Worcestershire | Ashton under Hill | War Memorials
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Ashton Under Hill
War Memorial
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 997378 |
Ashton under Hill was formerly in Gloucestershire, and is now in Worcestershire.
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The memorial is a couple of hundred yards along the road from the church,
opposite the village school. A Cornish cross, with a sword pointing down, on
a stepped pedestal. It was made in Portland stone by Messrs. Martins of
Cheltenham, and unveiled on Nov. 8th 1924 by General Sir Francis Davies,
K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. of Elmley Castle. This picture is from an old (ca. 1930s) postcard. |
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On the front:
To the glory of God and in memory of the men of Ashton-Under-Hill who gave their lives for their Country Reginald Barnett Alexander Cresswell Andrew Clemens Charles W. Hunting Albert Stanton Frederick Porter “These were a wall unto us both by night and day” |
On the left face:
1914-1919 Benjamin Cotton Alfred Grove |
On the right face:
These men died that we might live 1939 1945 Somerville Charles Cope Guy Lea |
St Barbara’s church
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 997377
A framed parchment by the door:
Ashton-Under-Hill
Roll of Honour
Albert Allen
Arthur E Archer
Thomas Baldwyn
John V. Barnett
Reginald Barnett
Thomas Barnett
E. Kington Brice
Joseph Chandler
Andrew Clements
Benjamin Cotton
Alexander Cresswell
Alfred J. Grove
William Hooper
Charles W. Hunting
Tom Hunting
A. John Langley
Charles H. Lippett
Percy Lloyd
Jack W. Moore
Percy C. Moore
Charles K. Nicklin
William Panting
Frederick Porter
Ralph L. Pratt
Arthur H. Richardson
Ernest E. Richardson
Percy Richardson
W. Robert Sandford
Stanley Simcox
Frederick Smith
Charles H. Spiers
Albert E. Stanton
George Ward
Arthur W Whittle
Frank Whittle
A marble plaque:
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In loving memory of Pte. C. Turner R.A.M.C. 2nd London T.F. Who was wounded at Ypres April 4th and died at Boulogne April 21st 1915 He was the beloved and only child of Henry and Margaret Turner, of this Parish Lord teach us from our hearts to say “Thy will be done” |
A brass plaque:
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In ever loving memory of my dear husband Corporal Algernon A.B.Warrilow A.S.C. M.T. who died of enteric fever on board H.M.H.S. “Dunluce Castle” 26th February 1918 aged 29 years “I will bring them again from the depths of the sea” Erected by his sorrowing wife. |
A grave in the churchyard:
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5231 PRIVATE A.E. STANTON GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 6TH MAY 1916 AGE 19 PEACE PERFECT PEACE |
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Last modified 13 November 1999