Worcestershire | Childswickham | War Memorial
St Mary the Virgin, Childswickham Ordnance Survey reference: SP 075385 War Memorial |
Childswickham was formerly in Gloucestershire, and is now in Worcestershire
A copper plaque on an interior wall:
This memorial is erected in Honour of Sergeant M. Agg, Glos. Regt.
who gave his life for his country in the South African War at Nicholsons Nek Oct 30 1899
A stone tablet on the wall:
In loving memory of the men from this parish who did their duty in the Great War even unto death 1914-1918
Harry White
Bertram Carter
Alfred L Carter
Frank Hodgkins
Reginald Gilder
Harry G Lambley
Cecil Smith
Walter Jones
Albert Newbury
James V Hemming
Hubert R Newbury
Henry Sandell
Sidney Staite
Arthur Agg
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life
for his friends”
The Roll of Honour:
Roll of Honour Childswyckham Harry White + Charles Carter Bertram Carter + Harvey Carter Alfred Carter + Arnold Smith Frank Hodgkins + John B. Tompson Reginald Gilder + Frederick Caudle Harry Lambley + Sidney Terry Cecil Smith + Joseph Bindoff Walter Jones + Charles Newbury Albert Newbury + Alan Gray James Hemming + John M. Drysdale Hubert R. Newbury + Arthur Carter Henry Sandell + Walter Preston Sidney Staite + Sidney J. Newbury Arthur Agg + George F. Jones Ernest Rose Thomas Stephens James Agg Charles Bindoff Sanuel Keyte Walter Spragg Oswald Halford Herbert Belcher Percy Lambley Arthur W. Tustin Harry Gilder Albert W. Figgitt Frank Lambley Harry Terry Felix Lambley Hugh Tredwell Arthur Bartlett Douglas Newbury James Staite Frederick L. Halford Walter Bayliss Thomas H. Sparkes Leonard Hemming A. D. 1914 - 1918
A grave in the churchyard:
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.J. MILLER PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 8TH MARCH 1943 AGE 22 “HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE AND THOU GAVEST IT HIM EVEN LENGTH OF DAYS FOR EVER AND EVER” |
GENUKI’s Childswickham Page |
Last modified 24 February 2000