Worcestershire | Rock | War Memorial
These listings kindly donated by Kevin Lynott.
The memorial is affixed to an interior wall of the church. It is constructed from light coloured wood and the text is hand painted:
THE
GREAT
WAR
ROLL
OF
HONOUR
MEN FROM THIS PARISH OF ST PETER ROCK
HOLY FATHER IN THINE MERCY
HEAR OUR ANXIOUS PRAYER.
KEEP OUR LOVED ONES NOW FAR ABSENT
NEATH THY CARE.
ALBERT. E N PALMER. W +
ALBERT. C H PHILLIPS. S
BIRD. F + PHILLIPS. A
BLOUNT. E + PHILLIPS. F
BRIDGE. J T PHILLIPS. G H
BRADLEY. A T POWELL. S
BOOTON. C J POWELL. J S
BUTCHER. G H POWELL. E C +
CHARLES. W POWELL. A J
CHARLES. J ROGERS. J W
CHARLES. H ROGERS. F T
DAVIS. W H + ROGERS. W G
DAVIS. P + ROGERS. F W T
DOOLITTLE. E + SEAGER. B J
DORRELL. T SELMAN. L
EDWARDS. J T SIMMONDS. T
EDWARDS. F W THOMAS. F W
EDWARDS. E C TAYLOR. W J
FRAZIER. J G TAYLOR. J H
FRAZIER. H S VAUGHAN. G W
FRAZIER. F + VAUGHAN. P G
FISHER. A J WASSALL. J G
GREEN. W + WALDRON. A J W
HARCOURT. A C + WALDRON. A B
HAYCOX. C L WINWOOD. C
HINGLEY. C WINWOOD. E
HINGLEY. H WEAVER. S
HINGLEY. R WEAVER. R
JENNINGS. W F BRADLEY. B
JENNINGS. J E BOND. W
JONES. A BACHE. E
MILLS. A D LEWIS. T
MILLS. C S + LEWIS. A
KNOTT. R LEWIS. F
KNOTT. J W LEWIS. W
There is a brass plate affixed to the wall immediately to the left as you enter the main door:
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF BOMBADIER FRED BIRD, R.F.A. OF THIS PARISH. AGED 21 YEARS. KILLED IN ACTION OCT 1ST 1915. AT SULVA BAY DARDENELLES. “he died that his country might live” |
Callow Hill:
Ordnance Survey Reference: SO 740739
The memorial is located on the A456
The memorial is in a very small fenced off are and is constructed from stone
and consists of a cross(with a cross of sacrifice thereon) atop a column set
in an octagonal block set on top of 2 octagonal steps.
In the last couple of years the memorial has been renovated and the faces
bearing the inscriptions have been covered with stone tablets with the
inscriptions highlighted in silver
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THE
PARISH OF ROCK, WHO AT
THE CALL OF DUTY, LEFT
ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO
THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIPS,
FACED DANGERS, AND
FINALLY LAID DOWN
LIVES IN DEFENCE OF
THEIR COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR.
1914 – 1918
1st plate
HERBERT BEDWELL
FREDERICK BIRD
CHARLES BLOUNT
EDWIN BLOUNT
WALTER BOOTON
GEORGE CURTIS
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIS
EDWARD DOOLITTLE
PERCY HILL DAVIS
2nd Plate
WILFRED VICTOR FRAZIER
HENRY GREEN
WILLIAM GREEN
PERCY HANGLIN
ALFRED CONSANTINE
HARCOURT
KENNETH STANLEY
HEMINGWAY
CHRISTPHER HOLMES
ERNEST HUMPHRIES
3rd plate
GEORGE HUMPHRIES
ALFRED KEYTE
THOMAS EDWARD
MILLWARD
JESSE NEVEY
WILLIAM GEORGE PALMER
JOHN ARTHUR PREECE
CHARLES SMITH
HENRY SMITH
4th plate
THOMAS SMITH
SAMUEL CALEB
STEPHENSON
JOHN HAROLD STEVENS
JOSEPH STOKES
ALBERT TOLLEY
THOMAS HENRY TOLLEY
JESSE WOOD
Details of the dead from WWII have been added to the top step
1939 – 1945
to the left
ALBERT BASTON
GEORGE BOOTON
FREDERICK WILLIAM BOND
LESLIE EVANS
To the right
FRANK R. LAW
THOMAS MOULE
TED POUND
HARRY SMITH
The following is a snapshot of notes compiled by Simon Fielding about the men listed on the war memorial. Since it is a summary of his research notes, there are comments to himself here and there in the text. If you have additional information or clarifications on the men listed, let me know and I’ll pass it back to him….
