Worcestershire | Himbleton | War Memorial
| St Mary Magdalene, Himbleton Ordnance Survey reference: SO 946588 War Memorial | Contents |
Three stone tablets on an interior wall of the church. The first is larger
than the other two. The last two are side by side beneath the first one.
This tablet is erected by the women of Himbleton and Huddington and Gwendolyn and Cynthia Gascoigne to the sons of these parishes who laid down their lives in the great war 1914-1919
Arthur Bullock
Pte. 2nd Batt. Royal Marine Lt. Infantry
Missing since 27th Mar 1918
Edwin Edgecombe
Sgt. 10th Warwick Regt
Died of wounds received Nr. Albert 25th November 1916
Hubert Frier
Pte. 25th Battalion Australian I. Forces
Killed in action France 10thAug 1918
Wallace Guise
L/Cpl 2nd Worcestershire Rgt
Died of wounds received at Ypres 26th September 1917
Arthur Gooch
Gunner 70th Siege battery R.G.A.
Killed in action Belgium 16th Oct 1917
Harold Osborne
Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action, France 4th June 1916
Frank Rogers
Pte 14th Warwickshire Regiment
Died 9th November 1918
Arthur Wells
Pte. 2nd. Worcester Regiment
Killed in action France 13th April 1918
The two tablets beneath the larger one are:
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In honoured memory of FT/SGT William H R Jenkins Killed in action over Leipzig April 11 1945 aged 22 years Erected by Himbleton youth Club |
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In honoured Memory of Able Seaman Albert Richard Carver Stephens D.S.M. Killed in action at St. Nazaire 28th March 1942 aged 30 years Erected by his friends and neighbours |
In the churchyard, this CWGC headstone:
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A.R. STEPHENS D.S.M. ABLE SEAMAN R.N. P/SX 131369 H.M.M.G.B. 314 28TH MARCH 1942 AGE 30 TELL ENGLAND YOU THAT PASS BY THAT WE WHO DIED TO SAVE HER NOW REST CONTENT |
Note:
Albert Stevens was an ex-pupil of Worcester Grammar School: his name is listed on the School memorial
Last modified 7 November 2000