Worcestershire | Evesham, All Saints & St Lawrence’s churches | War Memorial
St Lawrence
St Lawrence is no longer in use: services are held instead at All Saints,
some 30 yards away. There is one war memorial in the church:
a black metal plaque that reads:
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ERNEST GEOFFREY CRISP 2ND LIEUTENANT 15TH BATTALION ROYAL WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT AND ONLY SON OF GEORGE CRISP OF EVESHAM KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE DECEMBER 16TH 1915 AND INTERRED AT SUZANNE AGED 24 FOR GOD AND COUNTRY FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY BY HIS FATHER MOTHER AND SISTER |
Note: Ernest Crisp is listed on the Abbey Park memorial. Paul Hughes informs me that Ernest had been a pupil at Chipping
Campden Grammar school, so he is also listed on the Grammar school memorial.
All Saints, Evesham
There is a book of remembrance in a glass topped wooden case. Comparison
of this with the names on the Abbey park Memorials would be instructive, but
the case is locked against casual pawing by the grubby hands of the general
public. For now, I will just note its location.
And in the churchyard between the two churches:
There is a crucifix, facing the path from All Saints. On the base, it reads:
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IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1919 1939-1945 |
Last modified 11 October 2000