Thanks for the files, Simon.
Men of Rock, Worcestershire
recorded on the Callow Hill war memorial
to the dead of the 1914-1918 war.
| Rank | Name | Unit |
| Private | Herbert BEDWELL | 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 20367 kia Gallipoli 6/8/1915. Age 30. Son of Arthur William and Emma Bedwell of Goodmea Farm, Wyre Forest, Rock, Bewdley, Worcestershire. Helles Memorial, Turkey. Battalion formed part of the 88th Brigade, part of the 29th Division |
| Gunner | Alfred Fred(erick) BIRD | 11th Division Ammunition Park., Royal Field Artillery 11309 b. Bewdley e. Bewdley kia Gallipoli 1/10/15. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Emma Bird of Church Cottage, Rock, Kidderminster. Hill 10 Cemetery. I.A.5 |
| Trooper (CWGC Private) | Charles BLOUNT | Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry) kia Sunday 23rd April 1916. Age 21. Son of the late Mrs J. Edmonds. Jerusalem Memorial Israel. Panel 3 and 5 |
| Sergeant | Edwin BLOUNT | 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 16692 dow Salonika 22/11/16. Age 34. Son of George and Ellen Blount of Gorst Hill, Rock, Bewdley, Worcestershire. Husband of Ellen Catherine Blount of Willets House, Heightington, Bewdley 691. Salonika, Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Greece. Battalion formed part of the 78th Brigade, part of the 26th Division |
| Private | Walter BOOTON | 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 21556 b. Far Forest e. Worcester r. Colwall, Hereford kia Gallipoli Friday 6th August 1915. Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 104 to 113 . Battalion formed part of the 88th Brigade, part of the 29th Division (also listed on the Colwall memorial) |
| Sergeant | George CURTIS | 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 11083 died on Friday 14th July 1916. Age 37. Husband of Matilda Curtis, of Ranters Bank, Far Forest, Buckeridge Rock, Kidderminster. Theipval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2C and 3A |
| Second Lieutenant | Percy Hill DAVIS | 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment died on Friday 26th October 1917 Check 19060 2nd Battalion. Age 26. Son of Charles Albert and Mary M Davis of The Croft Rock, Worcestershire. Educated at King Edward VI School, Five Ways, Birmingham. Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Enclosure No. 2 I. F. 18 |
| Private | William Henry DAVIS | 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 8499 kia F&F 17/5/17 at Richebourg. Battalion formed part of the 100th Brigade, part of the 33rd Division. The son of Mr and Mrs George B. Davis of Callow Hill, Rock. |
| Private | Edward DOOLITTLE | 1st / 1st Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry) 325615 b. Rock e. Bewdley r. Bewdley (d. Egypt. ) Wednesday 15th November 1916. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Angora Mem. 56 |
| Private | Wilfred Victor FRAZIER | RM Depot (Deal) Royal Marine Light Infantry died Wednesday 10th February 1915. Age 16. Son of Francis and Louisa Frazier of Withey Pool House, Lye Head, Bewdley, Worcs. Deal Cemetery, Kent, United Kingdom. 4.1662 |
| Private | Henry GREEN | 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 27680 kia F&F Saturday 11th August 1917. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34. Of Sugars Farm. Battalion formed part of the 57th Brigade, part of the 19th Division |
| Lance Corporal | William GREEN | 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 38300 kia F&F 2nd September 1917. Age 22. Husband of Beatrice Green of 28 Severn Side South Bewdley, Worcestershire. Underhill Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Battalion formed part of the 24th Brigade, part of the 8th Division |
| Private | Percy HANGLIN (HANELIN on Memorial) | A Squadron Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry) died Sunday 23rd April 1916. Age 32. Husband of Fanny M Powell (formerly Hanglin) of Mariemont, Far Forest, Rock, Kidderminster, Worcs. Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. Panel 3 and 5 |
| Private | Alfred Constantine HARCOURT | 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 39744 kia F&F Sunday 29th October 1916. Theipval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5A and 6C. Battalion formed part of the 88th Brigade, part of the 29th Division. Australian. |
| Acting Captain | Kenneth Stanley HEMINGWAY | *Also commemorated on the St Annes Bewdley memorial |
| Private | Christopher HOLMES | 20th Hussars 21870 died Saturday 23rd September 1917St. Sever Cemetery Extension, RouenP. III. I. 125 |
