Worcestershire | Great Comberton | War Memorial
| St Michael’s, Great Comberton Ordnance Survey reference: SO 954421 War Memorial | Contents |
A marble tablet on an interior wall:
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In loving memory of my dear husband Enoch Peart Private, 1st Battalion Worcestershire regiment. After 4 years service he died at Dieppe, France Dec. 5 1918 aged 33 years “In due season we shall reap if we faint not” |
In the churchyard
A stone cross on one of the graves. The front of the cross is completely covered with ivy, and unreadable without stripping it off. On the back of the cross, however, is this inscription:
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF PTE PERCY HEEKS 3RD WORC RGT DIED AT ENSCHEDE (HOLLAND) 6TH DECR 1918, AGED 25 YEARS INTERRED AT ALGEMEENE VAR N ROW 5 PEACE PERFECT PEACE |
This grave is that of a soldier’s widow: note that Maurice Festing appears on the Kemerton and OVerbury rolls of service.
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IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY ELIZABETH FESTING BORN 19TH APRIL 1874 DIED 1ST JUNE 1954 WIDOW OF COL MAURICE FESTING DSO BELOVED MOTHER OF MICHAEL AND ROBERT FESTING |
Roadside War Memorial
Ordnance Survey reference: SO 956425
This is a stone cross on a square plinth beside the road. It is some
distance from the parish church: it had gone somewhat grey from weathering and lichen, but was cleaned and restored to its original white in early summer 2002
To the glory of God and in Grateful memory of the men of this parish who fell
in the Great War 1914-1918
Capt. A Beliatt MC
Lc Cpl A P R Gibbs
Pte F. R. Carter
Pte P.W. Heeks
Pt. E Peart
Last modified 23 July 2002