Gloucestershire | Winchcombe | War Memorials
| St Peter’s, Winchcombe Ordnance Survey reference: SP 023282 War Memorials |
Boer war memorial
A dark bronze plaque in the church. The “U”s in the text appear as “V”‘s; for clarity I have typed them as “U”‘s.
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THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE WINCHCOMBE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR PRIVATE CHARLES CORE 2 BATT GLOS REG AT LADYSMITH DEC 23 1899 PRIVATE CHARLES HASLAM 2 BATT GLOS REG AT NICHOLSONS NEK OCT 27 1900 TROOPER WILLIAM HUMPHRIES 1 LiFE GUARDS AT KIMBERLEY APRIL 11 1900 PRIVATE CHARLES KNIGHT 2ND RIFLE BRIGADE AT LADYSMITH APRIL 6 1900 PRIVATE ARTHUR PIGEON 1ST BATT GLOS REG AT CAPETOWN MARCH 26 1900 PRIVATE ALBERT SHARP IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AT UMTALE JUNE 7 1900 CPL ALBERT NOICE JAMES IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AT HARRISMITH MAY 18 1901 |
A brass plate:
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS CLIFFORD BIRD SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 2NS KING’S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY ELDER SON OF FRANCIS AND MARY BIRD OF COITWOLD IN THIS PARISH KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ST ELOI, FLANDERS MARCH 2ND 1915 AGED 19 YEARS. |
A paper roll of honour in a wooden frame:
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Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends ROLL OF HONOUR NAMES OF THE MEN OF AND FROM THIS PARISH WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY 1914 – 1918 Ballinger V. Bird F.C. Blandford T. Bolton A. Brown H. Butcher A. Butler F. Care A. Clegg W. Clements A. Comfort A. Conn R. Curtis N.D. Davies F. Davies L. Day C.E. Deakin R.H. Doughty H.C. Dyde A. Dyde C. Fisher W. Fry G. Fry W.J. Gardiner C. Giles H. Goodall F. Greening A. Greening L. Griffin E.A. Hall E. Hall F.L. Hall H.S.H.H. Hall J. Holmes R.A. Horton Humphries A. Jackson R. Jeffries G. Jones E.J. King T. Lafford T. Lane H. Launchbury F. Major A. Major E.J. Major F. Martin A. Minchin T. Oakey W. Parker A. Parker W. Peacey H. Pearce G.H. Price G. Restall E Richings T. Seabright J. Shillum E. Smith A.T. Smith O. Springfield T.O. Stephens E.W. Stephens J. Stewart E.H. Stewart H. Styles W. Taylor G.W. Townsend E. Townsend G Tripp H.C. Tustin G. Wasley T. White W.J. Whittingham A.E. Whittingham F. Willett W. Woodward H.G. Yiend J.A. 1939 – 1945 Bartlett W.H. Carter A. Cooper G. Cooper S.G. Forty M.R. Marsh A. Mason R.E. Muir I.K. Pumphrey M.J. Rogers P.H. Slatter D.M. Smith C.W. Soden G.S. Soden I.S. Soden J.S. Thomas E. Wasley E.T.G. Webber H.E. Wiggett J. Northern Ireland Bramley I.R. Blessed are the dead Father in Thy Gracious keeping Leave me now Thy servants sleeping Kenya Lanchbury J.E. C.E. Smith-Wood delt. 1952 |
Notes:
- See also Stuart Flight’s listing of the Town Memorial
- The Evesham Journal, in its Roll of Service listing for December 5 1914 mentions that at that time, 153 men had gone up from Winchcombe.
- Evesham Journal Roll of Service number 16 (January 9, 1915):
“The following sappers of the old disbanded “G” Co, First G.R.E.V., went to Cheltenham on Wednesday night, and passed the medical examination for active service: A. Belcher C. Bickley
G Edwards
F. Greening
H. Martin
Also Patrol Leader scout Jack Mason “ - The Evesham Journal for December 11 1915 gives the numbers from Winchcombe serving as follows: 280 men joined the forces, 22 of these in the navy. By December 1915, 11 men had been killed, 5 were missing
Winchcombe Cemetery
Ordnance Survey reference: SP 025291
A number of CWGC Graves:
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240391 PRIVATE G. PRICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 21ST OCTOBER 1920 AGE 23 ALWAYS REMEMBERED AND LOVED |
SECOND LIEUTENANT CLIFFORD HACKMAN ROYAL AIR FORCE 7TH APRIL 1918 AGE 20 UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS |
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A.E. COMFORT ACT. LEADING STOKER R.N. K/7574 H.M.S. DUBLIN 8TH JANUARY 1916 AGE 23 |
PLOT OFFICER R.E. MASON AIR BOMBER ROYAL AIR FORCE 16TH DECEMBER 1943 AGE 21 HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON WITH THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY |
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7364329 L. CPL. A MARSH ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS 16TH MARCH 1946 AGE 27 THOSE WHOM THE GODS LOVE DIE YOUNG |
15877 GUARDSMAN A DYDE GRENADIER GUARDS 28TH DECEMBER 1918 |
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3766982 SERJEANT W. NOLAN THE KING’S REGIMENT 12TH FEBRUARY 1941 AGE 34 IN THE DEEPREST SORROW BUT IN THE PROUD MEMORY OF HIS WIFE AND BABY DAUGHTER |
927159 SERGEANT M.R. FORTY WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR GUNNER ROYAL AIR FORCE 22ND OCTOBER 1941 |
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2ND LIEUTENANT E.H.J. BROWN THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGT. 5H JANUARY 1942 AGE 23 ABIDE WITH ME |
241291 PRIVATE J.H.E. YIEND GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 3RD JUNE 1918 AGE 25 |
And some non-CWGC graves:
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In loving memory of Albert George, son of Elizabeth & William Fry Killed in the Dardanelles 8th August 1915 aged 32 years God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Also of Edwrd James, son who died 7th Feb. 1919 aged 37 years “He careth” Also of Elizabeth Fry mother of the above who died 29th Sep 1955 aged 84 years At Rest |
Treasured memories of A Dear Husband Alfred Edward Lanchbury died Feb 27th 1956 aged 64 years also my dear son John Edward killed in Kenya May 9th 1955 aged 21 years and a dear wife and mother Nora Alice Lanchbury Died July 24th 1980 aged 87 years |
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