Warwickshire | Sambourne | War Memorial
A stone cross on an octagonal base in the middle of the village green.
One face has a cross and the legend To the glorious dead.
Two faces on each side of this have these inscriptions:
Pte. F. Ainge
Gloucesters
France Dec 2nd 1917
Pte C Baylis
Garrison Artillery
France Dec 6th 1918
Pte D. Bolt
Worcesters
France MAr 4th 1917
Pte H Day
Rifle Brigade
France Nov 30th 1917
Pte E Ford
Labour Corps
France Aug 8th 1917
Private L Horton
Worcesters
France Oct 20th 1916
Pte P Johnson
Warwicks
France Dec 1st 1917
Pte J Parker
Warwicks
France July 10th 1916
Pte A Perks
Worcesters
France Sep 24 1918
Pte E Pinfold
Dorsets
France Oct 2nd 1915
Pte H Smith
Worcesters
France July 30th 1916
Pte A Wheeler
P.O. Rifles
France 1916
Lt. Col. G. Throckmorton
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Sanna-I-Yat April 9th 1916
Major C.E.C. Eagles D.S.O.
R.M.L.I. Zeebrugge
April 23rd 1918
2nd Lt. A.P. Chambers
Warwicks
Mesopotamia April 16th 1916
L/S E. Mason M.M.
Warwicks
France Aug 9th 1917
Also a metal plate affixed to the back of the memorial:
Lt Col C Throckmorton
Major C.E.C. Eagles D.S.O.
2nd Lt A.P. Chambers
Lc Cpl F. Mason M.M.
Pte F. Ainge
Pte B.C. Baylis
Pte D. Bolt
Pte H. Day
Pte A. Perks
Pte E. Pinfold
Pte H. Smith
Pte A. Wheeler
Pte E. Ford
Pte L. Horton
Pte E.P. Johnson
Pte J. Parker
Last modified 31 December 1999