Worcestershire | Cookley | War Memorial
| St. Peter’s, Cookley Ordnance Survey reference: SO 842802 War Memorial |
This listing and description kindly donated by Kevin Lynott; two small corrrection thanks to Bob Millward
The memorial consists of a white marble tablet set within a coloured marble
surround. Carved into the surround in circles are 1914 top left, and 1919 top
right. On the white tablet at the top there is a small cross embossed in gold
gilt. The details are carved and then highlighted in blue
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IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF COOKLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR EDGE ALFRED E. Pte 2/8 WORCESTERS EDGE WILLIAM Pte 11th WORCESTERS GITTINGS ALBERT Pte 3rd WORCESTERS GRANT GERALD BANDSMAN WELSH REGT HILLMAN HAROLD F. Pte 9th WORCESTERS JENNINGS AUGUSTUS F. Pte K.R.R. MARRIS ALLAN B. Pte 16th MIDDLESEX MATTHEWS FREDERICK Pte 2nd WORCESTERS NEAL HARRY G. Sgt M.G.C. PERKS ARTHUR G. Pte 1/6th GLOUCESTERS PERKS PERCY E.A. Pte R.A.M.C. PRICE THOMAS Pte WORCESTER REGt PUGH GEORGE SERGt 2/8th WORCESTERS SMITH ROBERT E. Pte 4th WORCESTERS TRANTER HARRY BATTy Qt .M. SERGtR.F.A. TRANTER SIDNEY C. Cpl R.F.A. WALL ALFRED Pte 2nd WORCESTERS WALL ERNEST G. Pte 1st BATTn COLD GDs WALL THOMAS Pte 10th WORCESTERS WALL WILLIAM Pte 2nd WORCESTERS WEEDS CHARLES Gnr 284 SIEGE BATTy R.G.A. WHITMORE ALBERT Pte 3rd WORCESTERS |
The details of the dead from WW2 are recorded beneath on a white marble
tablet set within a brown marble.
The letters are engraved and highlighted in blue
ALSO TO THOSE WHO FELL IN
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
BRITTAIN V. NEVILLE Pte 7th WORCESTERS
EVANS FRANK Gnr ROYAL ARTILLERY
FORTY LAURENCE A. Sgt/PILOT R.A.F.V.R.
GARRAT JOB MERCHANT NAVY
HEEKS WILLIAM L. A.B. ROYAL NAVY
LETTS LESLIE Sgt ROYAL AIR FORCE
MOULE FREDERICK J. Gnr ROYAL ARTILLERY
SIMKISS LESLIE W. Sgt ROYAL AIR FORCE
SQUIRES PERCY J. Pte QUEENS ROYAL REGT
YOUELL JOHN R. Spr ROYAL ENGINEERS
In addition, there are two individual memorials: listings donated by Bob Millward, recorded February 1 2001:
A white marble plaque commemorates the death of William Hancocks in WW1. It is found on the north wall of the Sanctuary.
The carved inscription picked out in black reads:
In Loving Memory of
William Hancocks.
Lieut. In the Worcestershire Regiment,
only child of William and Edith Hancocks
of Blakeshall Wolverley.
Born January the 12th 1890.
Killed in action at Poelcappelle
Oct 9th 1917.
To the Glory of God
the Advowson of this Church was presented to the
See of Worcester by his father W. Hancocks as
a perpetual Memorial to the Parishioners of Cookley, of
a good son and brave soldier.
A brass plaque mounted on wood commemorates W A Curtis killed in the Falklands War and is found on the south wall of the nave.
The carved inscription reads:
In Loving Memory
LIEUT. W.A. CURTIS R.N.
SEA HARRIER PILOT
FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN
DIED 6TH MAY 1982.
Last modified 2 October 2001