Herefordshire | Bosbury | War Memorial
| Holy Trinity Church, Bosbury Ordnance Survey reference: SO 695434 War memorials |
On wooden panels in the church:
Here are written the names of men of Bosbury who
Fell in the Great War and in their death won freedom
1915
Ernest Ballard Pte. April 17
Arthur John Palmer Pte. May
Alan Buchanan Pte. June 16
George Rouse Pte. June 20
Henry James Jones pte. Sept 25
Matthew Thompson Pte. Dec 27
1916
William Thompson Pte. May 5
Wilfred Gideon Hill Pte. Aug 24
Arthur Preece Pte. Sept 7
George Thomas Powell Pte. Sept 8
1917
Thomas Henry Lewis Pte. April 6
Michael Ockey Pte. Sep 26
James Green Sergt. Nov. 6
Archibald Frack Burwood Pte. Dec 7
1918
Thomas Edward Rouse Pte. March 15
Ernest Henry Young Dvr. March 15
William Herbert Morris M.M. Pte. Nov 1
1927
Francis Edward Bosley Pte. Nov. 9
1943
Alfred George Baldwin Pte. March 23
1944
Victor Walter Panting Gunner Nov. 30
Henry Waite Trooper Jany. 21
1944
Jack Walker L/Bmdr. Nov 29
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IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JOHN HARFORD PITT SHROPSHIRE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY 1892 SCOTT’S RAILWAY GUARDS, COLONIAL DEFENCE CORPS SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 SOUTH AFRICAN IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE GERMAN WEST AND EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1917 DIED OF FEVER WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE APRIL 16 1917 AGED 45 |
in the wall of the churchyard:
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NOT UNTO US O LORD, NOT UNTO US BUT UNTO THY NAME GIVE THE PRAISE THIS BRONZE WAS ERECTED TO THE EVERLASTING HONOUR OF THE FOLLOWING GOOD AND TRUE MEN OF THIS PARISH – WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY, WILLINGLY SERVED IN H.M. FORCES IN DEFENCE OF KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 COLONEL W.B. WOOD-ROE |
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BAILY A. BALLARD E. BEAUMAONT H.J. BEAUMONT J.E. BERRY C. BELTINGTON H. BELTINGTON T. BRANT H.T. BREWER J. BROWN D.E. BROWN J.A. BROWN W.T. BUCHANAN A BUCHANAN R BUFTON E. BUFTON F.J. CHADD E. CHADNAY E. DAVIES F. DAVIS D. EVANS S.C. FLETCHER J.A. GIFFORD J. GREEN J. HAYTER C.K.H. HILL H. HILL W. HINKSMAN J. JOB L.K.V. JONES A. JONES C. JONES F. JONES G.W. JONES H. LANE H.E. LANE S. LAYTON G. LAYTON P. LEWIS G.E. MASON A. MASON T. MAYO E. MAYO H. PALMER A.H. PETERS A. POWELL A.E.J. POWELL G.T. PULLEN A. ROUSE G. ROUSE T.E. SCRIVENS A.E. SCRIVENS E. SCRIVENS F.H. SHUCK W.D. SWITHE W. THOMPSON D. THOMPSON W. TUCK W. WHEELER W.C. |
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THE FIRST TO GIVE HIS LIFE WAS ALAN BUCHANAN – KILLED IN ACTION AT HODGE JUNE 18TH 1915 |
A brass plate mounted just beneath this 1939-1945
A.G. BALDWIN
V.W. PANTING
H.WAITE
J.WALKER
And a CWGC headstone in the graveyard: B.G. MORGAN
NAVAL AIRMAN 2ND CLASS, R.N.
FX 81178
HMS ‘DAEDALUS’
30TH JANUARY 1941 AGE 19
FOR OUR TOMORROW
HE GAVE HIS TODAY
Note: W.B. Wood-roe is also listed in the Coddington memorial, although he is listed there as ‘Woodroe’
Last modified 14 November 1999