Worcestershire | Chaddesley Corbett | War Memorials
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St. Cassian’s Chaddesley Corbett
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 891736 War Memorial |
Listings on this page were donated by Bob Millward, recorded February 10, 2000
In the Churchyard of St Cassian’s. This village Memorial is a stone cross standing
on an octagonal column base. Inscriptions are carved into faces of the octagonal
column. The 6 o’clock, 7.30 and 4.30 faces are devoted to WW1 and the 3 o’clock face
to WW2.
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(6 o’clock face) IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CHADDESLEY CORBETT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR AUGUST 4 . 1914 JUNE 28 . 1919 R. I. P |
(7.30 face) HENRY SIDNEY BOULTON JOHN CECIL S. MINETT GEORGE W. PRITCHARD WILLIAM A. SCRIVEN HENRY LEA THOMAS LEA EDWIN MORRIS JAMES CRADDOCK FREDERICK ALLEN JOSEPH PARDOE WILLIAM HUNT J. SILAS HODGETTS ROBERT HORNE ARTHUR A. RAYMOND |
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(4.30 face) EDWARD W. H. RAYMOND CYRIL F. DENNIS FITCH ERIC VICTOR HEMMING HARRY HAND JOHN WALLACE HANCOX GEORGE GREEN JOSEPH MILLS ARTHUR HEMMING WILLIAM FOX WILLIAM BRITTEN HARRY RICHARDS ALBERT HANCOX FRED ASTON ALFRED DAVIS |
(3 o’clock face) ALSO THE FOLLOWING WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 – 1945 J. H. PHILLIPS J. DAVIES |
ROLL OF HONOUR
ROLL OF HONOUR in the vestibule of St Cassian’s.
Names in two columns are painted in black lettering on a wooden board.
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LEFT COLUMN ADAMS. F. Royal Garrison Artillery ASTON. FRANK. Worcestershire Regiment ASTON. FRED. Worcestershire Regiment ATKINSON. T. Worcestershire Regiment BAKER. A. Monmouthshire Regiment BAKER. E. Army Service Corps. BLACKFORD. J. Worcestershire Regiment BLAKEWAY. J. Royal Engineers BLAKEWAY. M. York & Lancaster Regiment BRITTEN. W. Royal Horse Artillery BUNYAN. A. Royal Garrison Artillery BUNYAN. H. Worcestershire Regiment BUTTS. J. Worcestershire Regiment CARTWRIGHT. W. Army Service Corps. CASTLE. J. Canadian Mounted Infantry CLEVELEY. C. Army Service Corps. CRADDOCK. J. Shropshire Light Infantry CROCKER. L. Worcestershire Regiment DAVIS. M. Army Service Corps. DAVIS. W. Army Service Corps. DAVIS. A. Army Service Corps. DRAPER. S. Royal Bedford Regiment DICKINSON. JOHN. Worcestershire Yeomanry DICKINSON. JOSEPH. New Zealand Light Horse DICKINSON. W. Australian Light Horse DRINKWATER. F. Army Service Corps. DANIELS. G. Somerset Light Infantry EVANS. F. R. A. M. C. FITCH. C. Queens Westminster Rifles FITCH. R. Royal Navy FOX. A. Royal Field Artillery FOX. W. Brecon Regiment GARFIELD. G. Worcestershire Regiment GRAZIER. E. Royal Field Artillery GREEN. G. Worcestershire Regiment GREEN. W. Army Service Corps. GRIFFITH-WILLIAMS. C. Royal Field Artillery GROVE. H. Worcestershire Yeomanry GROVE. W. H. Worcestershire Regiment GROVE. W. Army Service Corps. HAILES. E. Public Schools Regiment HANCOX. B. Worcestershire Regiment HANCOX. W. Army Service Corps. HAND. H. Worcestershire Regiment HAUGHTY. S Army Service Corps. HEMMING. F. Army Service Corps. HEMMING. H. Army Service Corps. HEMMING. E. Army Ordnance Corps. HEMMING. R. Army Ordnance Corps. HILL. H. Worcestershire Regiment HOLCROFT. C. H. City of Birmingham Battalion HOLCROFT. J. C. City of Birmingham Battalion HUGHES. J. Worcestershire Regiment HUNT. W. Grenadier Guards JENNINGS. J. Worcestershire Regiment JENNINGS. W. J. Canadian Mounted Rifles JONES. A. Army Service Corps. JONES. W. Worcestershire Regiment JORDAN. E. Worcestershire Regiment JORDAN. C. Army Service Corps. JORDAN. W. Army Service Corps. LEA. J. Royal Navy LEA. T. Worcestershire Regiment MACDONALD. W. R. A. M. C. MARSHALL. T. Royal Field Artillery |
