Worcestershire | Suckley | War Memorial
A brass plaque, with a maker’s mark that reads “Herbert Wauthier det F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. London”:
| 1914 + 1919 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR |
| E.T. BRADLEY R. BAYNHAM T. BOUCHER T. COLLINS D. CROSS A. DOVEY E. ELTON J. EVANS S. EVANS J.C. GRIFFIN H.HALTON L. HIBBERD G. JAMES J. MIFLIN A. MIFLIN T. PHILLIPS J. PLASKETT T. PLASKETT T. VERNALLS T. WOODYATT |
| “THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND WE WERE NOT LOST” |
| 1. Sam. 23.15. |
Another plaque:
| 1939 + 1945 IN HONOURED MEMORY OF |
| HENRY BURSTON HAROLD DEWHURST VICTOR LLOYD FREDERICK POWELL LEONARD TOLLEY ALFRED WINDSOR |
| WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH |
And another:
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROGER HARDWICKE BALLARD H.A.C. (THIRD SON OF EDMUND AND LUCIE ELIZABETH BALLARD) WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT HOOGE, FLANDERS JUNE 16TH 1915, AGED 22 YEARS |
There is also a sheet of paper in a wooden frame. It appears to have been written during WWII, as some of the underlined names match those on the WWII memorial above. Some of the ink has faded – I think John Halliday’s name was underlined, but I’m not sure:
| Your Prayers are asked for, on behalf of these Men, who are members of, or are closely related to members of this Parish: that they may come Home safely, and that God will have loving compassion on the Fallen |
| Arthur Blake Dennis Blake Frank Blake Jack Blissett Henry Box Anthony G. Bridges Henry Burston Christopher G. Cardew William Chapman George Clarke Ernest Clarke Bobbie Clarke John Clinton Reginald Dyde Tomothy Davis-Goff Arthur Gwillam John Visger Halliday Gerald Hudson Jim Hudson Ronald Heath Roland Heath Jim Heather Rodney Heather Eric Henry Hugh Hickling Archie J. Jones Albert H. Jones Arthur Kennard Reginald A.H. Lechmere Victor Lloyd Ernest J. Matthews Fred Mason George Merrick Sidney Merrick Lawrence Mitton Jack Parker Cyril E. Perry Jim Plaskett Fred Powell Jim Ranford Gordon Rice Cecil Ruck Jim Taylor Philip Watson Leonard Tolley Ivor Williams Alfred Leonard Windsor Henry Windsor Trevor Windsor Fred Whittle William Whittle Reginald Whittle D’Arcy L.H. Waechter |
Note: Victore LLoyd was an old boy of Worcester Grammar school, and he is also listed on the school memorial
Two graves in the churchyard:
| 1089757 AIRCRAFTMAN 1ST CL. H.A. BURSTON ROYAL AIR FORCE 20TH APRIL 1943 AGE 32 SLEEP ON DEAR ONE AND TAKE THY REST WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT GOD LOVED THEE BEST |
| 1188223 LDG AIRCRAFTMAN J.H. DEWHURST ROYAL AIR FORCE 27TH NOVEMBER 1945 AGE 33 A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE A VOICE WE LOVED IS SILENCED |
Last Modified 7 November 2000