Herefordshire | Coddington | War Memorial
| All Saints, Coddington Ordnance Survey reference: SO 718426 War Memorial |
A stone tablet:
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In memory of Brig. General William George Hamilton C.B. C.S.I. D.S.O. of Coddington Court who died August 30th 1940 aged 80 He served his country with distinction in peace and war & was for 18 years warden of this church Patriae Gloriam Quaesiuit dei videt This memorial is erected by his friends 1914 1919 TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR HER RIGHTEOUS CAUSE LLEWELYN A.H. BULKELEY Captain, R.A.M.C. 1918 EDWARD HOLLAND, M.C. Lieut. Wor. Yeo. & 1st Scots Gds. 1918 JAMES WEBLEY Private 1st K.S.L.I. 1914 EDWARD R. BEATLEY Private Canadians 1915 THOMAS J. HODGES Gunner R.F.A. 1917 LEONARD G. BENDALL Private 1st Herefordshire Regt. 1918 HAROLD W. THOMAS Private 1st Herefordshire Regt. 1918 FRANCIS R. THOMAS Private, 12th Gloucestershire Regt. 1918 ARTHUR H. WARD Private 11th King’s Liverpool Regt. 1918 “We are more than conquerors through him that loved us” |
A small plaque added just below:
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In memory of KENNETH GEORGE PRICE Private 2nd Essex Regiment Killed in Action October 20th 1944 Greater love hath no man than this |
A brass plaque:
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In Loving Memory of Major General A.W.W.Holworthy D.S.O. M.C. of Coddington Cross Late 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles 1897-1983 Churchwarden and treasurer of this Parish |
In a frame, an illuminated scroll, with a what appears to be a picture of
St George slaying the dragon (though the poem quoted is, I think, something
from Tennyson(?) referring to Sir Galahad(?)).
Note that one man’s rank has been struck out on the manuscript, and a higher
rank substituted.
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When on my goodly charger borne, My tough lance thrusteth sure, my strength is as the strength of ten Because my heart is pure WITH THE DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAZARDED THEIR LIVES, SOME TO THE DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 |
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L. Col. W.B. Woodroe Capt. R.W. Bulkeley + Capt. ll. A.H. Bulkeley Captain H. I. Bulkeley + Lieut. E. Holland M.C. Sergeant White Corporal Hiam Pte. H.W. Beatley D.C.M. + Pte E.R. Beatley Pte. J. Beatley + Pte L.G. Bendall Pte. H. Thomas Pte H. Crosbie Pte. J C. Hodges Pte. J. Corbett Pte. W. Greening Pte. W. Gwynne Pte. T. Hill + Pte T.J. Hodges Gnr. Pte. A. Mitchell Pte. T.F. Price Pte F. Price Pte. A. Price Pte. W. Price Cor: What Constitutes a State? Men, who their duty know Prevent the long aimed blow And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain These constitute a State + Pte H.W. Thomas + Pte F.R. Thomas Pte Arthur Thomas Pte Arnold Thomas Pte John Webley + Pte James Webley Pte. C. Webley Pte G.W. Webley Gnr. Pte H.J. Webley + Pte A.H. Ward V. Corbett R.N. Pte W. Thomas Pte F. Thomas |
Note:
W.B. Woodroe is also listed on the Bosbury memorial, though he is listed there as ‘Wood-Roe’
On the wall, there are two framed collections of photographs of soldiers –
some 23 individuals in all.
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To the glory of God and in memory of Capt Arthur William Curtis R.A. Who having shared in the defence of Ladysmith died of fever 9 days after the relief on March 9th AD 1900 age 30 years Ths memorial is placed here by his father’s parish -ioners and other wor -shippers in this Church “Death is swallowed up in Victory” |
In the churchyard. A memorial stone:
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Captain Llewelyn Alfred Henry Bulkeley R.A.M.C. Born May 29 1880 Killed in action in France and there buried April 10 1918 |
A CWGC headstone:
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229058 GUNNER T.J. HODGES ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 21ST MAY 1917 AGE 39 |
Inscriptions on several sides of a gravestone:
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF EDWARD MARTIN GOODMAN OF “UPLANDS” LEDBURY (LATE OF EDGBASTON) BORN 17 NOVEMBER 1850 ENTERED INTO REST 15 JANUARY 1917 “IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE” ALSO OF HIS WIFE ETHEL MAUDE GOODMAN SEPTEMBER [some details obscured by rise of soil level] ALSO OF HIS SON MARTIN RICHARD GOODMAN DIED IN ACTIVE SERVICE 1 JUNE 1942 (CAIRO) AGED 31 YEARS ALSO OF HIS SON THOMAS DENT GOODMAN PRESUMED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 13 APRIL 1942 (AT SEA) AGED 29 YEARS ALSO OF HIS DAUGHTER LUDWINE ELIZABETH GOODMAN, DIED 3 JULY 1946 AGED 64 YEARS |
Last modified 17 November 1999