Worcestershire | Norton juxta Kempsey | War Memorial
All ye who pass by remember the gallant dead 1914-1918
Capt. AM Graham
Capt. GF Lawrence
Capt. AD Ray
Sergt. FG Cubberley
Sergt. FN Cubberley
Sergt. J Johnson
Sergt. E Ratcliffe
Cpl. RG Webb
L. Cpl. J Willis
Rfn C Downton
Rfn W Jarvis
Pte FG Edginton
Pte CW Smith
Pte L Viner
Pte T Willis
1939-45
Pte WE Brewer
Pte WC Jaynes
Pte D Welland
St James the Great, Norton
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 877512
Inside the church:
A brass plaque:
| In loving memory of Alec George Malcolm Graham Captain Worcestershire Regiment of the Richards, Norton Who fell fighting gfor his country at Le Touret Tuesday December 22nd 1914 |
Another brass plate:
| To the memory of Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Charles Forbes Wodehouse D.S.O. Worcestershire Regiment Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle March 12th 1915 aged 43 This memorial is erected by the N.C.O.’s and Men of the 1st Batt. Worcestershire Regiment |
There is also a marble tablet on the wall:
| In memory of all ranks of the Worcestershire regiment, sometime members of this congregation, who gave their lives in the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945 This meorial together with a contribution to the fund for the restoration of the fabric of this church was given by the regiment |
In the churchyard:
There are a number of military graves in the churchyard, some from the two World Wars, and a number of others. The Norton Barracks is located at the other end of the village, and so account for a number of non-wartime burials, and the burials of men who did not originate from this parish.
Much of the the Barracks site was disused for a number of years, before a large part was demolished and replaced by new houses in the mid-1990s.
| LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.R. COOPER THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. 30TH OCTOBER 1947 AGE 51 | COLONEL ARGYLE HENRY GILMORE THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. 11TH FEBRUARY 1955 AGE 49 |
| A.S. GLEDHILL SERVED AS 9481 SERJEANT A. SYKES WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 5TH JULY 1917 AGE 51 | 9686 CORPORAL C. SIMMONDS WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 24TH JANUARY 1916 AGE 46 THY WILL BE DONE |
| 9466 SERJEANT H. GOULD WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 25TH JANUARY 1916 | 9764 PRIVATE F. WOOLLEN WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 30TH JULY 1918 |
| 6394 LANCE CPL. G. DAVIS WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 1ST NOVEMBER 1918 | 23534289 SERJEANT R. CLAYTON ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS 13TH JULY 1975 AGE 35 IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DAD MUCH LOVED AND SADLY MISSED |
| 138794 SERJEANT H. DARLING LABOUR CORPS AND 3RD LONDON REGT. R.FUS. 10TH NOVEMBER 1918 | 5249337 PTE. VERE STANLEY YATES WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. DIED 30.4.32 AGED 22 R.I.P. |
| 4856044 PTE. ERNEST PEACH WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. DIED 18.8.31 AGED 18 R.I.P. | 5260638 PRIVATE G.D. BEDDOES THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGT. 9TH JUNE 1942 AGE 19 |
| P/483599 CAPTAIN (QM) C.D. EVIS ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS 16TH FEBRUARY 1976 AGE 46 | 4914786 CORPORAL R.A. CHAPMAN CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE 7TH OCTOBER 1949 AGE 28 |
| 21156 PRIVATE A.J. WOODWARD WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 15TH APRIL 1915 AGE 35 IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH | 23134 PRIVATE A.H. ALLISTONE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 30TH JUNE 1915 |
Also this headstone, which, though it is not a standard CWGC gravestone,
bears the Royal Corps of Signals insignia, so I have included it here:
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM DUFFY WHO DIED 22ND JULY 1977 AGED 43 YEARS AT REST |
Last modified 9 April 2001