Worcestershire | Areley Kings | War Memorial
| Saint Bartholomew’s church, Areley Kings Ordnance Survey Reference: SO 802710 War Memorial |
This listing, and details on the men listed on the memorial were contributed by Robert Pugh.
The War Memorial is situated on the South side of the church, next to the road (Rectory Lane), just outside the churchyard.
The memorial is made of sandstone.
The memorial has four sides.
Starting with the side that faces the road and going anticlockwise:
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A PILLAR OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF ARELEY KINGS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945 BRIAN ALISTAIR COOK GEORGE EDWIN WHITE JOHN EDWARD MILLICHIP BASIL JOHN FOX GEORGE CHARLES WILSON |
JOSEPH MAPP FREDERICK MAPP CHARLES SAMUEL MILLS STEPHEN KING MAPP CLAUDE SHADDOCK REGINALD SPEAKE WILLIAM OLIVER WHITE |
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FOR KING AND COUNTRY ” WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE ” |
JOHN HENRY CALDER ALFRED CORBETT CHARLES CORBETT HARRY ELCOX LEONARD EVANS JOSEPH HENRY HIGGS |
Grave Stones
The first two are CWGC headstones:
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6762 PRIVATE H.R.COMER NORFOLK REGIMENT 29th AUGUST 1918 |
940791 FLIGHT SERGEANT B.A.COOK FLIGHT ENGINEER ROYAL AIR FORCE 6th JULY 1943 AGE 22 NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOT GONE FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO OUR FATHER’S HOME ABOVE |
And a grave of a Victorian soldier:
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF SERGEANT MAJOR. WILLIAM HAYES. SON OF RICHARD AND HANNAH HAYES. WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 23.1887. AGED 28 YEARS. IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS, WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. I.THES.IV.14. ALSO RICHARD, THEIR SON, WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 19.1885. AGED 18 YEARS. WATCH AND PRAY: FOR YE KNOW NOT WHEN THE TIME IS. ST.MARK.XIII.33. ALSO EMILY FLUCK WHO DIED APRIL 18 1932 ALSO GEORGE FLUCK DIED MAY 26. 1951. AGED 86 YEARS. |
NOTES
Brian Alistaire Cook ( No “e” in Alistaire on memorial ) died on 5th July 1943 ( His grave stone in the churchyard give’s his date of death as 6th July, but the C.W.G.C. database give’s it as 5th July ), serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
John Edward Millichip died on 25th October 1944, serving with the 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
George Edwin White died on 12th July 1944, serving with the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Basil John Fox died on 3rd August 1943, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
George Charles Wilson died on 2nd August 1942, serving with the Royal Corps of Signals, attd. 11th Indian Div. Sigs., Indian Signal Corps.
John Henry ( Harry ) Calder was killed in action on 19th June 1915, serving with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Arthur Charles Corbett ( First name not on memorial ) was killed in action on 27th June 1915, serving with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Harry Elcox was killed in action on 28th May 1917, serving with the 9th ( Service ) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.
Joseph Henry Higgs died of wounds on 10th October 1917, serving with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Joseph Mapp was killed in action on 10th July 1916, serving with the 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade ( Prince Consorts Own ).
Frederick Mapp died on 26th October 1917, serving with the 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Charles Samuel Mills died on 15th May 1917, serving with the Royal Navy on H.M.S. Dartmouth.
Stephen King Mapp died of wounds on 30th September 1918, serving with the Corps of Royal Engineers.
Claude Shaddock was killed in action on 23rd April 1916, serving with the Worcester Yeomanry ( The Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars ).
Reginald Lester Speake ( Second name not on memorial ) was killed in action on 24th August 1916, serving with the 8th Battalion, Kings Rifle Corps.
William Oliver White died of wounds on 3rd September 1918, serving with the 1/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Last modified 13 November 1999