Worcestershire | Astley | War Memorial
| St Peter’s, Astley Ordnnance survey reference: SO 787676 War Memorial |
These listings thanks to Kevin Lynott
The memorial consists of a framed parchment with the following thereon
There is the figure of a soldier kneeling before a crucified Christ,
on the top there are the words RUMOURS OF WAR
on the side to the right are the words SEE THAT YE BE NOT TROUBLED
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on the side to the left are the words AND YOU SHALL HEAR OF WARS
beneath is the following:
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OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THE GALLANT DEAD Who served in the great war 1914-1918 Bullock Charles Banks Clifford Horace Bayley Gordon Bennett Joseph Bond Thomas Boucher Daniel Boucher John Craig Archibald Gibson Footman Robert Kinnaird Francis Joseph Knowles Stephen Lea Gerald Ernest Machin William Anthony Matthews Robert Cecil Meredith Henry Morris Alfred Morris George Richards William Shepherd John Edward Viner Alan Bertrand Walton Harry Whittal Arthur Woodward Robert |
Astley Cross
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 801685
Located at the road side on B4196 at the junction with School Lane
The memorial is constructed from stone and consists of a cross atop a pillar
set in a square block on 2 steps
All lettering is in in white
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On the side facing the road:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBERANCE OF THE MEN OF ASTLEY WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR |
On the side to the left:
A.T. BOND 8th Suffolk Reg J.E.SHEPHERD 11th London Reg S. KNOWLES A.S.C. H. MEREDITH 4th Worcs Reg H. WALTON 5th Worcs Reg G. MORRIS 9th Worcs Reg |
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On the side to the right: R. FOOTMAN 12th Worcs Reg D. BOUCHER 2nd ” ” J.T. BOUCHER 2nd ” ” A. MORRIS 3rd ” “” W RICHARDS 3rd ” ” |
On the obverse WORLD WAR 2 R.E. BURROWS F.SGT R.A.F. R.A COOKE F.SGT R.A.F. H.O. HUNTINTON-WHITELEY CAPT: ROYAL MARINES J.E. MILLICHIP COLDSTREAM GUARDS C.C. TOMKINSON D.S.C. LIEUT COMMANDER R.N.V.R. |
Last Modified 1 February 2000