 Oct 1888, Oakley Church;)
Amy Fenemore
Paternal Grandfather: Henry Fenemore (born 1810, Oakley, Bucks; married 5th May 1836, Oakley, Bucks; died 18th Aug 1888, age 78, Oakley, Bucks; buried 16th Aug 1888, Oakley Church)
Paternal Grandmother: Lucy Hawes (born 1819, Oakley, Bucks married 5th May 1836, Oakley, Bucks; died 8th Sep 1884, aged 69; buried 13th Sep 1884, Oakley Church)
Maternal Grandfather: John Ray (born, 1815 Chesham, Bucks; married October 1839 Thame district; died 1895 age 80, Wycombe District)
Maternal Grandmother: Allice Ray, nee Turner (born 1 January 1820, baptised 20th Feb 1820)
Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
First Names: Ernest John
Surname: Fenemore
Date of birth c. 1880
Birth town: Oakley, Buckinghamshire
Resided Town Kilburn
Nationality: British
Date of death: 03 / 07 / 1918
Fate: Died of Wounds
Information Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Fenemore
of Oakley, Thame, Oxon;
Husband of A. S. E. Fenemore
of 109 Kilburn Park Rd., Paddington
London.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 60811
Duty Location France and Flanders
Service British Army
Regiment Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment
Battalion 6th Battalion
Memorial
Description. BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Country: France
Locality: Somme
Location Information: Gezaincourt is a village situated 2 Kms to the south-west of the town of Doullens. Bagneux British Cemetery lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the “Chateau” entrance.
Historical Information: At the end of March, the 3rd, 29th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations moved to Gezaincourt, where they were joined for a short time in April by the 45th. They remained until September. The cemetery was begun in April 1918, after the close of the German offensive in Picardy. The 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, in the citadel at Doullens, also buried in this cemetery in May and June 1918, and the 2nd Canadian Division in April and May. The graves in Plot III, Row A relate to a bombing raid over Doullens on 30 May 1918.
There are 1,374 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Military background
British Army
Service number 60811 ; 608811 ; G/60811
Service: Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) – 6th (Service) Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Guildford as part of the First New Army (K1) and then moved to Purfleet to join the 37th Brigade of the 12th Division then moved to Hythe.
Feb 1915 Moved to Aldershot.
May 1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne
1915 The Battle of Loos.
1916 The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917 The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Cambrai operations.
1918 The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Epehy, The Final Advance in Artois.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Rumegies, East of Orchies, France.
WW1 War diaries for Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) – 6th Battalion.
31st March 1918 – The battalion remained in billets
First World War Representative Medical Records
E Fenemore, Age 38
Index number of Admission 20134
Information Entrained Ambulance Train
Rank Private
Service Number 608811
Months with Field Force 5 months
Ailment: Gunshot wound IX (1) left foot severe
Date of admission for original ailment 31/03/1918
Date transferred to other hospitals No. 6 Convalescent Depot 11/04/1918
Number/Designation of Ward 10
Notes written in observation column 30/03/1918. No. 56 Casualty Clearing Station
Religion Church of England
Regiment Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Battalion 6th Battalion
WW1 War diaries for Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) – 6th Battalion.
In the Line: 30th June 1918 The assembly for the operation in W.15 d “37” INFANTRY BRIGADE ORDER 204 commenced at 3:30 p.m. and was complete by 5:45 p.m., the whole movement being carried out without casualties.
Zero Hour 9:35 om
STOKES MORTARS opened barrage at ZERO -1 Minute
ARTILLERY barrage opened at ZERO
ENEMY barrage opened at ZERO + 10 minutes
All objectives were reported having been taken and consolidation started at 11:40 pm
Touch was obtained with the Royal West Kents on the left, but was not gained with the Bedfords on our right. About 12:00 midnight the situation was obscure.
In the line 1st July 1918 At 01:10 am all objectives were still being held
at 07:30 Touch was obtained with the Bedfords by means of a small Bombing Raid.
At 3:00 pom touch was lost with the Bedfords on our right.
At 8:00 pm the Germans counter attacked on our right and we were forced back to the original German front line in this time touch was regained with The Bedfords on the right and the Royal West Kent’s on the left
In the line 2nd July 1918 The Battalion was relieved by the 6th Buffs about 05:00 am and moved to reserve line in front of BOUZINCOURT
In the line 3rd July 1918 The day was quiet and spent in rest and cleaning up.
In the line 4th July 1918 On the evening of the 3rd / 4th of July, the Battalion was relieved by the 9th Fusiliers and moved to Camp V.8.G 2. 9
Total casualties in operation from June 30rd to July 2nd
OFFICERS: Killed 2nd Lt G.A. FLANIGAN 2nd Lt A.L. Ashton; Died of wounds Lt C.R. McWHINNIE. WOUNDED 2nd Lt F.C. WHITE; 2nd Lt G. TURBERVILLE; Capt F. HAKES A.S> WORMAN and 2nd Lt C.W. HANFORD. Wounded by remained at duty Capt F.A.G. POWELL JONES, 2nd Lt A.H.d’E FORBES 2nd Lt C. FRANKLIN 2nd Lt F.H. ASPDEN
OTHER RANKS Killed 28, Missing 8, Wounded 190.
Total casualties for Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 30th June to 4th July 1918:
Private F.J. Barley, Private A.E.J. Barnes, Private J.W. Brooks, Private H.B. Cole, Lance Corporal S. Coles, Private D.J. Donetta, Lance Corporal A.A. Elkin, Private G.E. Ellis, Private C.J Enstone, Private E.J. Fenemore, Private J. Gadsdon, Private H. Gibbs, Private A.R. Grocott, Private T.R. Hewitson, Private J.T. Hine, Private A.E.J. Hobbs, Private E. Hobbs, Private E.S. Hoole, Lance Corporal F.G. Howes, Private E. Humphreys, Private R.H. Jackson, Private W.J Paine, Lance Corporal C.J. Parnell, Private A. Ratcliffe, Private H. Seekings, Corporal H.T. Sharp, Private A.F. Simpson, Private R.R. Small, Private A.J. Spiers, Lance Corporal J.R. Tuthill, Private J.B. Wells, Lance Corporal T.R. Wortley and Lance Corporal W.J. Yates
