Welford on Avon


Warwickshire | Welford on Avon | War Memorials

St. Peter’s, Welford on Avon Ordnance Survey reference: SP 146522 War Memorials

Welford on Avon was formerly in Gloucestershire, and is now in Warwickshire.

A stone plaque on the wall, just by a carved oak rood screen:

+ THIS SCREEN IS ERECTED
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
ALSO AS A THANKOFFERING FOR
DELIVERANCE FROM OUR ENEMIES
W. BASSON, H. HAWKINS, G.V.PARRISS
W. BLUNDALL, H. HORNBY, A. RICHARDS
C. DINGLEY, E. HUNT, W. SANDFORD
F.J. FARLEY, F. LIDDELL, H. SMITH
F. FREEMAN, W.H. LIDDELL, W. SMITH
E. HANCOX, J.A. MATTHEWS, W. WILSON
B.A.HARRIS
REQUIESCANT IN PACE “LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER
SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES
ARE NOT FORGOTTEN”


beneath that is another plaque:

IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WORLD WAR
1939 – 1945
R.F. BLUNDELL, G.R. BRYAN
S. BURTON, A.J. HARRIS
D. JOHNSON, R. KERR
F.H. MILLS REQUIESCANT IN PACE

In the churchyard:

A CWGC headstone

PO/18613 PRIVATE
E.E. HANCOX
ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INF.
8TH APRIL 1916 AGE 18

Last modified 4 May 2001