Bretforton

Worcestershire | Bretforton | War Memorial

St Leonard’s, Bretforton Ordnance Survey reference: SP 093438 War Memorial

This is a white stone tablet on an interior wall of the church:


In memory of the

men of this village who gave their

lives in the two World Wars

1914-1918

James Robert Blake

Edward Sylvester Blake

Wilson D. Allchurch

Albert Clarke

Richard Cleaver

Albert Darke

Walter Halford

Charles H. Hall

Fred Harris

George H. Herbert

Percy Hoult

Raymond V.J. Jelfs

Morris Perkins

Albert J. Staley

James Tomkins

Hubert Gaukroger

Alfred Carter

Albert Cleaver

William Coldicott

Charles Dowdeswell

Alfred Hall

S. Stanley Hall

George E. Hayes

Harry Hitchman

Lewis J. Jelfs

Charles Peats

Charles H. Robins

Horace Tomkins

Edgar Towse

1939-1945

Malcolm Carter

Ronald Hall


There is a small brass plaque mounted below the tablet:


This stone was erected by

the Bretforton branch

to commemorate the

50th anniversary of

The Royal British Legion

1921-1971



A stone in the churchyard:

113791 GUNNER
W COLDICOTT
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
19TH SEPTEMBER 1919 AGE 22
GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS

Last modified 14 November 1999