RIGHT COLUMN MARTIN. J. Worcestershire Regiment MATTHEWS. T. Army Veterinary Corps. MAXOM. H. Wiltshire Regiment MILLICHIP. E. Royal Navy MILLWARD. F. Worcestershire Yeomanry MORRIS. B. Worcestershire Yeomanry MORRIS. EDWARD. Worcestershire Regiment MORRIS. L. Worcestershire Regiment MORRIS. ENOCH. Army Service Corps. MORRIS. F. Royal Berkshire Regiment OWEN. E. Army Service Corps. PAIN. C. Royal Garrison Artillery PAIN. W. Worcestershire Regiment PARDOE. JOSEPH. Worcestershire Regiment PARDOE. D. Australian Field Artillery PARDOE. A. Army Service Corps. PARDOE. JOHN. Army Service Corps. PARDOE. W. Army Service Corps. PARKES. A. Worcestershire Regiment PERRINS. G. Grenadier Guards PERRINS. W. Life Guards PHILIPSON. G. Army Service Corps. PRATT. H. Army Service Corps. PRITCHARD. B. Worcestershire Regiment PLAIN. E. Worcestershire Yeomanry RAYBOULD. J. Worcestershire Regiment RAYBOULD. T. Worcestershire Regiment RAYBOULD. W. Army Service Corps. RAYMOND. A. A. Royal Irish Rifles RAYMOND. E. W. H. Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers RHOADES. W. South Staffordshire Regiment RICHARDS. H. Royal Engineers ROBERTS. E. Royal Field Artillery SABEL. J. Army Service Corps. SAYERS. F. Royal Field Artillery SALLIS. D. Worcestershire Regiment SCRIVEN. A. Worcestershire Regiment SCRIVEN. G. Worcestershire Regiment SIMMONDS. J. Cyclists Corps. SIMMONDS. W. Canadian A. M. C. STOCKER. L. Royal Navy TAYLOR. J. Worcestershire Regiment TURNER. G. Army Service Corps. WATKINS. J. Army Service Corps. WILLIAMS. A. Army Service Corps. WILKES. H. Worcestershire Regiment WITHERS. H. Royal Navy WOOD. W. Worcestershire Regiment WOODWARD. L. Worcestershire Yeomanry WAGSTAFF. H. Worcestershire Regiment WHEELER. A. H. Worcestershire Regiment WILKS. L. South Staffordshire Regiment WILLIAMS. S. Royal Engineers CUTLER. H. Canadian Engineers COPE. F. Army Service Corps. CARTER. J. Worcestershire Regiment DICKINSON. C. Worcestershire Regiment GROVE. A. Worcestershire Regiment HEMMING. F. Royal Engineers HULME. J. F. HEMMING. A. Mounted Police HARTLEY. L. Army Service Corps. HEMMING. A. Army Service Corps. HUNT. F. Glostershire Regiment (*) HILL. J. N. Lancashire Fusiliers JONES. T. Tank Corps. PARDOE. J. E. Devonshire Regiment ROSE. R. Worcestershire Regiment ROSE. W. Army Service Corps. MEREDITH. F. Worcestershire Regiment |
- This is the spelling on the board
Stained Glass Window (1)
Stained Glass Window Memorial to John Davis and John Harold Phillips
Chaddesley Parish Church (St Cassian’s)
This memorial is situated in the South aisle of the church, facing West
and was presented by the parishioners in remembrance of two men who lost
their lives in the Second World War. A few fragments of ancient glass have
been incorporated into this window.
The window includes inscriptions presented as if on a scroll. Some of the
scrolling is depicted as overlapping and associated words, or parts of words,
are therefore absent. The symbol [ ] is used to depict this effect.
