Worcestershire | Strensham | War Memorial
A stone tablet:
| IN HONOURED MEMORY OF 2ND LIEUT C. JERVOISE DUDLEY SMITH, GRENADIER GUARDS PTE. A. HART WORC. REGT. PTE. H.W. HART, LONDON REGT. PTE. M. HOWMAN WORC. YEOM. PTE. J. WIGGINS WORC. REGT. A.M.F.E. WILSON R.A.F. WHO FELL IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR MCMXIV-XIX THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF STRENSHAM “WE HAVE DONE THAT WHICH WAS OUR DUTY TO DO” St. luke XVII.10 |
Hanging in the church is a wooden-framed drawing of the memorial cross.
The wooden frame is carved with the words:
To Whom honour is due
Strensham 1914-1919
I think the drawing may be one of the architect’s original design drawings.
The drawing is dated April 1919, and has this annotation (partly obscured by the frame):
S. Gamlin Parry Arc.
28 Victoria Street
Westminster
Attached to the back of the frame (?) is what appears to be a photocopy of the Roll of Honour. This appears to have been compiled before all of the casualties were known:
| Roll of Honour Strensham 1914-19 Lieut. Salisbury Fynes Davenport R.G.A. + Lieutenant Jervoise Dudley Smith Grenadier Guards |
| Barnes, George Hants. Regiment Bartlett, Albany Worcester Regiment Bartlett, Charles Army Service Corps Cubberley, Walter Royal Navy Davenport, Frank Gloucester Regiment Dix, Hubert Army Service Corps Green, Hubert Gloucester Regiment Handcocks, Charles Worcester Regiment Hart, Arthur Worcester Regiment + Howman, Marshal Worcester Yeomanry Howman, Maxwell Royal Navy Hudman, Thomas Army Service Corps Jeynes, George Army Veterinary Corps Laforestier, E French Army Lobb, Frederick Royal Army Medical Corps Martin, Frederick Royal Navy Martin, William Worcester Regiment Moore, Arthur Grenadier Guards Ratliffe, Thomas Army Veterinary Corps Smith, Edward Northants Regiment Stew, Frederick Gloucester Regiment Stew, Horace Worcester Regiment Stew, William Gloucester Regiment Stew, Frank Gloucester Regiment Tustin, Albert Grenadier Guards Tustin, Arthur Grenadier Guards Weaver, Arthur Worcester Regiment Martin, Benjamin Royal Navy |
| + Gave his life for his country |
Roadside War Memorial
Ordnance Survey Reference: SO 902393
This is within the village of Strensham proper, a cross on a square base. This is the memorial shown in the architect’s drawing in the church. There are no names on it, but for the sake of completeness, the inscription, on the front of the memorial, facing the road, is listed here:
| ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF STRENSHAM TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OF 1919 AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO SERVED DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919 OF WHOM 6 GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY |
Last modified 10 January 2000