Host:
Mr John Mole, Chairman of Oakley Parish Council and of Oakley VC committee
Dignitaries attended:
includes Oakley)


The Oakley VC Committee would like to thank the following for their support and contribution toward this very special Edward Brooks Victoria Cross Centenary Commemoration:
Dignitaries
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher – Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire & representative of Her Majesty the Queen
The Right Honourable John Bercow, MP – Speaker of the House of Commons
The Hon Mrs R C Soames, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (2016–2017)
The Rifles Regiment
Col Simon Plummer
Major Heaver (bugler);
Mike Marr
Guard of honour
Buckinghamshire (The Rifles) Army Cadet Force
The Royal British Legion:
Lt Col Simon Wilkinson
Mr Colin Doyle
Exhibitors and loans from
Soldiers of Oxford Museum
Buckinghamshire Military Museum
Oakley Parish Council
Members of Oakley Parish Council
Oakley Church
The Rev David Kaboleh
The Choir, Oakley Church
Oakley Parochial Church Council
Parking/access supplied by
Mr & Mrs Thomas, Manor Farm
Mr & Mrs Hunter, Churchfield House
Mr & Mrs Hopcroft, Lynnen’s View
Mrs Thompson, Bicester Road
Oakley Parish Council, Oakley Playing Fields
Oakley C of E Combined School
Ian Massey
Nigel Crompton
Mr Keith Brooks
Drumhead
British Drum Company
Website
Adrian Tatum
Flypast on 30th April
Great War Display Team
Major funding
Heritage Lottery Fund
Information sources
Peter and June Underwood (Buckinghamshire remembers)
Clint’s Roll of Honour
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.co.uk
Forces War Records
Sponsorship of Order of Service
The Chandos Arms, 10 The Turnpike, Oakley
Oakley Garage, Worminghall Road, Oakley
The Press
The Oakley Informer
The Bernwode News
The Thame Gazette
The Oxford Mail
Courrier picard (The Picardy Courier)
BBC TV News
ITV News
Print shop
Block 9 Display Ltd, who printed much of the exhibition material.
Bicester Print, for printing of Order of Service
Oakley School
Julia Sulston, headteacher
Elaine Morley
Adam King
All the children of Oakley school, especially Class 4
Children of Oakley pre-School
Florist
Gail Robertson of Evergreen, Thame
Village signage
Connells Estate agent
Photographers
Dave Welch, still photographer and author of official Oakley VC book
Richard Carr, Bucks TV
All the villagers who gave money towards the Oakley VC project