The first ‘scrolled’ inscription is towards the top of the window and
encompasses both main window panels:
BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL [ ] A CROWN OF LIFE
The second ‘scrolled’ inscription also stretches across both window panels
and is towards the bottom of the window:
I AM THE RESU[ ]ECTION AND THE LIFE, SAITH THE LORD. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON
ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE.
Two small glass panels side-by side at the bottom of the window
commemorate the fallen:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF SIDNEY
JOHN DAVIS AND JOHN HAROLD PHILLIPS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945, THIS WINDOW WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH BY THE
PARISHIONERS OF CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Stained Glass Window (2)
Stained Glass Window Memorial to John Harold Phillips, Chaddesley Parish
Church (St Cassians)
This East facing window in the South Aisle was restored by the parents of
John Harold Phillips who was killed in Egypt 1940. A few fragments of
coloured glass have been incorporated into the windows . Much of the colour
in the window is in the form of various flower species including: rose,
daffodil, crocus, pansy, hyacinth, hydrangea and daisy.
The inscription is at the bottom of the window and is depicted in the form
of a scroll stretching across all three main window panels:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD. IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN HAROLD PHILLIPS
KILLED IN ACTION NEAR SIDI-BARRANI ON DECEMBER 15TH 1940,AGED 20, THIS WINDOW
WAS RESTORED BY HIS PARENTS
Memorial to Geoffrey Hughes
Memorial to Geoffrey Hughes – Chaddesley Parish Church (St Cassian’s)
Recorded 10 Feb 2000
This memorial is on the north wall of the Church and consists of a brass
plate 510mm wide by 870mm high mounted on a wooden support 120mm bigger all
round.
Placed centrally between groups of laurel leaves, in the top corners, is a
SEMI-CIRCULAR ‘scrolled’ inscription:
PRO PATRIA MORI
Centred between this scroll is a crucifix set above appropriately
coloured flags of Britain (centre), France (left) and Belgium (right).
The main inscription below the flags reads:
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEOFFREY LEONARD HUGHES LANCE SERGEANT ROYAL FUSILIERS ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AND EDITH HUGHES OF LEAMINGTON SPA. WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 13TH 1916 AT BEAUMONT HAMEL AGED 22 |
Memorial to Cyril Fitch
Memorial to Cyril Fitch – Chaddesley Parish Church (St Cassian’s)
This WW1 memorial is on a west facing wall to the left of the entrance to the
chancel. It consists of a brass plate decorated with sunken black edging and
Maltese crosses in the corners. A further cross is centred in a raised section
at the top of the plaque. Lettering is mainly in black with leading letters of
real names and the quotation at the bottom in red.
The brass plaque is 760mm in width and has a maximum height of 440mm at the
centre (360mm height at the edges). The inscription reads:
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IN DEAR AND HONOURED MEMORY OF CYRIL FREDERIC DENNIS FITCH QUEENS WESTMINSTER RIFLES THE DEARLY LOVED AND LOVING ELDER SON OF CHARLES DENNIS AND BEATRICE MARY FITCH WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH 1916 AGED 18 YEARS His life for his Country His Soul to God |
Boer War memorial
This Boer War memorial is found in the Church yard of St Cassian’s.
It consists of a slim octagonal column set on the base of the medieval church
cross. On top of the column is a carved block with niches containing figures
of Christ on a cross and angels.
Carved into a stone block at the base is the badly eroded inscription:
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRY CAIRNS OLDNALL R.F.A. WHO WAS KILLED AT (…….) SOUTH AFRICA JANUARY 29 1901 THIS MEMORIAL CROSS WAS RESTORED 1903 |
N.B. (…….) could not be deciphered
Extract from ‘A History of St Cassian’s Church, Chaddesley Corbett’
by John Roper. Published by The Friends of St Cassian’s Church Chaddesley
Corbett 1978. P19
“In 1904 (sic), the ancient churchyard cross, the base of which had for
many years been used to support a sundial pillar, was renovated by the family
of Lady Crease, of Sion House, in memory of Captain H. C. Oldnall, killed in
South Africa during the Boer War. An important adjunct of the mediaeval
church which had no doubt been badly mutilated or even partially destroyed in
Puritan times was thus restored to Chaddesley.”
Last modified 14 November 2001