WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name Roy James Oldcorn
Regiment 8th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
Service Rank and Number Corporal 8997
Military Cemetery/Memorial Cambrai Memorial, Louveral
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 10
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Died 23rd November 1917 aged 27 yrs.
Biographical Details Known Roy was born in 1891. The 1901 census tells us that 19 year old Roy lived at The Gardens, the Green in Northop with his father Arthur, a market gardener, his Irish born mother, Alice and his three sisiters Winifred 7, Kathleen 3, and Audry 1 and one little brother Harry who was 5.
He joined the army in 1915 and was involved in active service in Dublin in the Irish rebellion of Easter Monday 1916. It looks as if he was killed on the day he arrived in France. Needs checking.
Coincidently we discovered that Roy is also remembered on another War Memorial in Bwlch, Breconshire but we don't know why. We're hoping that someone can clear up this mystery for us.
Regiment 8th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
Service Rank and Number Corporal 8997
Military Cemetery/Memorial Cambrai Memorial, Louveral
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 10
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Died 23rd November 1917 aged 27 yrs.
Biographical Details Known Roy was born in 1891. The 1901 census tells us that 19 year old Roy lived at The Gardens, the Green in Northop with his father Arthur, a market gardener, his Irish born mother, Alice and his three sisiters Winifred 7, Kathleen 3, and Audry 1 and one little brother Harry who was 5.
He joined the army in 1915 and was involved in active service in Dublin in the Irish rebellion of Easter Monday 1916. It looks as if he was killed on the day he arrived in France. Needs checking.
Coincidently we discovered that Roy is also remembered on another War Memorial in Bwlch, Breconshire but we don't know why. We're hoping that someone can clear up this mystery for us.
The County Herald 28th December 1917
Northop Parish Magazine
February 1918
We have to record the loss of two of our young men, viz William Hodgkinson and Roy James Oldcorn, who fell in action in France. Information received show how much their services were appreciated by their officers and comrades and how gallantly they performed their duties which led to the great sacrifice they have made. Both of them were members of the church and their bright example remains a sweet odour in our recollections. We shall always remember them with much pleasure though sorrowfully and our deepest sympathy is with their parents and relatives in their sad bereavement.
February 1918
We have to record the loss of two of our young men, viz William Hodgkinson and Roy James Oldcorn, who fell in action in France. Information received show how much their services were appreciated by their officers and comrades and how gallantly they performed their duties which led to the great sacrifice they have made. Both of them were members of the church and their bright example remains a sweet odour in our recollections. We shall always remember them with much pleasure though sorrowfully and our deepest sympathy is with their parents and relatives in their sad bereavement.