This chaps medals have come up for sale and are relatively cheap. Knowing some of you DLI chaps have contacts with the museum etc I thought you might want to pass this on. http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/corbitt-stamps-ltd/catalogue-id-2914012/lot-24176210?searchitem=true The battalion was at Bulscamp at the time of his death. I'm pretty sure the Germans had a medical facility in Lille for PoWs so my best guess would be he died of wounds whilst he was a PoW. Cheers and good luck if any of you bid on them. I was very tempted by I have two sets to research, so no more buying for me unless something special pops up for sale.
Hello Andy, I'll pass this information on to Jim (handle 'Verrieres'); thank you. Pte, Isaac Oxley's CWGC entry shows no 'additional information', e.g. address, but I found this link: http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/War_NE/w_section_10.html - which places him as a resident of Rowlands Gill (nice place)... Your thoughts on what might have happened to him are confirmed to some extent in this link. There is no mention of Isaac, other than in the 'Roll Of Honour' in the battalion history 'Gateshead Gurkhas' (Moses). However, there is mention of a Capt. CW Oxley of the 9th Bn Durham Light Infantry, who was transferred to the duplicate battalion (or Gestetner Gurkhas as they were known), the 12th Bn Durham Light Infantry, on 4 September 1939. As you are aware from threads you have been involved in previously, the 12th Bn Durham Light Infantry was redesignated the 1st Bn Tyneside Scottish shortly thereafter and by the end of 1940 Capt. CW Oxley was Lt-Col. CW Oxley and the battalion commander; see link: http://www.war44.com/war44-general-forums/1972-1st-tyneside-scottish.html - I don't know yet if Issac and the good Colonel were related, but Oxley is not a common name in the NE of England, so maybe...??? Best, Steve.
Medals originally offered for sale at Newcastle Collectors Market with the following attached Issac Oxley born 1916-1917 married Margaret Turnbull in 1935 at Lanchester Father of Thomas and ???y and Baby Issac was born June 1940 .Enlisted 1938 in Newcastle. Perhaps the info was wrong I do`nt know but its here just for info. Kyle
England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Isaac Oxley Name: Isaac Oxley Spouse Surname: Turnbull Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1935 Registration district: Lanchester Inferred County: Durham Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 688 Find Spouse: Find Spouse England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Margaret Turnbull Name: Margaret Turnbull Spouse Surname: Oxley Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1935 Registration district: Lanchester Inferred County: Durham Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 688 Find Spouse: Find Spouse I cannot as yet find a birth cert for Issac senior or junior to confirm parental lines TD edited to add: Steve Mac, on 15 Oct 2014 - 22:34, said: .................... but Oxley is not a common name in the NE of England, so maybe...??? Looking at Oxley family trees I'm not so sure, there do seem quite a number of them born in that area - TD
* Hello TD, I'm from the north east and have never met anybody up there called Oxley, either at school, at work or playing my sports. Indeed, I've never heard the name mentioned nor read it in the newspapers up there. The name is most geographically centred on Sheffield. There is only one Oxley death recorded in WWII for cumulatively the Durham Light Infantry and Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. If you take popular names from the locality, say, Robson, which is geographically centered on Newcastle Upon Tyne, there are 15 such deaths and Hall, which is geographically centered on Durham, there are 24 such deaths. My surname is not common in the north east and nearly everyone with it living in the north east will probably be a relative - even if distant; I've only met one who probably isn't. That's what made me think that Lt-Col Oxley and Isaac could be related. Best, Steve.
Hi Steve I mentioned it as the results from Ancestry showed quite a few, I do not dispute what you say - some random examples: John Oxley Birth: Apr 1771 - Durham, England Joseph Oxley Birth: Oct,1841 - Durham, England Death: Sep 1918 - Tynemouth, Northumberland, England Arthur Oxley Birth: October 1910 (Oct 1910) - Durham Arthur Oxley Birth: 24 May 1912 - Co Durham (Durham), England Death: 25 Dec 1993 - Seaham, Co Durham (Durham), England Luke Anthony Oxley Birth: 1 Sep 1982 - Northumberland (Durham) I am still continuing to search for the 2 x Issac's, and will obviously post anything I find on here. TD
Whilst searching around I came across: http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/War_Misc/May1st42.html Some might have chosen to listen to "Billy Cotton and His Band" on the Home Service or to "Dancing Time" on the Forces Programme, but, as the day ended, everyone's thoughts turned to their loved ones - fathers, brothers, husbands, sons- far from home and facing terrible dangers. For some tragedy had already struck. Edward and Ann Oxley had lost their 20 year old nephew and adopted son, Harry, only seven weeks into the war when his ship, the battleship "Royal Oak", was torpedoed by the submarine U47 just off Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. Then, as our boys had made their desperate attempt to reach the beaches of Dunkirk in May 1940, more grief struck the village with the news that two local lads, 32 year old Thomas Slater and 23 year old Isaac Oxley both serving with the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, hadn't made it TD edited to add: For information the Harry Oxley mentioned: UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 about Harry Oxley Name: Harry Oxley Age: 20 Birth Date: abt 1919 Death Date: 14 Oct 1939 Cemetery: Naval Memorials In The United Kingdom Portsmouth Part VII Burial Country: England Father: Edward Oxley Mother: Ann Oxley Service number: P/SSX 21053 Region or Memorial: Memorial Register and this could well be the Thomas Slater mentioned: UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 about Thomas Slater Name: Thomas Slater Given Initials: T Rank: Private Death Date: 30 May 1940 Number: 4455916 Birth Place: Newcastle-on-Tyne Residence: Durham (City) Regiment at Enlistment: Durham Light Infantry Branch at Enlistment: Infantry Theatre of War: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40 Regiment at Death: Durham Light Infantry Branch at Death: Infantry