Cutsdean



Gloucestershire | Cutsdean | War Memorial

St. James’, Cutsdean Ordnance Survey reference: SP 088301 War Memorial

Cutsdean was formerly on Worcestershire, but is now in Gloucestershire.


In the church is a brass plaque on a wooden mount.
The makers mark in the lower right hand corner reads “J. Wippell & Co. Ltd.”

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THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
FREDERICK JAMES
BENNETT
Kille in France 5th. Oct. 1918
and
LAMBERT TURNER
Killed in France 26th. Oct 1918


On the opposite wall, facing the WW I memorial, another brass plaque on a wooden backing:

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945
IN MEMORIAM
JOHN REYNOLDS ROYAL NAVY
died in hospital in Gibraltar 28th January 1943
ALBERT JOHN KINSMAN INNISKILLIN FUSILIERS
Killed in Italy October 1944


And, for the sake of completeness, though it doesn’t list soldiers, there is also this black metal plaque beneath one of the windows:

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
IN THANKFULNESS
BY THE CHILDREN OF
CAEDMON HOUSE SCHOOL
LEIGH-ON-SEA, ESSEX
AND
UPPER COSCOMBE     TEMPLE GUITING
WHO WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH
IN PEACE AND SAFETY
DURING THE WAR YEARS
1940-1945
GENUKI’s Cutsdean Page

Last modified 17 November 1999