Worcestershire | Fladbury | War Memorial
| Fladbury Ordnance Survey Reference: SO 996463 War Memorials | Contents |
The two memorials almost face each other from opposite sides of the road, so I’ve just given the one map reference for both. One memorial is a stone cross by the roadside opposite the church:
In honour of men of Fladbury, Hill and Moor & Throckmorton who served in
the Great War 1914-1919. This monument was erected by their fellow
parishioners and friends AD 1919
The casualties among 102 men on active service in France, Flanders, Italy,
the Balkan States, Gallipoli, Egypt Palestine and Mesopotamia were
Killed, or died of disease 25
Wounded 30
Invalided 5
Prisoners of war 8
total 68
Gave their lives
Cowley, Arthur
Daniels, Frank
Farmer, Harold
Francis, John
Irish, Frank
Izod, Thomas
Lampitt, Edgar
Martin, James
Neate, Alan
Taylor, John
Woodward, Albert
Woolloff, Charles
Woolloff, George
Woolloff, Oliver
Cole, Charles
Collins, A Ernest
Phillips, Arthur W
Pratt, Harvey
Sheward, Arthur
Sheward, Harold
Sorrell, Bernard
Wootten, Walter
Barradell, Harry
Foster, John
Foster, Allan
On active service overseas
Cowley, Reginald D.C.M. Order of St George
Daniels, Walter
Driver, John
Godfrey, Jack L
Haines, Alfred
Haines, Henry T
Halls, George
Hunt, Colin M.M.
Irish, William
Kimberley, Samuel
Lampitt, Rowland
Lampitt, Henry
Lampitt, Wilfrid
Lord, James W
Martin, George E
Martin, A Harry
Martin, Fred
Perks, Leonard
Phillips, Albert
Pitman, George
Pomeroy, Richard
Pomeroy, Percy
Pomeroy, John
Pomeroy, Frank
Reeves, George
Smith, Victor
Smith, Basil
Stephens, George K
Stephenson, James
Wagstaff, Robert
Woodward, John P
Woolloff, Thomas
Boulter, Harry
Boulter, Charles
Clarke, Albert W
Clarkes, George
Cole, Alfred
Derrett, Maurice
Haines, Edward
Heming, John
Drury, Robert
Knight, Walter
Morris, Ernest
Morris, Frank
Newman, Melville
Newman, Walter
North, William
North, Charles
Page, Charles
Payne, J William
Payne, Ernest
Payne, George
Payne, Raymond
Pender, Frederick
Pratt, James
Roberts, William
Rowbotham, H R
Sheward, Albert
Sheward, Rufus
Sorrell, George
Sylvester, Rev D K.C.E.
Turner, Richard
Waters, Geoffrey
Foster, Frederick
Foster, William
Foster, Sidney
Hilton, Harry
Foster, Lester
Harris, William
Huxley, Geoffrey
Lampitt, Alfred
Mansell, Harry M.M.
Meadows, Ralph
Meadows, Frank
Perrin, John
Retained on Home Service
Cowley, Frank
Pearob, Ernest
Salter, Frank
Taylor, Victor
Wall, Percy H
Oldham, Thomas W
Newman, John E
Served at home
Daniels, Frederick
Ivens, John
Ruff, Frank
In training
Ainge, George
Furr, Harvey
Moss, Thomas
Clarke, William
Greenway, Leonard
Jones, Alfred
Lampitt, William
Also those who fell in the World war 1939-45
Clarence Attwood
Donald Plowman Blore
Harvey Haines
Richard Huband
William Langstone
James Wilfred Payne
Patrick Phipps
Ronald Pinchin
Joseph Such
Note: James Wilfred Payne was from Lower Moor: He is listed on the
Lower Moor memorial.
Harvey Haines, Clarence Attwood, Patrick Phipps and Ronald Pinchin were from Wyre Piddle, and are listed on the memorials there.
St John The Baptist, Fladbury
A dark bronze plaque, with white lettering on a wall inside the church:
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+ In loving memory of Mary Worthington Preedy Born 4th Feb 1855. Died 3rd Sept 1934 Only child of John Pegg of Stoney Stanton., Leics. and wife of the Rev. Digby Henry Cotes Preedy Also her daughter Ethel Eleanor de Stourton Preedy Born 17th July 1876 died 19th Apr 1927 Served with French Red Cross during Great War 1914-1918 Awarded Croix de Guerre and Medaille Militaire R.I.P. |
There is a cross on a square plinth in the churchyard. Going
clockwise around the memorial we find:
Facing the road:
A bronze plaque
To the glory of God
& in memory of their only son
John Francis Captn.
Fifth Battaln. Royal Warwicks.
Regiment killed in Action in
France June 2 1915 aged 27
& in honour to those others
of this parish who gave
their lives in the Great War
This cross was erected by
John Horace & Ethel Francis
Carved in the stone below the plaque:
Greater love hath no man than this that
a man lay down his life for his friends
the next face:
Fladbury
Cowley, Arthur T. 1917
Daniels, Frank 1915
Farmer, G. Harold 1917
Irish, Frank 1916
Izod, Thomas 1917
Lampitt, Edgar 1918
Martin, James E. 1915
Neate, Alan B. 1917
Sparrow, Thomas 1914
Taylor, John 1915
The next face (facing the church):
Woodward, Albert 1915
Woolloff, George 1916
Woolloff, Oliver 1917
Woolloff, Charles 1915
Hill and Moor
Cole, Charles J. 1917
Collins, A Ernest 1917
Phillips, Arthur W 1917
Pratt, Harvey 1917
Sheward, Arthur H 1916
Sheward, Harold B 1915
The next face:
Sorrell, A Bernard 1915
Wootten, Walter 1918
Throckmorton
Burradell, Harry 1915
Foster, Allen 1915
Foster John V 1918
Wyre
Bradley, Albert 1917
Smith, J Critchley 1918
Sollis, Charles 1918
Wagstaffe, J Bentley 1917
Notes:
George Harold Farmer, Private 67908, 7th Bn., Royal Fusiliers was
killed on 30th October 1917. aged 19. He was the son of George and Amelia
Farmer of Fladbury Hill, Fladbury [Source: CWGC debt of honour register]
He is also listed on the Naunton Beauchamp
memorial
J. Critchley Smith was born in Pershore and living in Wyre Piddle: he is also listed on the Wyre and Pershore Abbey memorials.
Two graves in the churchyard.
The first has a standard military headstone:
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Flying Officer R.F. “Dick” Huband Pilot Royal Air Force 9th June 1944 age 22 “From English fields to fly through storm through cloud, through night” |
and this headstone:
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In loving memory of Doris Lampitt aged 43 years who was killed by enemy action when on duty as an air raid warden at Coventry, on the night of November 14/15th 1940 Her courage was an inspiration to all those with whom she worked |
Last modified 7 July 2001