Worcestershire | Beckford | War Memorial
| Beckford, St John the Baptist Ordnance Survey reference: SO 976358 War Memorial |
Beckford was formerly in Gloucestershire, and is now in Worcestershire.
The memorial consists of two brass plaques in the church, in a recess
which used to be the North door.
To the Immortal Memory of these Gallant men of this parish who gave
their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1919
Sglr. George James. 2nd Gloucesters.
at 1st Battle of Ypres Oct 29th 1914
Drmr. Arthur Bygrave 2nd Warwicks.
at 2nd Battle of Ypres May 24th 1915
Pte. William Diston, 10th Gloucesters
at Battle of Loos. Sept 25th 1915
Pte. Frederick William Smith, 10th Gloucesters
at Battle of Loos. Sept. 25th. 1915
Pte. John Theodore Cameron Margetts, 6th. west Yorks.
at Battle of Ypres Dec. 10th 1915
Lce. Cpl. Albert Ernest Wilkes, 10th Gloucesters.
Battle of the Somme July 23rd 1916
Lce. Cpl. William Percy West, 13th Gloucester Pioneers
at Battle of Ypres, July 7th 1917
Obsr. John Stanley Clarke, Royal Flying Corps
at St. Etoi. Belgium Oct 10th 1917
Sgt. Edward Thomas Bygrave, 2nd Grenadier Guards
at Battle of Cambrai. Mar 21st 1918
Pte. Thomas James Smith, 1st Gloucesters
near Bethune. June 18th 1918. R.I.P.
Pte. Edwin Charles Manders, 5th Yorkshire
Died a prisoner of war in German hands Aug 21st 1918
Pte. Arthur Manders, 1st Border Regt.
of wounds received in action Sept 23rd, 1918
Boy Bertram Carr. Royal Navy.
at Plymouth Oct 22nd 1918
Pte Albert Taylor. 6th Royal Warwicks.
in action in France Oct 24th 1918
Capt. William Henry Bowsher. M.C. 20th Manchesters
near Le Cateau. Oct 25th 1918
Also Kathleen C.F. Bennett V.A.D. Nurse Glos./34 B.R.C.S.
16th Dec 1920. Tuberculosis contracted on duty. Aged 26.
And the plaque below this reads:
1939-1945
Flt. Sgt. Derek Garth Woodward.
Royal Air Force
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Last modified 13 November 1999