Warwickshire | Long Compton | War Memorial
An obelisk, made of polished pink stone (probably granite), in the churchyard. On the side facing the road, this inscription:
| IN HONOURED MEMORY OF W.J. BOWELL, A.B. SUBMARINE K.14. PTE. C.T. CLARKE, ROYAL WARWICKS PTE. C. COWLEY, COLDSTREAM GUARD PTE. L. COWLEY, WILTSHIRE REGIMENT PTE. J.T. CRUMP, ROYAL WARWICKS PTE. S. FORD, ROYAL WARWICKS PTE. G. GILKS, ROYAL WARWICKS PTE. P.J. HEMMINGS, ROYAL WARWICKS PTE. A.J. SHERBON, ROYAL WARWICKS 2ND LIEUT. W.B. TAYLOR, SHERWOOD FORESTERS PTE. G.W. TENNANT, LEICESTER REGIMENT PTE. G.H. TIMMS, ESSEX REGIMENT PTE. W. WATTS, ROYAL WARWICKS PTE. R.W. COWLEY, ROYAL LANCASHIRE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT THEIR COUNTRY’S CALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN DEFENCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS” |
A grave in the churchyard:
| LT. COL. CHARLES GEOFFREY DORMAN B.T. M.C. 2ND SEPT. 1996 AGE 76 |
Last modified 15 November 2001