Worcestershire | Little Comberton | War Memorial
| St Peter’s, Little Comberton Ordnance Survey reference: SO 967427 War Memorial | Contents |
A dark bronze plaque on an interior wall:
In memory of those
from this parish
who fell in France
PteHarry Fletcher
Worcestershire Regt.
5th December 1916 aged 22
Lc Cpl James Hawker
Winwood
Worcestershire Regt
2nd April 1917 aged 20
PteWilliam Salsbury
Somerset Light Infantry
21st March 1918 aged 19
If i should die think only this
of me that there is some corner
of a foreign field that is for
ever England
A large brass plaque:
To the dear memory of
William Henry Abell
Major of the Middlesex Regiment
Son of
Martin Abell of Norton Hall, Worcestershire
Killed in action at Oboury, near Mons
on 23rd August 1914
aged 40 years
“Until the day break and the shadows flee away”
War Memorial
Ordnance Survey Reference: SO 967429
This memorial is some distance from the church, beside the road in a small
garden area with a seat. The memorial is a grey stone slab sculpted to
resemble a scroll:
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1914 – 1918 J E Bell A T Blizard S Blizard G Corbishley H Fletcher C Hedgcock R C Lowndes M.C. W P Lowndes G H A Mosson H G Palmer W G V Pitcher A W Reynolds L G Rogers W Salsbury C W Sharlott O H Summers H W Spiers H W Stephens A W Stephens F B C Stephens T Spiers C J Thackwell D.S.O. J Walker G H Wilson J H Winwood A M Heeks |
The following list, of those serving with the colours, was printed in
Berrow’s Worcester Journal on October 3rd 1914:
Thackwell, Charles, Captain, 19th Hussars, at the front.
Lowndes, Richard, Lieutenant, 75 Co. R.G.A.
Lowndes, William, O.T.C. attached 8th Batt. loyal North Lancashire Regt.
Blizard, Arthur, trooper, Worcestershire Yeomanry
Pitcher, William Godwin, trooper, Worcestershire Yeomanry
Stevens, Henry, private, 8th Batt. Worcestershire Regt.
Stevens, Arthur, private, 8th Batt. Worcestershire Regt.
Winwood, James, private, 8th Batt. Worcestershire Regt.
Note:
The Somerset memorial includes a Private William Salisbury of Worcester
in the list of casualties of those who served in the Somerset Light Infantry.
Cross checking with the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission‘s Debt of Honour register confirms that the Somerset
Memorial reference is indeed to Private 28711 William Salsbury, 6th Battalion,
Somerset Light Infantry, son of Arthur and Jane Salsbury of Little Comberton.
Last revised 8 May 2001