Catshill

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Catshill War Memorial Ordnance Survey reference: SO 957735

This listing kindly contributed by Kevin Lynott


On Stourbridge Road at the junction with Meadow Road Bromsgrove
The memorial consists of a helmeted soldier with bowed head over reversed arms on top of a granite cenotaph which itself is set on a three tiered pedestal. The details are engraved on three faces and the dedication is at the base of the side facing the road.
The memorial is set in a small garden
The memorial has been cleaned and the pedestal replaced in 1998 and looks in immaculate condition. The memorial is lit at night.
The inscriptions are highlighted in black.
During the renovation a plate listing the dead of WWII has been added to the base.

At the top of the cenotaph:

LEST WE FORGET


At the base of the cenotaph:


ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND

TO COMMEMORATE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

OF THE MEN OF CATSHILL WHO GAVE THEIR

  • 1914- LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR – 1918 –


    On the side to the left:

    ALBUTT, ARTHUR

    ALBUTT, GEORGE

    ANDREWS, HERBERT

    BRAIN, CHARLES

    BRATT, SIDNEY

    BRIDGEWATER BERTRAM

    BRIGHTON, GEORGE

    BINNER, JACK

    BOTT, WALTER

    COURT, WALTER

    CRAWFORD, ALLEN

    CRAWFORD, ARTHUR

    CRAWFORD, ENOCH

    DAVENPORT, JEPTHA

    DAVENPORT, WILLIAM

    EDWARDS, ENOCH

    EDWARDS, PERCY

    ELLIS, WILLIAM

    FIELD, CHARLES

    FIELD, WALTER

    GARFIELD, ALFRED

    GARFIELD, JOHN

    GIBSON, WALTER



    GILES, ERNEST


    On the side facing the road and above the dedication

    GOODE, ARTHUR

    HARRIS, ERNEST

    HARRIS, WALTER

    HEALEY, WILLIAM

    HEMUS, WILLIAM

    HODGETTS, JOHN

    HOLDEN CHARLES

    HUBBLE, CHARLES

    HUGHES, WILLIAM

    IRISH, HARRY

    JONES, ALFRED

    JONES, FREDERICK

    JONES, SAMUEL

    JUGGINS, SAMUEL

    KENDALL, THOMAS HENRY

    KINGS, ARTHUR

    KINGS, GEORGE

    LAMMAS, PERCY

    LEDBURY, FRANK

    LEWIS, ARTHUR

    LIDDELL, WILLIAM

    LOAT, ARTHUR

    COOPER, HARRY


On the side to the left

MANNING, SAMUEL

NICHOLLS, HARRY

NICHOLLS ROLAND

REYNOLDS WILLIAM

ROE ,WILLIAM

RUTTER, EMMANUEL

RUTTER, WILLIAM

STOKES, ABEL

STRINGER, REGINALD

SURMAN, AMBROSE

THORNE, WILLIAM

TILT, HARRY

TRANTER, CHARLES

TUSTIN, FRANK

WARD, CHARLES

WARD, JOSEPH

WARMAN, ELI

WARMAN, GEORGE

WHITE, NORMAN

WOOD, ARTHUR

WOOD, ERNEST

WOOD, HERBERT

1939-1945 VICTOR BRATT
ROLAND BUNCE
GILBERT COURT
JACK COURT
GEORGE DOWNING
GRAHAM ELLIOTT
WILLIAM FAULKNER ARTHUR FIELD
REGINALD FLETCHER
THOMAS FLETCHER
ROLAND HARRISON
BERNARD JAMES
NORMAN JUGGINS
ROBERT LAMMAS ERNEST LOAT
ROWLAND PHILLIPS
ALLAN RAYBOLD
FREDERICK TROTH
ERNEST TROTH
LESLIE WARMAN
PERCY WILKES

Last modified 5 April 2000