Worcestershire | Wribbenhall | War Memorial
This page is based on data kindly sent in by Simon Fielding. Basically, it’s a snapshot of his research notes on the men of the town of Bewdley, Worcestershire recorded on the memorial to the dead of the 1914-1918 war on the war memorial outside All Saint’s Church, Wribbenhall, with a little HTML formatting and some cross reference links to his other material added by me. In addition, a realtive of Gibert Pennington supplied a couple of extra details, which I’ve added to his entry.
| Rank | Name | Unit |
| Captain | George William BAKER | ‘B’ Coy 1st/19th Battalion London Regiment (St Pancras) died of wounds 5th December 1917 *See St Annes Memorial, Bewdley |
| Private | Jack BARNFIELD | 2nd/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 201313 died on Monday 17th December 1917 ? Aged 25 ? Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France ? VII. B. 7 |
| Private | William BATH (memorial has BARTH) | 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers 10983 b. Bewdley e. Newport, Mon. kia on Sunday 21st December 1914 ? Le Touret Memorial ? Panel 14 and 15 |
| Private | John BAYNHAM | 1st Battalion Labour Company Hampshire Regiment, 34807 transferred to (106249) 178th Company Hampshire Regiment Labour Corps d. Saturday 1st December 1917 ?Age 30 ? Son of Frederick and Susan Baynham of Wribbenhall, Bewdley. ? Husband of Ada Price (formerly Baynham) of 9, Habberley Road, Kidderminster. ? White House |Cemetery, St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium ? II. E. 7 |
| William BENNETT | ||
| Corporal | Charles Edward BEVAN | 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry died on Sunday 28th February 1915 ? Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France ? J. 12 |
| Private | Herbert COLDRICK | 16th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment b. Bewdley e. Birmingham r. Bewdley 15/1600 died on 6th October 1916 *See St. Anne’s , Bewdley Memorial |
| Private | Alfred Roland CREW | Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry) b. Wribbenhall e. Bewdley r. Bewdley 325559 killed in action Egypt Sunday 23rd April 1916 ? Jerusalem Memorial ? Panel 3 and 5 |
| Private | Arthur John EWINS | 1st/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 63527 killed in action France and Flanders 24th October 1918 *See St. Annes, Bewdley Memorial |
| Second Lieutenant | George Major Solloway FOSTER | 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment died on Monday 3rd July 1916 ? Son of George and Eleanor Mary Foster of Wassell Wood, Bewdley, Worcs. ? Ovilliers Military Cemetery, Somme, France ? XVI. E. 6 |
| Private | Albert GITTINS | 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment died on Friday 13th April 1917 ? Age 24 ? Son of the late John Gittins ? Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenier Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France ? IV. B. 52 |
| Private | George Hugh HANCOX | 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 20721 b. Bewdley e. Rugby, Warks r. Bewdley died on Sunday 27th August 1916 ? Aged 31 ? Son of Henry and Emma Hancox of Wribbenhall, Bewdley. ? Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France ? II. A. I |
| Private | Harold Harry HANCOX | 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) died on Tuesday 13th June 1916 ? Age 19 ? Son of Henry and Emma Hancox of Habberley Road, Wribbenhall, Bewdley, Worcs. ? Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium ? Panel 10-26-28 |
| Captain | Kenneth Stanley HEMINGWAY | 2nd/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment killed in action France and Flanders 21st March 1918 *See St. Annes Memorial, Bewdey |
| Alfred HOLLOWAY | ||
| Thomas Parceter JONES | ||
| Lance Corporal | Charles Victor JONES | 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1135 died on Sunday 23rd July 1916 ? Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France ? Pier and Face 9A 9B and 10B |
| Jeffrey JONES | ? | |
| Private | Joseph LANGLEY | 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 36608 killed in action 24th March 1918 *See St. Annes Memorial, Bewdley |
| Gwynedd V LLEWLLYN | ||
| Private | Albert Edward MOLE (Memorial has MOULE) | 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment b. Bewdley e. Worcester r. Bewdley died on Tuesday 11th July 1917 ? Age 35 ? Son of Thomas and Sarah Mole of Wribbenhall ? Husband of Alice Mole of Whispering Street, Wribbenhall, Bewdley ? Perth Cemetery (China Wall) Zillebeke ? I. B. 11 |
| Private | George Edward PALMER | 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 27189 died on Sunday 27th August 1916 ? Basra Memorial, Iraq ? Panel 18 and 63 |
| Private | Gilbert PENNINGTON (Memorial has PENNINGHAM) | 1st/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 260105 born Tottington, Lancashire enlisted Worcester. shot in the chest during the battle of Ypres, and transferred to Netley Hospital, Hampshire where he died of his wounds, on Friday 28th September 1917 formerly 6180 Suffolk Regiment; had also been in the Worcestershire regiment. ? Age 30 ? Son of the late Thomas Pennington (Surgeon) of Wribbenhall ? Husband of Alice Pennington of 16 Wyre Hill, Bewdley, Worcs. Buried in Ribbesford (St. Leonard) Churchyard) ? served in the same unit as Ivor Gurney (?) |
| Private | James RUDD | 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment died on Tuesday 11th October 1916 ? Dorian Memorial, Greece |
| Harry SMITH | ||
| Lance Corporal | Frank TOLLEY | 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 17261 kia F&F 12th March 1915 *See St Anne’s Memorial, Bewdley |
| Private | William Howard TOLLEY | 1st Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry RND kia 30/9/18 *See Bewdley Memorial |
| Joseph WATTS |
Last modified 30 August 2001