Worcestershire | Eldersfield | War Memorial
| St John the Baptist, Eldersfield Ordnance Survey reference: SO 800311 War Memorial |
The memorial listing was kindly donated by Kevin Lynott
Above the porch there is the following:
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THE PARISH OF ELDERSFIELD. WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918 |
The memorial consists of a framed parchment fixed to an interior pillar
with the following;
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ROLL OF HONOUR TO GOD’S GLORY AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR |
1st Column:
| NAME | REGIMENT |
| ERNEST G. BAINBRIDGE SGT. | 3rd Worcester Rgt |
| JOHN BAYLIS Pte | D.C.L.V. |
| CHARLES BEALE Pte | Rl Guernsey Lt Infty |
| ERNEST BROOKER Pte | 12th Gloucester Rgt |
| JOHN BROOKER Pte | 12th Gloucester Rgt |
| MATTHEW BROOKER Pte | Royal Engineers |
| FRANCIS JAMES BULLOCK Pte | 9th Devon Rgt |
| GEORGE HENRY BUNDY Pte | Rl Guernsey Lt Infty |
| LIONEL CLARKE Tpr | Yeomanry |
| JAMES COPPIN Pte | Labour Corps |
| RALPH CRESSWELL Pte | 14th Worcester Rgt |
| MARTIN DAWE Dvr | Army Service Corps |
| DENIS DAVIS Pte | D.D.S.C. |
| EDGAR DAVIS Pte | 5th Devon Rgt |
| PERCY EDWARDS Tpr | Yeomanry |
| HARRY EDWARDS Pte | Labour Battalion |
| ALBERT FREEMAN | T.S. 18th Welsh Rgt |
| ALLEN J. HAMPTON Dvr | Royal Field Artillery |
| FREDERICK HAMPTON Gnr | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| GERALD HAMPTON Pte | Somerset Light Infantry |
| LEONARD HAMPTON Pte | Devon Rgt |
| WILLIAM HAMPTON | Army Service Corps |
| EDWARD HAWKER R.I.P. | 18th Lanc Fusiliers |
| LAMBERT J. HAWKER Sgt | 9th Gloucester Rgt |
| FRANK HUGHES Pte | Royal Garrison Arty |
| PERCY HUGHES Pte | 15th Hampshire Rgt |
| MAURICE JACKMAN A.B. | H.M.S. Sable |
| WILLIAM R. JOHNSTONE Pte | 52nd Devon Rgt |
| CHARLES H. LEWIS Dvr | Army Service Corps |
| JOHN JAMES NEWMAN Pte | Army Vetinary Cps |
| CHARLES PULLEN Pte | 1st Gloucester Rgt |
| HUBERT POOLE Pte | Agricultural Div. |
2nd Column:
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THOMAS ROGERS Pte 11th Gloucester Rgt
ERNEST RUDGE Dvr Army Service Corps
THOMAS P. RYMER Pte Royal Engineers
REGINALD SHIPTON Tpr Yeomanry
ALLEN SPARROW Pte 1st Gloucester Rgt
GEORGE TAYLOR SPARROW Pte Queen’s Rgt
JESSE SPARROW Sgt 1st Gloucester Rgt
CHARLES STEPHENS Pte Machine Gun Corps
CHRISTOPHER STRAWFORD Pte 6th Dorset Rgt
FREDERICK STRAWFORD Pte Worcester Rgt
WALTER STRAWFORD Cpl Royal Berkshire Rgt
WILLIAM SMITH Pte Worcester Rgt
ARTHUR JOHN TAYLOR Pte Royal Air Force
CYRIL TAYLOR Dvr Army Service Corps
HAROLD TAYLOR Dvr Royal Field Artillery
HEADLEY TAYLOR Pte 3rd Reserve Hussars
JAMES TOOBY Tpr R.I.P. Yeomanry
HOWARD TREWIN Pte Royal Horse Artillery
GEORGE TURNER Pte Gloucester Rgt
FRANK WADLEY Pte 3rd Gloucester Rgt
JOHN WADLEY Pte 12th Rl Rifles
(J) WADLEY Dvr Army Service Corps
ALBERT WHITBOURNE Pte 7th Somerset Light Infantry
WILLIAM WHITTLE Pte Rl Warwickshire Rgt
WILLIAM WHITE Railway Labour Batt
Killed in action
WILLIAM BARTLETT Pte 7th Gloucester Rgt
WILLIAM BROOKER Pte 2nd Gloucester Rgt
WALTER TURNER Pte Gloucester Rgt
HAROLD W. WEAVER Pte 2nd Gloucester Rgt
Died on service ALBERT JOHN LEWIS Pte 11th Worcester Rgt WALTER H. YOUNG Pte Worcester Rgt |
In addition to the above, a look round the churchyard turned up the
following CWGC grave:
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8/17834 PRIVATE W.H. YOUNG 37TH TRAINING RESERVE BN. 19TH APRIL 1917 AGE 18 |
Last modified 29 May 2000