Worcestershire | Stoulton | War Memorial
A wooden panel with gilded lettering, in the church:
| In grateful and affectionate memory of William James Burford John Henry Jordan James Richard Jordan Alfred James Merriman Herbert George Merriman William Lambert Nicholls Who in the Great War 1914-1918 Went forth from this village and gave their lives for their country. “We have done that which was our duty to do” 1939-45 Percival William Collett Elijah John Edwards Ronald Ernest Green Lawrence Charles Knight George William Rone Dennis George Tustin Ronald Henry Webb Rest Eternal grant to them O Lord |
Note: Private 39659 William James Burford, of the 1st/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment has a memorial on his mother’s grave in Pershore Cemetery He died on 31st October 1918, aged 22. Son of William and Martha Ainsworth Burford, of Caldewell Lodge, Stoulton
A copper and brass plate on the wall:
| The Oak Panelling and Carvings to the Chancel of this Church were given by Edward Lillingston and Isabel Mylius in Memory of their elder son John Kingsford Mylius, Grandson of Rev. Hamilton Kingsford, M.A. Vicar of this parish for 45 years and Lieutenant 1st Battalion the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry who fell in action on the Somme Oct 12th 1916 Aged 21 years “Lord, make him to be numbered with Thy Saints in glory everlasting” |
A memorial cross in the churchyard has these inscriptions:
| + Killed + on active service in Flanders Alban Kingsford Chaytor Younger son of Charles & Madeline H Chaytor 2nd Lieut. 3rd Worc. Regt. Buried at La Clytte “Greater love hath no man than this” + Jesus wept + Madeline Hamilton Chaytor Fell Asleep January 9th AD 1906 aged 41 years + and + The Rev. Charles Chaytor, M.A. November 21st AD 1930 aged 79 years “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” In memory of Charles John Chaytor Royal Navy Died 23 Feb 1964 aged 75 years Florence Freer Chaytor Wife of Charles John Died 1st Nov. 1993 aged 95 |
Last modified 25 October 2001