Gloucestershire | Broadwell | War Memorial
| St. Paul’s, Broadwell Ordnance Survey reference: SP 200277 War Memorial |
A stone tablet in the church:
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1914 1918 TO · THE · GLORIOUS · MEMORY · OF · THE · MEN · OF · BROADWELL WHO · GAVE · THEIR · LIVES · IN THE · GREAT · WAR J · EGERTON · LEIGH · Capt · K·R·R·C. FRED · BENNETT · Sergt · Wilts · R EDWIN · ADAMS · L/Cpl ·R · War· R SPENCER · BENNETT · Pte· R· Berks· R MILAN · BROOKS · Pte· Glouc ·R REGD. · GODDARD · Pte. Oxf· & · Bucks L·I HARRY · MILLS · Pte · Glouc · R ARTHUR · NEWBURY · Pte · S · Wales · Bord FRED · STEPHENS · Gunner · R · G · A ROBERT · TIMMS · Tpr · R · Horse · Guards WALTER · TIMMS ·Tpr Q·O ·Oxf·Hussars ARTHUR · VECK · Pte · Lan · Fus THOMAS · WATTS · Pte · Glouc · R Their name liveth for evermore |
An engraved brass plate; beneath a coat of arms are these words: (the U's were engraved likeV’s in the original – transliterated here for clarity):
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PIERS THURSBY
OF BROADWELL HILL J.P. GLOUCESTERSHIRE
BORN 30 NOV 1834 DIED MAY 1904 SON OF REVD
W. THURSBY OF ORMEROD HOUSE LANCASHIRE LATE
CAP. 9TH LANCERS WITH WHOM HE SERVED DUR-
ING THE INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59 WAS PRESENT
AT THE SIEGE AND TAKING OF LUCKNOW, CAPTURE
OF BAREILLY ACTION AT SHAHJEHANPORE
SHUMSHABAD AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS
A white stone plaque with an elaborate carved border, at the top centre a shield with a lion on a gilt background, the motto “FORCE AVEC VIRTU”:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF EDWARD EGERTON LEIGH LIEUTENANT QUEEN’S BAYS, OF BROADWELL MANOR HOUSE BORN JULY 1ST 1851, DIED JUNE 25TH 1913 ALSO TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF JOHN EGERTON LEIGH CAPTAIN 10TH BATT: KING’S ROYAL RIFLES, ELDER SON OF THE ABOVE AND OF LAURA MAUDE HIS WIFE. BORN MARCH 11TH 1876. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND IN THE GREAT WAR AND WAS KILLED WHILE LEADING HIS COMPANY INTO ACTION AT METZ EN COUTURE FRANCE APRIL 4TH 1917 HE WAS BURIED WITH OTHER BRAVE MEN CLOSE TO THE PLACE WHERE HE FELL HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, HIS SOUL FOR GOD |
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Last modified 14 September 2001