| Acting Lance Corporal | Ernest HUMPHRIES | 175th Tunnel Company Royal Engineers 198032 b. Bewdley e. Worcester r. Bridgenorth Salop d. F&F 1/9/18 formerly 14447 Worcestershire Regiment |
| Private | George Clement HUMPHRIES | 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 9606 e. Bewdley r. Cleobury Mortimer kia F&F Friday 12th March 1915Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, BPanel 34 Belgium |
| Lance Corporal | Alfred Edward KEYTE | 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 17225 kia Gallipoli Monday 10th August 1915Helles MemorialPanel 104 to 113Battalion formed part of the 39th Brigade, part of the 13th Division |
| Private | Thomas Edward MILLWARD | 2/8th (CWGC gives 1st/8th) Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 242584 kia F&F 1/10/17 (CWGC gives Monday, 2nd October 1917). Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. XII. G. 3. Battalion formed part of 183rd Brigade 61st Division |
| Private | J(esse) NEVEY | 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment 31927 b. Bewdley e. Bewdley kia Balkans Sunday 1st September 1918 formerly 19130 Worcestershire Regiment. Karasouli military Cemetery, Greece. G. 679. Had served in Gallipoli and Salonica. The youngest son of Mr. John Nevey and the late Mrs Nevey was engaged to Miss J. May from Whitley. Two elder brothers were also serving. |
| Private | William George PALMER | 5th Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) 925937 kia on Thursday 12th April 1917. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. III. F. 16. The Battle of Arras |
| Private | John Arthur Bernard PREECE | 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment died Saturday, 21st September 1918. Age 19. Son of Elizabeth and the late William Preece of Worcester. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France. IV. B. 19. Died in Boulogne from the effects of gas on 21/9/18. From Yew Tree Farm, Far Forest |
| Sergeant | Charles Henry SMITH | Distinguished Conduct Medal3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 13323 kia F&F Wednesday 8th August 1918. Battalion formed part of the 57th Brigade, part of the 19th Division. DCM award listed in the London Gazzette of 3/9/18 (0137/5326). For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When two successive patrols had been forced to evacuate a farm, he volunteered to go out and burn down the farm. He did this successfully under heavy enemy fire, and thereby prevented the enemy from occupying a most important position. Steenwerck, 12/4/18. Aged 28 years. Of Far Forest. The son of Mr and Mrs Charles Smith, he had been in the Army for four years. His elder brother Thomas was killed in action in June 1918. Three other brothers, Charles in Mesopotamia, William and Herbert in Salonica were serving with the colours. Chocques Military Cemetery. IV.D.17 |
| Private | Thomas SMITH | 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 38041 b. Bewdley e. Worcester died of wounds 30th June 1918. Aire Cemetery. Plot 3, Row F Grave 23 |
| Samuel Caleb STEPHENSON | Also commemorated on the St Annes Bewdley memorial | |
| Private | John Harold STEVENS | 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7093 died Monday 9th April 1917St Nicholas British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, FranceI. E. 14(Check also Pte JH Stevens 260095 5Bn Gordon Highlanders d. 31/7/17) |
| Private | Joseph STOKES | Also commemorated on the St Annes Bewdley memorial |
| Private | Albert TOLLEY | 7th Battalion Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) G/19390 died 21st March 1918 . Age 36. Son of William and Elizabeth Tolley of The Horse and Jockey Inn, Far Forest, Bewdley. Husband of Louisa Tolley, of Mariemont Cottages, Far Forest, Rock, Kidderminster, Worcs. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 58 and 59 |
| Private | Thomas Henry TOLLEY | 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 14401 dow Mudros Wednesday 28th October 1915. Hill 10 Cemetery, Sulva. Sp. Mem. 43. Battalion formed part of the 88th Brigade, part of the 29th Division |
| Sergeant | Jesse WOOD | New Zealand Army Service Corps 5/376 kia Monday 11th June 1917 at Messines. Son of Edwin Allen Wood and Margaret Wood of The Boughs, Stockton, Worcester. He lived at Sycamore, Far Forest, Rock. Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve-Eglise, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. II. D. 19 |
Last modified 22 December 1999