Gloucestershire | Didbrook | War Memorial
| St George’s, Didbrook Ordnance Survey reference: SP 055314 War Memorial |
A large stone plaque in the church:
He that loseth his life for my sake shall save it Mat. X 39
To the glory of God and in loving memory of
Liet. Alfred Alcock, 1st Glos. Regt. + Lieut. john C Hutchinson 6th East Surrey Regt.
Pte Harry C Doughty, 2/4 R Berks. + Pte Wilfred Simpson, R Marine L Inf.
Corpl. Denis F Wright 7th Glos. Regt. + Pte Edgar F Jones, 2nd. Worc. Regt.
Pte Frank C Wynniatt, 10th Glos Regt + Pte Wilfred Lanchbury 8th Glos. Regt.
Pte William C Buttell, 10th Linc. Regt + Pte Arthur Clements 1st Glos. Regt.
Sapr. Charles Simpson 116th Rai Co. R.E. + Pte Arthur L. Gissing 20th Hussars
Pte John Simpson 7th Glos. Regt. + Pte Edward J. Innes 2nd Glos. Regt.
Pte Thomas Simpson 10th Glos. Regt + Pte Herbert Minchin 10th Glos. Regt
Pte Will. Edgar Holmes, Gren. Guards V.C.
Who fell in the Great War
1914-1918
Note: Private William Edgar Holmes was posthumously awarded the VC
for his actions on 9 October 1918.
See the Victoria Cross Reference for details. I have heard that there is an exhibit about him in Evesham’s Almonry museum, but I have yet to check this.
Beneath this, another tablet:
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Sergt. William Grove Spencer R.A.F.V.R. 1939-1945 |
A dark colored bronze plaque:
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In Loving Memory of John Milton James, P.A.S.I. 16th Royal Warwickshire Regiment Elder son of John and Leonora James Born at Hailes May 5th 1885 Killed in action in France January 23rd 1916 and Buried in the Citadel Cemetery, west of the village of Carnoy near Bray sur Somme “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” |
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Last modified 17 November 1999