Twigworth

Gloucestershire | Twigworth | War Memorial

St Matthew, Twigworth Ordnance Survey reference: SO 842217 War Memorial

A cross in the churchyard on a hexagonal base. Three sides list the WW I dead:

G.W. BATSFORD A. BEAK R.E. BENDALL S.F. BOND A.J. BOUCHER E.C. CAKE J.C. CLIFFORD

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

D.H.A DYER E.J. HARRISON H. JOHNSON J.I. SELOUS-JONES J. MANSELL E.J. ROBERTS C. SIMS R. WORKMAN

and on a fourth side:

1939-1945 DONALD BEALE RICHARD WILLIAM JORDAN CYRIL DOYLE TRAVIS

Note: J.I. Selous-Jones is obviously the Jaffray Fryer Selous Jones
commemorated in the church in the neighbouring parish of Down Hatherley, a few miles down the road; The middle initial
recorded here may be incorrect, and needs checking when I’m next in the area.
Jaffray was had been a student of Birmingham University, and appears on the
University Memorial

Graves in the churchyard:

Z/2789 ORD SEAMAN S.F. BOND ROYAL NAVAL VOL. RESERVE 9TH OCTOBER 1918 AGE 17 ONE OF MANY	342409 PRIVATE T.H. HAWKINS LABOUR CORPS 7TH APRIL 1921
18954 PRIVATE A.E. HALFORD GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 16TH MAY 1919 AGE 37	12531 SERGEANT E.A. KEMP GRENADIER GUARDS 28TH MARCH 1919 AGE 31
15794 PRIVATE H. DALLEY WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 15TH APRIL 1920

Three memorial tablets inside the church:

TO THE MEMORY OF EDMUND HERBERT OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, WHO FELL AT BALACLAVA ON OCTOBER 25TH 1854, SON OF SAMUEL AND EMILIA HERBERT LATE OF THIS PARISH AND UNCLE OF JOHN HENRY ROBERTS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ARTHUR BEAK CORPORAL 2ND 5TH GLOUCESTER REGIMENT WOUNDED IN FRANCE JUNE 21ST DIED OCTOBER 8TH 1916 AT REST AT CAMBRIDGE

TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF COLONEL THE HONBLE CHARLES DUTTON SON OF 3RD BARON SHERBORNE LATE OF 85TH THE KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY A CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH FROM 1898 TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH BORN 13TH DECR 1842 DIED 6TH NOV. 1909 “CHRISTS FAITHFUL SOLDIER AND SERVANT UNTO HIS LIFE’S END”

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