Worcestershire | Alfrick | War Memorial
| St Mary’s, Alfrick Ordnance Survey reference: SO 748529 War Memorials |
A copper plaque in the church:
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In loving memory of David John Lloyd Flying Officer Royal Air Force Son of Lewis Lloyd Alfrick School He served in the war 1914-1918 was killed while flying at Arawali on the Afghan Border Easter-day 1920, aged 29 Buried at Kohat |
A large bronze plaque, made by Culn Cawthorp & Sons, London.
The plaque is divided into two sections:
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IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF ALFRIC EUAN ALLIES, B.A. OXFORD (B.N.C.) LIEUT: 8TH BATT: ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS WHO WENT WITH THE 13TH DIV: TO GALLIPOLI AND FELL AT ANZAC GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN TO TAKE AN ENEMY SAP ON THE 16TH AUGUST 1915, AGED 24 SECOND SON OF ALFRED EDWARD AND FLORENCE MCIVER ALLIES |
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ALSO IN MEMORY OF
E. BAND F.W. CROSS F.J. DOVEY A.H. HALL F.T. JAUNCEY W.JAUNCEY W.H. JAUNCEY C.G. JONES W. PHILLIPS A. POWELL E. POWELL T.W. POWELL J. THOMAS W. WILLIAMS OF THIS PARISH WHO ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR |
A gravestone in the churchyard:
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IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF FLT.-LIEUT. WILLIAM DONALD ALLIES BOMBER COMMAND R.A.F. BORN 9 MAY 1915 ONLY SON OF W.K. ALLIES OF BEWELL, ALFRICK, AND MARGUERITE, LADY WYNFORD WHO LOST HIS LIFE PILOTING A “FORTRESS” OVER HAMBURG ON 21 MARCH 1945 HIS MOTHER, WIDOW AND SON WILLIAM PETER |
Village war memorial
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 749531
This is a cross on the green.
On the four rectangular panels of the base are the following inscriptions;
panels 2-4 apparently list those who returned alive from the war.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED R.I.P. A.E.ALLIES E. BAND F.W. CROSS F.I. DOVEY A.H. HALL F.T. JAUNCEY W. JAUNCEY W.H. JAUNCEY C.G. JONES W. PHILLIPS A. POWELL E. POWELL T.W. POWELL J. THOMAS “WE REMEMBER THE COST OF OUR RANSOM” |
WE HAVE COME THROUGH THE P.H. BALDWIN F. BAND G. BAND W.H. BOND A.C. BULLOCK H. BULLOCK T.G. BULLOCK W. CLARK D. COSTELLO F. COSTELLO FRANK CROSS FRED CROSS A. EDWARDS G.F. GINES W. HAMILTON W.H. HEAP B.T. HOLLAND G. JAUNCEY H.J. JAUNCEY J. JAUNCEY EDGAR JONES EDWARD JONES FRANK JONES F.J. JONES F.W.JONES J. JONES R. JONES J. CROSS |
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VALLEY OF SHADOWS AND WE HAVE S. JONES W.G. JONES W.H. JONES H.W. JONES-BUNN A.J. LEWIS D.J. LLOYD G.R. LLOYD H.P. LLOYD LL. H. LLOYD J. MASON J. MORRIS T. MORRIS W.C. MORRIS W. NOTLEY H.PAGE R. PHILLIPS W.J. PHILLIPS C. PORTMAN F. PORTMAN G. PORTMAN J. PORTMAN W. PORTMAN A. POWELL F. POWELL F.W. POWELL W. POWELL G.W. PRATT W.H. MARSHALL |
WON TO THE LIGHT AGAIN
W.J. ROWBERRY T. SMITH J.W. SPENCER F. STOKES G. STOKES G.E. STOKES H. STOKES T. STOKES W.A.G. TURBUTT F. TURLEY A. WEBB A.G. WEBB H.G. WEBB J.T. WEBB W.H. WILCOX F. WILLIAMS D.I.P.S. STUART-SHEPHERD U.G.S. STUART-SHEPHERD L.B. TERRY R. THORNBURY E.WOOD J.WOOD L.C. ALLIES |
In addition, there is a smaller stone added to the base, at the front of
the memorial:
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REMEMBRANCE 1939-1945 D. BUCKLEY J.KEEN |
Note: Polly Rubery (polly@rowberry.org) is conducting a one-name study on Rowberry and variants,
and has more biographical information on W.J. Rowberry. If you have
information on him, she would like to hear from you, or if you are looking for
further information, I recommend you contact her.
Last modified 13 November 1999