Bredon’s Norton

Worcestershire | Bredon’s Norton | War Memorial

St. Giles, Bredon’s Norton Ordnance Survey reference: SO 931390 War Memorial

This is a plaque in the church:


Erected in memory of the brave who went from this village and gave their lives for Justice and Liberty in the Great War 1914-1919


Grenadier Guards

Ernest Allen

Joseph Biggs

Gloucestershire Regt.

Albert Attwood

Reginald Clark

Yorkshire Light Infantry

Reuben Jayes

Royal Fusiliers

Archie J. Binney

“To those who have died, the crown has been given”

Note: The church guide states that the church’s ringing chamber has a peal board erected in memory of two ringers killed in the Great war, but this part of the church does not appear open to general public access.


There is also another plaque within the church:

In Loving memory of William John Miles
Private, 1st Battn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Second son of Robert & Ellen Miles of Bredon’s Norton
Killed in action at Nicholson’s Nek, S. Africa on Oct 30th 1899
Aged 21 Years
Fight the Good Fight

Last modified 14 November 1999