Barcheston


Warwickshire | Barcheston | War Memorials

St Martin’s, Barcheston Ordnance Survey reference: SP 265399 War Memorials

A white stone tablet, with black lettering, on an interior wall of the church:

1914 – 1918
TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS
PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
HENRY BATCHELOR.
FRANK EVERITT.
ARTHUR HARVEY.
JOHN H. PADBURY.
FRED R. STEEL.
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
AND THEIR SOULS TO GOD

In the churchyard:

A child-size grave, with this inscription:

CHERISHED MEMORIES
OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
AND DARLING DAUGHTER
DVR. JOHN (ALAN)
ROWETT
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
IN HOLLAND 18 JUNE 1945
AGED 24 YEARS
JILLIAN
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
29 OCT 1947
AGED 4 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
UNSEEN UNHEARD
YET EVER NEAR

Last modified 21 August 2002